I may not be DD but I can give you an idea. The unit itself is lightweight, does not bother you by being on your head and it is actually pretty comfortable (as long as you don't have the oculus lens directly on your eyeball). If you have it pushed up too close you get this annoying pressure in your forehead, though its adjustable and easy to fix. When you boot up a demo or game and put the headset on, you do want the lights off as there is a tiny bit of light bleed through So once inside it is fascinating because you really feel like you just dropped into this new world. Its VERY immersive. It is so weird to look down and not see your hands or body. Downsides is that in the development kit the resolution is very low, and when you turn your head its a bit blurry and disorientating when they make this thing Chrystal Clear.. it truly will be earth shattering I have ZERO doubts about that The field of view is huge, though not perfect. You feel like you have goggles. Put your hands on the outter side of each eye and its like that. WORTH finding some possible way of trying it out. Not worth getting the first version of the development kit. When you have it, you just begin drooling knowing how earth shattering it will be when the resolution is high
this is the experience I want to have with it. I want to feel like I'm in the game. I want to play sims and raise a family. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/embed/69660" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Of all the amazing things you could do with this, you turn to sims, aka a life simulator, that's just weird lol.
So I did that Interstellar movie exhibit at AMC yesterday. I was very surprised at how well these things work and how my body reacted to them. Loved it. Can't wait for this to hit the gaming industry.
I have the DK2 and I use it to play flight sims (Elite Dangerous) and racing sims (Assetto Corsa & Live for Speed). All are very immersive. And I've watched Captain America Winter Soldier on it in 3D. And the technology will just get better and better. I think it will be a big deal.
Just had the DK2 delivered, and will most likely test it out on very same things you mentioned. Racing sims, including project cars if possible, and flight sim. Also, going to test it out on some FPS.
I hope you have a strong stomach. The FPS games made me want to hurl. There was just some disconnect between game movement and my movement that made me nauseous. The games that had a HUD, like car dash boards and airplane cockpits, seemed to ground me and stabilize it.
For those that get dizzy or get sicks, that's very common and expected due to a number of factors that the industry is well aware of and working to resolve. The solution is extremely challenging. We are not talking about 2x or 5x or 10x of today graphics power, but likely exponentially better, near real time, frame updates and much higher resolution. It's very exciting and I think the future of blending real and virtual reality once the hardware and software is there. You should see much better solution in 2-3 years.
My only experience was with the Game of Thrones experience at the EMP museum in Seattle. That was wicked. Not sure how I'd feel about playing a game for an extended period of time on it. http://www.wired.com/2014/03/game-of-thrones-oculus-rift/
There are some vids on youtube of people trying p*rn with the Rift. It's pretty funny. Dudes are all, this is nice...then they get balls in their face or something hahahah
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NNiZP2G-nEM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> . . .any moment now . . .. . Rocket River
I tried a little of the FPOV stuff. It's pretty immersive, even for the early stuff I tried. I'm assuming it's better now after a year.
I heard 1440p is enough to give you a sharp solution on VR devices, if built properly. It's also far from the truth that you need 5-10x better hardware than what we have today to have a nice performance. 2-3 also wouldn't do anything in that regard, hardware improvements have been extremely slow in the last decade.
