Oculus Rift

[boedha68]

Dear Oculus users,

 

I am thinking to purchase the oculus rift consumer version in January 2016.

 

What are your experience of oculus rift dk2?

 

I did see that devildoggamer must throw up??? :music_whistling:

 

Now i play 3d on my 55 inch samsung...but is oculus rift better?

 

I am looking forward to your reply's Oculus Rift users....:)

 

Thanks in advance

[Cowboy10uk]

Stunning, the feeling of immersion and being in the cockpit is amazing, it really is the best immersion I have ever had on the PC. The head tracking is the best I have ever used, I have never had an issue of it dropping out or getting stuck, 1/1 head tracking really is the way to go.

 

HOWEVER, and this is the important bit, with the DK2 the Resolution is still nowhere near where we are simmers need it, while you can read the dials to a degree, well you can see where the needles are. Reading any writing or numbers on the dials can be extremely difficult and forget fighting while wearing the DK2, you really can see well enough for spotting targets.

 

General flying from A to B, fine no issues and is great fun, but target spotting, sorry forget it.

 

Now I'm positive they will solve this, the jump in resolution from DK to DK2 was a fairly big one, and I'm expecting again the leap from DK2 to CV will be as big again. However I would certainly recommend holding off for now, until we find out for certain if the resolution is usable in the CV, realistically we need them to have the same clarity as today's 1080P monitors to make it usable, due to his close the screens are to your eyes then you're looking at 4K displays at an absolute minimum. On top of that, you will require a top of the range GPU to run it, as you really need an FPS of 80 to 100 to prevent sickness.

 

A GPU that can run 2 x 4K screens at 80 to 100fps I'm not sure exists yet, unless you SLI a number of Titans.

 

It WILL be the next big thing, IT will be hugely immersive, and yes it WILL be perfect for simmers, HOWEVER I still believe we won't get there until the CV2 or even 3, I will be very very surprised indeed if they solve the resolution issues with the 1st CV.

 

Hope that helps mate.

 

Cowboy10uk

[boedha68]

Thanks really. I think i have a good perspective how it is. And yep the resolution of the consumer version is “…the Rift runs at 2160×1200 at 90Hz split over dual displays, consuming 233 million pixels per second.”

 

Matt mentioned that dcs world 2 would deliver more FPS. Besides that is the team constantly getting more FPS, cause they targeting for 3d playing.

 

I think i am good with the system i have. I didn't know that the sickness comes with the FPS.

 

I use tridef 3d. FPS is very good. I think i take the jump next year. Thank you in advance.

[Mt5_Roie]

I love it....hopefully things will only get better with DCS 1.5.

 

Here's a video review I did when I first got it.

 

[boedha68]

I love it....hopefully things will only get better with DCS 1.5.

 

Here's a video review I did when I first got it.

 

 

Thank you very much. A big WOW for your review. :thumbup:

 

I got a real good feeling from it. +1

 

I am looking forward what to expect in DCS world 1.5/2.0:smilewink:

Edited September 20, 2015 by boedha68

[Mt5_Roie]

Thank you very much. A big WOW for your review. :thumbup:

 

I got a real good feeling from it. +1

 

I am looking forward what to expect in DCS world 1.5/2.0:smilewink:

 

A friend and I belong to a VR Aviators group on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/VRAviators

 

Trying to post weekly videos there, but been having some issues recording non-dcs stuff recently.

 

The best way I can describe the oculus is that you get full immersion into the world. When I fly with my trackIR, I can still see my room and the things in it - so there is a safety net of my world I can escape to easily. With the Oculus rift you get immersed into the world that things feel real. You actually don't want to crash your plane.

 

Plus, there are some amazing games and experiences out there for the Oculus rift which are amazing as well.