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Does anyone have an Oculus Rift VR?

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I am dangerously close to buying one....(especially after winning $150 last nite on the footsball pool).

Thoughts about it? Do you like it? Best games, etc....
 
From everything I've read and heard, PlayStation VR is far superior, but a much costlier investment (since you need the console).
 
Kobie said:
From everything I've read and heard, PlayStation VR is far superior, but a much costlier investment (since you need the console).
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I don't do console. Consoles are obsolete on day one. I can always make my PC faster and better.
 
Kobie said:
From everything I've read and heard, PlayStation VR is far superior, but a much costlier investment (since you need the console).
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Playstation vr is worse and cheaper in oculus.

Playstation cost 249 for the console and 500 for the vr and handles

The oculus is 800 for itself and the handles and at minimum takes a computer that cost 800

The oculus ends up being much superior because the gpu in a vr ready computer far exceeds that of a ps4
 
Kobie said:
From everything I've read and heard, PlayStation VR is far superior, but a much costlier investment (since you need the console).
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PS VR wont be even close. But the Vive is the superior of the tree.

I've used them all, I have a GearVR, I prefer it since I'm not tethered to a device or set up room. I carry it with me in my bag, when stuck on a long flight or something I can watch Netflix on it. The games are okay, very few are great. Minecraft is probably my favorite, Vendetta online being #2.

I hope the new Oculus touch controllers are as good as the Vive's, wish I had something like that for the GearVR since that archery game is fantastic.
 
Lachean said:
PS VR wont be even close. But the Vive is the superior of the tree.

I've used them all, I have a GearVR, I prefer it since I'm not tethered to a device or set up room. I carry it with me in my bag, when stuck on a long flight or something I can watch Netflix on it. The games are okay, very few are great. Minecraft is probably my favorite, Vendetta online being #2.

I hope the new Oculus touch controllers are as good as the Vive's, wish I had something like that for the GearVR since that archery game is fantastic.
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Ive got a gear vr and I love watching 3d movies on it and recently bought the bluetooth controller for it. Im saving up for a pc vr setup up but haven't decided on the vive or rift yet.
 
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beefheart said:
I am dangerously close to buying one....(especially after winning $150 last nite on the footsball pool).

Thoughts about it? Do you like it? Best games, etc....
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Honestly, for the outrageous prices of any of the VR sets and the relative lack of content and potential development in this generation, do what I did and take a pass on the whole thing.

For the overall gaming market there's actually not much interest because of the outrageous prices for what was and largely still is a pretty niche market.
 
Jetboogieman said:
Honestly, for the outrageous prices of any of the VR sets and the relative lack of content and potential development in this generation, do what I did and take a pass on the whole thing.

For the overall gaming market there's actually not much interest because of the outrageous prices for what was and largely still is a pretty niche market.
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My rig is up to it, I'm getting it...lots more stuff out now that the Oculus touch controllers came out. I was waiting for the reviews on those before choosing Oculus vs Vive.

One thing I really want to do is play the VR pinball games out there, and do Microsoft Flight Sim in VR and Fallout 4. Plus all the cool broadcasts or documentaries in VR.

Price is big, but I justify buying it from my winnings, I've won $430 so far this year just in a silly football pool at the dive bar I hang out at. Easy to win...the other 30 people playing always pick the AZ Cardinals to win...fools!
 
beefheart said:
I am dangerously close to buying one....(especially after winning $150 last nite on the footsball pool).

Thoughts about it? Do you like it? Best games, etc....
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I asked for one for Christmas.
 
I have to get a new phone waiting for the galaxy s8 then I am going to get a gear VR to go with it.
they have the VR2 out right now.
 
Kobie said:
I do almost all my gaming on PC.
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Same here, it is still the best platform. I got a 6 gig GTX 1060 a few weeks back and boosted my memory up to 32 gig a few months ago, and the processor can more than handle it.

Besides, I don't do well with console controllers, I have carpal in both hands and I need keyboard and mouse or the oculus touch controllers so I am not killing my hands.
 
Lachean said:
PS VR wont be even close. But the Vive is the superior of the tree.

I've used them all, I have a GearVR, I prefer it since I'm not tethered to a device or set up room. I carry it with me in my bag, when stuck on a long flight or something I can watch Netflix on it. The games are okay, very few are great. Minecraft is probably my favorite, Vendetta online being #2.

I hope the new Oculus touch controllers are as good as the Vive's, wish I had something like that for the GearVR since that archery game is fantastic.
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I looked at Vive, but waited until the Oculus touch reviews came in, and they all said that it is outstanding. Oculus has more software out there too.
 
I prefer the room-scale setup of the Vive. I have a lot of issues with motion sickness if I'm sitting still while my "character" moves about. It's particularly bad in games that don't properly simulate the unsteady motion of walking and just sortof glide the camera above a surface.

The worst thing I tried was Adr1ft, where you're some dude in a wrecked spaceship or something and need to survive. It's zero-G environment, debris floating everywhere, with weird unnatural movement. (because you're in zero-G!) I had to tear the headset off inside of thirty seconds. Just an immediate "NOPE NOPE NOPE THIS WAS A BAD DECISION"

But room-scale I can stand up and jump and roll around in the virtual environment with no worries, because the sensed motion and viewed motion match. Sadly, this significantly limits the selection of games.
 
I will need VR at some point. I already have a PS4, i like the interface of the vive, but i'm curious to see what controller oculus releases.
 
Deuce said:
I prefer the room-scale setup of the Vive. I have a lot of issues with motion sickness if I'm sitting still while my "character" moves about. It's particularly bad in games that don't properly simulate the unsteady motion of walking and just sortof glide the camera above a surface.

The worst thing I tried was Adr1ft, where you're some dude in a wrecked spaceship or something and need to survive. It's zero-G environment, debris floating everywhere, with weird unnatural movement. (because you're in zero-G!) I had to tear the headset off inside of thirty seconds. Just an immediate "NOPE NOPE NOPE THIS WAS A BAD DECISION"

But room-scale I can stand up and jump and roll around in the virtual environment with no worries, because the sensed motion and viewed motion match. Sadly, this significantly limits the selection of games.
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Oculus has room scale setup now with the touch controllers, and you can add 2 more boundary devices to the system.
 
beefheart said:
Same here, it is still the best platform. I got a 6 gig GTX 1060 a few weeks back and boosted my memory up to 32 gig a few months ago, and the processor can more than handle it.

Besides, I don't do well with console controllers, I have carpal in both hands and I need keyboard and mouse or the oculus touch controllers so I am not killing my hands.
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As soon as I get the money I am going to be building myself a new rig. broadwell platform
going to put in the 1070. I would love to put in the 1080 but I can't afford it just too expensive.

not even going to consider the new titan that is just insane.

looking at 32 gigs of memory as well.
 
ludin said:
As soon as I get the money I am going to be building myself a new rig. broadwell platform
going to put in the 1070. I would love to put in the 1080 but I can't afford it just too expensive.

not even going to consider the new titan that is just insane.

looking at 32 gigs of memory as well.
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1070 is a solid piece of hardware and a good choice for first-gen VR. I agree that the 1080 is not a great bang for your buck. Titans are for people with a bunch of disposable income who want the best for the sake of having the best, and are willing to spend hundreds of dollars extra on something that isn't noticeably faster in real-world gaming.

32GB RAM is more than you'll need but memory is pretty cheap these days so why the heck not. (it's what I went with)
 
Deuce said:
1070 is a solid piece of hardware and a good choice for first-gen VR. I agree that the 1080 is not a great bang for your buck. Titans are for people with a bunch of disposable income who want the best for the sake of having the best, and are willing to spend hundreds of dollars extra on something that isn't noticeably faster in real-world gaming.

32GB RAM is more than you'll need but memory is pretty cheap these days so why the heck not. (it's what I went with)
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you can get the 1070 for 450 or so. the 1080 is over 600. the titan is running into the 1000 dollar range.
newegg has 1 titan card it is 1100 bucks and it is out of stock.

good grief.

I think I was going to start off with 16gig. most systems won't use more than that. if I can get 32 for a good price I will get that as well.

the one thing I did have to check up on was the whole knew rail system that intel introduced.

I am eyeing the i6800 cpu I would get the 6850 to take full advantage of all rails but again I can't justify the cost.
you can over clock the 6800 to a reasonable level without issue. the price difference between the 6800 and 6850 is insane.
 
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I got the 1060 for $220! Special price and screw up by Fry's Electronics.

I don't notice it being much faster than the 960 I had, but now Fallout 4 has that cool "wet" look on it that wasn't an option before. I have an I5 4670 processor, everything in the system checks out on the Oculus system tests, scores very high.
 
Deuce said:
I prefer the room-scale setup of the Vive. I have a lot of issues with motion sickness if I'm sitting still while my "character" moves about. It's particularly bad in games that don't properly simulate the unsteady motion of walking and just sortof glide the camera above a surface.

The worst thing I tried was Adr1ft, where you're some dude in a wrecked spaceship or something and need to survive. It's zero-G environment, debris floating everywhere, with weird unnatural movement. (because you're in zero-G!) I had to tear the headset off inside of thirty seconds. Just an immediate "NOPE NOPE NOPE THIS WAS A BAD DECISION"

But room-scale I can stand up and jump and roll around in the virtual environment with no worries, because the sensed motion and viewed motion match. Sadly, this significantly limits the selection of games.
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You can fix motion-sickness. All you need is a large bucket and a willingness to make yourself sick every day for a few weeks. :)
 
Does VR even utilize the multithreading of the i7's? If not, there's little reason to favor i7 over a comparable i5 if budget is a concern.
 
I was wondering if the PC I built last year could handle a VR.

ASUS Z97A Mobo
Intel 4690K proccesor
32 Gig memory
ASUS Strix R9-390 w/ 8 gig onboard memory

Handles everything else fine

Also was wondering if the PS4 was worth the 500 buck invstment
 
Fenton said:
I was wondering if the PC I built last year could handle a VR.

ASUS Z97A Mobo
Intel 4690K proccesor
32 Gig memory
ASUS Strix R9-390 w/ 8 gig onboard memory

Handles everything else fine

Also was wondering if the PS4 was worth the 500 buck invstment
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Don't see why it wouldn't. Looks pretty robust.
 
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