Oculus Rift and DCS World Discussion

[metalnwood]

I ordered first day, I don't know when it will arrive. Being in NZ I might receive it later than if I was in the states as they are doing that geographic prioritisation thing... No matter, I have a new HP calculator to tie me over in the mean time lol.

 

I am really looking forward to trying it out for racing, I hope it rids me of triple screens on my racing rig. On my flying rig I will be keeping my current setup and using the OR where I prefer it. It may not be on complex aircraft like the a10 but it may be in gliders or civilian aircraft more for VFR.

 

If that kind of flying draws me in more with the rift than an a10 without then thats fine, I choose to fly what I like to fly the most. For me at least it's not going to be a matter of only flying one title and deciding on the rift based on that. I will use it for what works and where a normal screen is better thats what I will do as well.

 

What I do think is that it will have some value, even if it is just for the occasional bit of fun in some titles I might not normally play. It's only $350 bucks at the moment.

 

As for a scam, well that depends on how much value you see in it.

 

Some people might pay more than retail for something and be so happy with it they don't think they got a bad deal.

 

Apple vs apples I don't know what you can buy off the shelf that makes the pricing of this at the moment a scam. You can't compare it to diy otherwise everything is a scam.

[Frusheen]

DK2s are shipping and all of a sudden everyone's callin' it a Scam? wtf did I miss?

 

Not everyone. Just one person trying hard to educate us. You haven't missed anything.

[Frusheen]

DCS on the DK2

 

You sure?

[Chivas]

You sure?

 

 

edit......I might be mistaken, I thought the original link said DK2, now I don't see DK2 mentioned.

[Chivas]

I would say this will go to textbooks as one of the biggest cons and pyramid scams in a history of Kickstarter.

 

Summed up bluntly and without political correctness:

 

1- Palmer took idea from forums that was available for free

2- sold it on kickstarter

3- swindled hundreds of thousands people out of milions $ with false promises

4- sold out, pocketed the money and left without delivering what he got the money for

 

This explains all your posts, thanks. I suppose with your knowledge, and all the free ideas out there, a better VR unit will soon be forth coming. If the OR can't compete, then no wonder Oculus/Facebook are planning to sell their CV1 VR unit at cost. I wonder how many they'll be able to give away before the scam becomes common knowledge. :)

[willibeu]

I would say this will go to textbooks as one of the biggest cons and pyramid scams in a history of Kickstarter.

 

Summed up bluntly and without political correctness:

 

1- Palmer took idea from forums that was available for free

2- sold it on kickstarter

3- swindled hundreds of thousands people out of milions $ with false promises

4- sold out, pocketed the money and left without delivering what he got the money for

 

Wow....been having a blast with the DK1 for many months ...now finding out I got swindled. Google ...I got swindled with the DK1 ...watch for all the hits you get.....Rise of Flight with Tridef looks and feels awesome even with the low resolution. Should have the Riftup kit in any day now for full 1080p glory. NOW IF DCS COULD JUST GET THEIR PRODUCT WORKING WITH THE RIFT AND AMD USERS!!!!! Please at least acknowledge the problem. Will it be working with DK2????

[Mnemonic]

...Riftup kit in any day now for full 1080p glory...

Half 1080p, not full, it's just half of the screen per eye anyway.

[willibeu]

Half 1080p, not full, it's just half of the screen per eye anyway.

 

I realize that ...full was an adjective describing glory not 1080p...not clear ..my bad.

[SkateZilla]

Those accelerometers are to know the down direction. You can't get any useful position data from them. It's a common error to think otherwise.

 

DK2 is 6DoF via Infrared Tracking for Position./

[blksolo]

I would say this will go to textbooks as one of the biggest cons and pyramid scams in a history of Kickstarter.

 

Summed up bluntly and without political correctness:

 

1- Palmer took idea from forums that was available for free

2- sold it on kickstarter

3- swindled hundreds of thousands people out of milions $ with false promises

4- sold out, pocketed the money and left without delivering what he got the money for

Okay at first I listened to what you had to say,now you are just a hater.Oculus has some of the top minds in their fields,they are going to commit career suicide and risk jail time for this scam? Facebook is also going to risk their multi-billion dollar corporation over this also right? Why is anyone even entertaining this guy.Go troll somewhere else. Edited July 4, 2014 by blksolo

[fearlessfrog]

Okay at first I listened to what you had to say,now you are just a hater.Oculus has some of the top minds in their fields,they are going to commit career suicide and risk jail time for this scam? Facebook is also going to risk their multi-billion dollar corporation over this also right? Why is anyone even entertaining this guy.Go troll somewhere else.

 

He's a rep from these guys

 

http://www.simpit.co.nz/

 

..so, it kinda makes sense, in that he has a commercial reason to spread FUD to feed his kids or something (with $67,000 projector system sales..)

 

EDIT: I'm amazed Matt is ok with leaving stuff like libel against OR on this board. I have friends and old colleagues that now work at OR and I know for a fact this isn't some sort of criminal 'scam'. Maybe the relationship with ED has changed, which is a real shame as there was plenty of potential.

Edited July 4, 2014 by fearlessfrog
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[sobek]

Half 1080p, not full, it's just half of the screen per eye anyway.

 

And both of those halves feature a pixel row count of 1080. :)

[SkateZilla]

Half 1080p, not full, it's just half of the screen per eye anyway.

 

it's still 1080 scan lines per eye.

 

You'd be surprised how many devices say 1080p and are actually Compressed/HDV 1080p

(1440x1080, instead of Full Resolution 1920x1080)

[zahry]

Those accelerometers are to know the down direction. You can't get any useful position data from them. It's a common error to think otherwise.

thats how vuzix presented the technology at that time and i didn't physically took it apart (it is some time since i've sold it - 4 years). It definitelly had a pitch, yaw, roll and i distincly remember the "fun"when i was trying to read the instruments by bringing my head close enough forward to be able to read it. I'll look into it.

[superdeluxo]

Hi, new to the forums, having just purchased Flaming Cliffs 3 I'm really eager to hear whether the issue with AMD Cards and the black screen with the oculus rift will ever be resolved? Does anybody know if there has ever been any official response on this? My guess is no as I could not find any.

[npole]

Half 1080p, not full, it's just half of the screen per eye anyway.

 

You wrong. 1080p means 1080 lines with progressive scan, that is the current vertical resolution of DK2 (for each eye). It's the horizontal resolution that is split: 1920 / 2 = 960.

It makes a big difference.

[TOYKILLA]

 

 

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

We need Pilot Bodys in our Pits for Control VR...

 

Edited July 6, 2014 by TOYKILLA

[boris putin]

Hi, new to the forums, having just purchased Flaming Cliffs 3 I'm really eager to hear whether the issue with AMD Cards and the black screen with the oculus rift will ever be resolved? Does anybody know if there has ever been any official response on this? My guess is no as I could not find any.

 

No word on it just yet.

It is driving me mad. I so want to order DK2 but until i can get DK1 working with DCS or hear that DK2 works with AMD cards i dont think i will.

Black Shark is one of the main reasons i want the Rift.

 

Please help us.....

[TOYKILLA]

Buy GeForce and the World is better.

Edited July 7, 2014 by TOYKILLA

[Python]

Finally got to try a rift at RAF Waddington Airshow yesterday. I'm certain it was the first dev kit and it was displaying a very basic walk around program so I didn't really get a good sense of what it can offer unfortunately. One thing I did notice though is that my face got incredibly hot during the short time I had it on. I hope they add a bit of ventilation to production models.

[tobaschi]

Finally got to try a rift at RAF Waddington Airshow yesterday. I'm certain it was the first dev kit and it was displaying a very basic walk around program so I didn't really get a good sense of what it can offer unfortunately. One thing I did notice though is that my face got incredibly hot during the short time I had it on. I hope they add a bit of ventilation to production models.

 

uhm : \ i don't have that issue with my DK1, the only issue i have is that you have a 'strong' plastic smell in the nose. Don't know if it's the case itself or the foam

[metalnwood]

uhm : \ i don't have that issue with my DK1, the only issue i have is that you have a 'strong' plastic smell in the nose. Don't know if it's the case itself or the foam

 

Line it with chilli powder to remove plastic smell.

[G00dnight]

Line it with chilli powder to remove plastic smell.

 

yes but then the heat problem arises:joystick:

[TOYKILLA]

The DK2 is mutch better...

[Python]

The DK2 is mutch better...

 

Heat or smell wise? I am hot blooded to be fair, I have the same problem with my closed headset when it is warm.