06-22-2016 12:52 PM
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06-23-2016 10:30 AM
Tranquil789 said:
I purchased an Oculus Rift, it won't arrive until August, but I knew from reading on these boards that I shouldn't expect great quality, I've heard people say that when you go from the Rift to a real monitor it's like a graphics update to the game. But I bought the rift knowing all of that, just because I want to be totally immersed in a game and that doesn't bother me if I loose some video quality to get it.
You should just sell it right now while people are dying to get one, this is THE time to sell it, I imagine you might even make a profit from it if you sell to the right person I.E. desperate
Aroddo said:
@Zenbane
your screenshots look great. I wish it would look like that in virtual life.
However, it actually looks more like this.
06-23-2016 10:40 AM
Etrius said:
You can actually double the visible resolution on the Oculus using the SDK. I tried it and it works. It looks great but you need the GPU horsepower to pull it off. The video below shows you how to do it using the Oculus SDK 1.4. Very simple.
You can set values from 1.0-2.0 (2.0=twice the resolution it ships with). The visual improvement is amazing, but unless you have a 980Ti or 1080 you will need to keep it to 1.25-1.4. See the video below for instructions. ADRIFT and Project Cars looks so much better.
I was also bummed about the resolution of the Rift until I found this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsuLujzHK7w&list=FL6IGwT1f0Xk38AKYVCtES9A&index=1
06-23-2016 10:42 AM
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06-23-2016 11:00 AM
Personally, I'm not disappointed with either the video nor audio, because I'm a "gamerphile" who started with the Atari 2600. For me, being part of gaming evolution and revolution is a glorious thing. The Oculus Rift could have shipped with the original Dungeon Master game...
.. and I would be perfectly happy due to the immersion factor. Virtually Reality is finally, truly here, for the first time.
06-23-2016 11:08 AM
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06-23-2016 11:26 AM
steveoz32 said:
This thread was going on forever but I get the OP's point.
I used a DK2, I expected there to be bad SDE, it was bad, not half as bad as the horrible narrow sweet spot and god awful problems for glasses users though, but it was a DEV KIT.
So I already kinda had my expectations set when I was waiting for CV1 when I saw the small increase in resolution.
However, when I received mine I kind of felt the same. The image quality wasn't great, not really the SDE as such as you get used to that and it is much better than previous generations (I hardly notice it now). But it was the crappy 'god rays' and smearing that really bothered me. I had read so much about them, but nothing can really prepare you for it until you see it through your own eyes.
I can understand for someone buying it as their first VR HMD in 2016 @ £500 that it might seem a bit shit in all honesty. And I questioned whether I wanted to keep it myself. In fact, I left it for two weeks sat around doing nothing whilst I was thinking of getting rid. But then I went back to it, and more content started coming, I found more stuff outside of the Oculus store I liked, and I just chilled out, had a beer and started having fun with it.
I guess it all depends on what you try and experience with it. For me I tried ED first and it was out of the question for me right away, the god rays and SDE ruin the detail, too much glare, the space stations look like a garbled mess as they are too detailed for the resolution and overall I just didn't enjoy it - I'd rather play it on triple screen. 360 videos were shite as were pictures, blurry, crap resolution and scale was way off, they all just look terrible. Some of the animations were meh, but then I started to explore more software and demos and started to get into it more. As I said, I just chilled out and got on with it instead of whinging and started having fun.
Now I love it. I only use it a few hours a week, but it's still cool and I can't wait for touch.
AltSpaceVR is fun as it VRTime for those drunken nights back from the pub lol.
There's all sorts to do and it will only get better.
So OP, it's the best of what we have now, and if you are old enough to remember which it sounds like you are, look back at this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyjyWUrHsFc
I pretty much remember 99% of the games in that, and remember how incredible I thought each was (I remember thinking DOOM for me looked real, and GFX couldn't get any better at that point in my life). You'll also remember those VR arcade games where you sat in a plastic space ship thing looking around and VERY SLOW and VERY Simple polygons that cost thousands back then.
Yes time has moved on, but now have a Stereoscopic 3D, light VR HMD that is comfy, with great audio, 6 DOF with accurate tracking, wireless controllers and to be fair great visuals (with the right game) in the comfort of our own home, we are actually spoilt for tech in this day and age and I am glad I have seen thing develop from the BBC computers, atari / spectrum right through to now.. Things will only get better. Have a beer, take some time out, sit back and enjoy the ride.