03-19-2020 07:37 PM
04-16-2020 10:27 PM
DaftnDirect said:
My ex was better than Elon Musk and Gabe Newell will ever be... just the slightest look was enough to control my movements/appetite/libido.
04-16-2020 11:15 PM
kevinw729 said:
Will there be a CV2 for the Rift also in the works? Or is Link the solution?
04-17-2020 03:51 AM
Richooal said:
....Given that Rift S was handed over to Lenovo, and pretty much all software development has gone to Quest, Link and social stuff, and all the original Oculus PCVR champions have left Oculus.................. I reckon Rift has been cut adRift.
04-17-2020 05:02 AM
All the Half Dome talk/publicity is just lip service. All sounds good but until they actually start to use the technology they like to showcase that is all it is.
kevinw729 said:
Richooal said:
....Given that Rift S was handed over to Lenovo, and pretty much all software development has gone to Quest, Link and social stuff, and all the original Oculus PCVR champions have left Oculus.................. I reckon Rift has been cut adRift.
That seems to have been the opinion by all the smart money @Richooal (saw what you did there)!
To put some more context on it - Oculus has not given up on PCVR, but has allowed the development team leads for Rift2 and on Half Dome and Half Dome 3 to move on to other jobs, cut PC based development investment, and handed over the majority of PCVR support (for the now only platform the Rift-S). What little PCVR support is focused on the work needed on Quest and Quest2 Link cable compliance, and the issues of performance and acceptance.
While it would seem that the lip service remaining is to ensure that the exodus from the original PCVR loyalists, and Rift (CV1) owners remains, so avoiding image assassination if they left them high and dry. The ability to roll out a Half Dome 4 demonstration at OC7 will be also a good publicity point-score.
For the Oculus-loyalist remaining - the realization of the lack of a true CV2 in the medium term sunk in back in 2019, with the exodus of many of the usual suspects to other platforms, or just content to continue using their CV1 hardware, or attempt to extol the Rift-S, ignoring its issues. The surprisingly quiet nature of forums like this and the Oculus closed developers forum on FB, are example of the eventual acceptance of the situation by the once vocal aspects of the scene - as they just enjoy using their VR tech in lockdown, rather than talking about it!
04-17-2020 06:09 AM
04-17-2020 06:25 AM
Heaney-555 said:
Half-Dome is a research project. It was shown off publicly to attract more researchers.
If "Del Mar" is what we think it is (a Quest successor fixing Quest's flaws), I'd expect it to also be a capable PC VR headset to replace Rift S. Perhaps even with a Wireless Link Dongle.
Facebook isn't ending its PC VR offering. But PC VR may simply become a mode for standalone headsets (as Link is), not a dedicated headset.
04-17-2020 06:32 AM
Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
04-17-2020 08:33 AM
Yeah, I'd go along with this.
Heaney-555 said:
Half-Dome is a research project. It was shown off publicly to attract more researchers.
If "Del Mar" is what we think it is (a Quest successor fixing Quest's flaws), I'd expect it to also be a capable PC VR headset to replace Rift S. Perhaps even with a Wireless Link Dongle.
Facebook isn't ending its PC VR offering. But PC VR may simply become a mode for standalone headsets (as Link is), not a dedicated headset.
04-17-2020 08:35 AM
Heaney-555 said:
Half-Dome is a research project. It was shown off publicly to attract more researchers.
If "Del Mar" is what we think it is (a Quest successor fixing Quest's flaws), I'd expect it to also be a capable PC VR headset to replace Rift S. Perhaps even with a Wireless Link Dongle.
Facebook isn't ending its PC VR offering. But PC VR may simply become a mode for standalone headsets (as Link is), not a dedicated headset.
04-17-2020 08:43 AM