HTC to announce Vive price at MWC - Preorders 2/29 - Planned Release April (Update - $799)

[Maddmike]

This shyt is just a gimmick right now

Oculus Rift please save me

Breh, do you think you could game a entire session with a game like the witcher? I personally couldnt see myself gaming that long with all that on my face. What's the best game you've played?

Give us some pros and cons like what expectations don't it meet minus the lack of games part

 

[Ciggavelli]

Breh, do you think you could game a entire session with a game like the witcher? I personally couldnt see myself gaming that long with all that on my face. What's the best game you've played?

Give us some pros and cons like what expectations don't it meet minus the lack of games part

So far all the games are short little tech demos.

I probably couldn't play more than an hour with the headset on. It gets pretty heavy. You look around a ton. My neck actually is sore from playing like only a hour or two yesterday. Supposedly the Rift and PSVR are lighter.

The best game so far for me isn't even a game at all, it's Google Tilt Brush. Painting in 3D is really cool actually.

I played some shooting games, but those are kinda gimicky and are like Wiimote shooting games. It got old quick.

Pros: the controllers are nice and being able to walk around is more immersive than just sitting down.

Cons: Gimmicky games, no killer app, heavy headset, poor resolution, very finicky start up (I have to reset it like 5 times every time I want to play)

 

[Ciggavelli]

After playing for hours, this shyt reminds me of the Wii. It's cool for a bit, but it's kinda a gimmick right now. Vive needs a real game to stretch it to it's limits. The Rift has the exclusive full games, and I can't wait to try it, but the Vive is a novelty item right now.

The Vive has better features, but with the Rift having better games, I can't recommend anybody purchasing the Vive right now. It's a $900 gimmick at the moment.

I really hope the Rift and Eve: Valkarie and Lucky's Tale live up to the hype. As of right now, I'm disappointed with VR. It reminds me exactly of the Wii. It's cool for a bit, but then it gets old real quick

I got all of tomorrow to play this shyt, and I will (I just bought a few more games), but as of right now, I gotta say I'm disappointed. Maybe the VR haters were right

And if you've been following my posts on VR, you know how excited I was about this shyt. That excitement has died down greatly

 

[daze23]

After playing for hours, this shyt reminds me of the Wii. It's cool for a bit, but it's kinda a gimmick right now. Vive needs a real game to stretch it to it's limits. The Rift has the exclusive full games, and I can't wait to try it, but the Vive is a novelty item right now.

The Vive has better features, but with the Rift having better games, I can't recommend anybody purchasing the Vive right now. It's a $900 gimmick at the moment.

I really hope the Rift and Eve: Valkarie and Lucky's Tale live up to the hype. As of right now, I'm disappointed with VR. It reminds me exactly of the Wii. It's cool for a bit, but then it gets old real quick

I got all of tomorrow to play this shyt, and I will (I just bought a few more games), but as of right now, I gotta say I'm disappointed. Maybe the VR haters were right

And if you've been following my posts on VR, you know how excited I was about this shyt. That excitement has died down greatly

doesn't Elite Dangerous have Vive support? I think that's similar to Eve: Valkarie. plus I think Eve is supposed to have Vive and PSVR support eventually

hopefully Project Cars, and other 'seated' games get Vive support soon

it would be nice if Valve actually had a first party game for their headset. all we got was "The Lab", which seems cool, but is just tech demos

I know a lot of people have been saying Audioshield is pretty cool. might be good since I know you're into music

Vanishing Realms looks cool too. shyt looks like a real game, and not just a tech demo

 

[Ciggavelli]

doesn't Elite Dangerous have Vive support? I think that's similar to Eve: Valkarie. plus I think Eve is supposed to have Vive and PSVR support eventually

hopefully Project Cars, and other 'seated' games get Vive support soon

it would be nice if Valve actually had a first party game for their headset. all we got was "The Lab", which seems cool, but is just tech demos

I know a lot of people have been saying Audioshield is pretty cool. might be good since I know you're into music

Vanishing Realms looks cool too. shyt looks like a real game, and not just a tech demo

I'll check those out tomorrow. Thanks

 

[Malta]

So far all the games are short little tech demos.

I probably couldn't play more than an hour with the headset on. It gets pretty heavy. You look around a ton. My neck actually is sore from playing like only a hour or two yesterday. Supposedly the Rift and PSVR are lighter.

The best game so far for me isn't even a game at all, it's Google Tilt Brush. Painting in 3D is really cool actually.

I played some shooting games, but those are kinda gimicky and are like Wiimote shooting games. It got old quick.

Pros: the controllers are nice and being able to walk around is more immersive than just sitting down.

Cons: Gimmicky games, no killer app, heavy headset, poor resolution, very finicky start up (I have to reset it like 5 times every time I want to play)

Early adopter blues, the same thing will happen to the Rift, you're gonna have to wait a bit for anything to really take advantage of it, but the possibilities are endless. It's almost a given that a boxing game has to be made for this shyt.


I'll get a Vive in a few months, gonna do a new build with them Titan Pascals.

 

[Ciggavelli]

Early adopter blues, the same thing will happen to the Rift, you're gonna have to wait a bit for anything to really take advantage of it, but the possibilities are endless. It's almost a given that a boxing game has to be made for this shyt.


I'll get a Vive in a few months, gonna do a new build with them Titan Pascals.

Yeah, the perils of being an early adopter. The Rift at least has Lucky's Tale and Eve, but who knows when I'll get my Rift. Oculus really fukked up the launch. Vive did too by not releasing any good full games. It's nice tech, minus the poor resolution and screen door effect, though.

I just wish the Vive wasn't so finicky to start. I might have a bad unit, and I'm calling HTC Monday to find out, but I literally have to reset it like 5 times every time I want to start it up and play. Something ain't right there.

Oh and I can't wait for the Pascal Titans too, but I hear it might not be until Q3 when we get them

I'm gonna throw two in my machine the second I can though

 

[teacher]

 

[daze23]

The Rift at least has Lucky's Tale...

sitting at 64 on metacritic

Lucky's Tale

my issue for awhile is that VR got no gamez. it's like we really don't know what a VR game is. it's seems like a perfect fit for first person games. but straight ports of those games don't work well, mostly because of issues using a stick to control movement, and a lack of independent head movement. it's kind of a dangerous device, since if things aren't done right, people will get feel discomfort and even nausea. turns out fooling your brain can have negative side effects

Valve has done some cool stuff with their room-scale tech, allowing for natural movement, and less risk of feeling ill. they also have a teleportation thing, where you can basically teleport your room space to cover a different area. it works mechanically, but I'm not sure how it would fit into the context of a 'serious' game. like @Malta said, the room-scale tech would be good for a boxing game, since that involves movement in a limited space. there is a lot of potential there. I'm just not sure how it will translate into a game. but I guess new and innovative ideas aren't that easy to come up with

anyway, seated games seem to work good too. I expect a bunch of driving and flying games. I'm surprised Euro Truck doesn't have support yet

I'm optimistic to get my headset next month. hopefully by then someone will figure out a hack to get OR games to work on the Vive

PC Gaming

 

[Ciggavelli]

sitting at 64 on metacritic

Lucky's Tale

my issue for awhile is that VR got no gamez. it's like we really don't know what a VR game is. it's seems like a perfect fit for first person games. but straight ports of those games don't work well, mostly because of issues using a stick to control movement, and a lack of independent head movement. it's kind of a dangerous device, since if things aren't done right, people will get feel discomfort and even nausea. turns out fooling your brain can have negative side effects

Valve has done some cool stuff with their room-scale tech, allowing for natural movement, and less risk of feeling ill. they also have a teleportation thing, where you can basically teleport your room space to cover a different area. it works mechanically, but I'm not sure how it would fit into the context of a 'serious' game. like @Malta said, the room-scale tech would be good for a boxing game, since that involves movement in a limited space. there is a lot of potential there. I'm just not sure how it will translate into a game. but I guess new and innovative ideas aren't that easy to come up with

anyway, seated games seem to work good too. I expect a bunch of driving and flying games. I'm surprised Euro Truck doesn't have support yet

I'm optimistic to get my headset next month. hopefully by then someone will figure out a hack to get OR games to work on the Vive

PC Gaming

I didn't even look at Lucky Tales reviews. 64?

When's a good fukking VR game coming out, goddamnit? At least with the Rift there are a ton of mods for existing games. I wish the Vive had that now.

And you're right about feeling discomfort. I was playing some grappling game where you move really fast without walking. shyt legit had me feeling strange. It'll take some time to get used too. Even after taking the headset off, I was still feeling "weird." shyt fukks with your brain something serious

Sitting games, like racers or flying games probably won't be as disorienting. Those walking and running games while being stationary really fukk you up. It really tricks your brain and you feel uneasy. Luckily the 3D effect doesn't give me a headache like 3D movies though

 

[Barney Rubble]

I didn't even look at Lucky Tales reviews. 64?

When's a good fukking VR game coming out, goddamnit? At least with the Rift there are a ton of mods for existing games. I wish the Vive had that now.

And you're right about feeling discomfort. I was playing some grappling game where you move really fast without walking. shyt legit had me feeling strange. It'll take some time to get used too. Even after taking the headset off, I was still feeling "weird." shyt fukks with your brain something serious

Sitting games, like racers or flying games probably won't be as disorienting. Those walking and running games while being stationary really fukk you up. It really tricks your brain and you feel uneasy. Luckily the 3D effect doesn't give me a headache like 3D movies though

I think your expectations were just too high because of the hype. I have rift DK1 and DK2, so I know exactly what I'm getting. My vive is coming in wave 2. The resolution is as good as you're gonna get until StarVR drops () so don't expect any better with the rift and especially not the PSVR. You have to realize they would literally have to require TWO 980ti's just to provide a resolution with no screen door, and we both know that's not a realistic requirement. Keep an eye on vorpX - VR 3D-Driver for Oculus Rift - 3D Driver for the Oculus Rift and similar Virtual Reality headsets because they say they'll be supporting vive soon and that should change everything for you. I'm sure people will have driver mods for the VIVE once more people actually get theirs. Hang in there.

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

 

[daze23]

@Ciggavelli you check out "Chunks"?

Save 25% on Chunks on Steam

shyt looks like VR Minecraft, plus you can build, and ride, roller coasters. it's made by Facepunch (Garry's Mod, Rust) so there's definitely some potential. the best part will probably be the Workshop support, and all the crazy shyt the community will build

 

[Ciggavelli]

@Ciggavelli you check out "Chunks"?

Save 25% on Chunks on Steam

shyt looks like VR Minecraft, plus you can build, and ride, roller coasters. it's made by Facepunch (Garry's Mod, Rust) so there's definitely some potential. the best part will probably be the Workshop support, and all the crazy shyt the community will build

Nice. I'll check it out. Good looking...

 

[Barney Rubble]

This shyt is
- Easy ass setup. 10 minutes from opening the box to playing the lab
- You are in the fukking game, it's an experience unlike any other. I have rift dk1 and dk2 but this adds a whole other dynamic to gaming.
- I never lost connection once or had any type of input lag between the touch controllers.
- Virtual desktop is a must. Being able to watch 3d movies on an imax sized screen while in space is

The only negatives are it's kind of front heavy and of course the resolution, but that's not really a factor when you're immersed in a game, and again the specs to eliminate the screen door are not realistic for 99% of consumers.

The potential is phenomenal.

I guess @Ciggavelli just expected too much, but I'm impressed.

I'm about to trying modding these oculus games for this shyt