Author Topic: Just tried out Oculus Rift  (Read 1119 times)

And I'm here to write a little review.

Backstory: my sister bought it and had me install it while she was at work. And so I did.
It took two and a half hours just to get it to install correctly due to the fact that the book was awfully vague with instructions. It was a very stressful experience, now that may just have been because I was using it on my sisters laptop. Her laptop isn't the best.

Once I got it all hooked up (after about 6+ guides and reading the book) I managed to get a game working. I played around with it and once I  got settled in I learned that it was actually pretty neat, on more than one occasion I tried to reach out to grab stuff because of its depth. Regardless the unrealistic graphics in the demos it can trick your brain.

The headset itself was surprisingly light for what it was, it required pretty much no adjustment for me.

And that is my review, Q&A anyone?


is it fun
The demos were pretty neat for what they were, tomorrow I'm going to try to install it to my PC and play TF2 with it.

I've been thinking about saving up for one. I'd love to play any first person shooter like Metro or TF2 with it. Heck even Minecraft

Did you try the rollercoaster demo? If so, did you get vertigo? I got vertigo and fell even though I knew that it was all fake.

I've been thinking about saving up for one. I'd love to play any first person shooter like Metro or TF2 with it. Heck even Minecraft
Its currently a prototype so I'd have to say to hold off on it until its complete. Right now its a mess.

Did you try the rollercoaster demo? If so, did you get vertigo? I got vertigo and fell even though I knew that it was all fake.
I did not try that because I'm currently trying not to throw up just from walking. Battling some sickness or something.

When I tried it, it was too low res for me. I could literally see each individual pixel and everything looked too choppy.

I hope the 1080p version is better, before I make an investment in one.

I want one but I used my money on Steam.
Oh well.

is the rift worth my money?

is the rift worth my money?
*clears throat* hardly. Its a mess of wires and its a pain in the ass. For what? For a handful of games you can play with it. Half of them will give you motion sickness more than likely.

I personally wouldn't get one.

You should watch a POV vore video on it

My friend has one.

Needs a higher resolution screen.

^^

Really, the screen needs to just be at a higher resolution. But I'm sure it will increase, as it is still being developed. I wouldn't get it now (except for dev purposes, like my friend), but later it will probably be epic.

How's the head tracking on it?

How's the head tracking on it?
Very good, actually. You'd have to make very sudden movements to throw it off.