Bod wrote:I'm still sat here with a £500 paper weight!
Installed the new Inateck Oculus compatible USB interface and I still have no video displayed on the Occy.
Support in their infinite wisdom have so far said make sure the cable is plugged in properly in the headset and directly into the GFX card.
They are now thinking I may have a duff unit or cable, but haven't responded for a couple of days to let me know what to try next.
I can't say I'm impressed with the whole experience so far. Fair enough I can except there may be hardware issues, but the support from a company owned by FB is pretty lame so far.
Just plugged my Rift into my PC sitting in my arcade cabinet and it worked fine !!!
The spec on that machine is older than my current PC, but for whatever reason it doesn't work on that one?
Still nothing from support even though I have submitted 2 tickets.
Could be the case they are "blasted" by support requests like yours ?
Sometime even DK2 even with THE SAME identical PC it was working "before" can stop working/have some weird quirks before to start working again.
I never understood "how things can go so wrong" but there you go.
I got to play with a Samsung Gear VR the other day and figured I'd go searching for some Llamasoft goodness in the form of Minotaur Rescue VR, which I was under the impression was available. Sadly, I couldn't find a trace of it, and the storefront didn't have a search function. Is it still available?
Jamesac wrote:I got to play with a Samsung Gear VR the other day and figured I'd go searching for some Llamasoft goodness in the form of Minotaur Rescue VR, which I was under the impression was available. Sadly, I couldn't find a trace of it, and the storefront didn't have a search function. Is it still available?
MNI ...
The only problem is it's been compiled with the oldest SDK so it does not work any more with the latest SDK.
Unfortunately being "all taken by Sony stuff" I did not have time to re-install all the latest - ANDROID - NDK and try to have the thing work again, another thing in the "TODO" stuff.
Also "if it would be not for all the shit it takes to have Eclipse/NDK working" those things would happen a bit faster.
Got to say, I'm liking CV1.
It's a nice mark up from the DK2. Super comfy and light with great resolution and sound.
The little controller is pretty good too, but knowing what the hive has makes me wish for the touch to arrive now.
I can see this becoming quite expensive as the store has a lot of stuff I want to try.
Shame there isn't more of the free stuff like when I had the DK2 though.
I may have no control over the length of my life, but the depth & width is entirely up to me.
Deckard wrote:As an aside, nice to see Jeff get 2 mentions in this month's Edge even if one was about making an Edge reviewer sick They sponsoring you now boyyo ?
What do they say ? Unfortunately is quite hard to find The Edge magazine around here.
First quote in Edge right on the first page editorial -
Bothering Jeff Minter’s sheep following a trip to Mute City
We’ve heard it so many times. Some of us may have even uttered the words ourselves: “This is great, but... imagine it in VR.” Now that we’ve spent time immersed in VR with all sorts of games and other applications, and for extended periods rather than simply dabbling, the inappropriateness of the remark comes into grim focus. In compiling this issue’s Play section, for the first time in history a game caused one of our review staff to actually vomit.
Videogames have long held the potential to mess with our bodies’ delicate systems. This parish’s own James Leach recalls a trip to see game designer Jeff Minter 25 years ago: “We went to his cottage in deepest Wales. We saw a variety of llama-related titles he was developing, and then he showed off his brand-new Super Famicom on a big TV. He had F-Zero, with its mighty Mode 7 3D effects, and after a few minutes of both watching and playing it, my face went extremely cold and I had to go into the garden, where there were three sheep. A pint of tea, mixed with a motorway breakfast and a Fry’s Turkish Delight, was ejected over the fence. I recall not wanting his sheep to graze on the fresh vomit, which was thoughtful of me. On the way back we had to stop at the Severn Crossing services so that more spew could emerge. I did my best to avoid Mode 7 games after that. And lamb, for a while, too.”
secondly In the Tweets section
ust looked at some old buses in VR. Jeff Minter @llamasoft_ox Founder, Llamasoft
As I steadily accumulate the components of what will be my PSVR system, this is far and away my overriding concern, as I'm very prone to motion sickness, and can't really afford £700 on an emetic.
I noticed on twitter yesterday that Jason Bradbury (Gadget Show) had tweeted that he has spent £3000 on a new computer in order to run his Vive VR!
He said all the PC's he had weren't good enough to use it to it's full capacity. Getting expensive this VR stuff isn't it?
I may have no control over the length of my life, but the depth & width is entirely up to me.
Bod wrote:I noticed on twitter yesterday that Jason Bradbury (Gadget Show) had tweeted that he has spent £3000 on a new computer in order to run his Vive VR!
He said all the PC's he had weren't good enough to use it to it's full capacity. Getting expensive this VR stuff isn't it?
Oh dear ... 3000 seems a bit ... high .. but depends on the definition of "Full Capacity" .. I'd say something >1000 probably "for sure" if you want a decent mobo, lot of ram and a really good GPU.
I still think best value for money is probably the PSVR yet.
gilesgoat wrote:
I still think best value for money is probably the PSVR yet.
Quite probably. I'm toying with cancelling my Rift and initially just going PSVR (with Neo should it emerge).
I've got over the new purchase excitement and the software out there isn't huge yet. A lot is just extended stuff as seen when I had a DK2 and I'd like to see the Rift v Vive play out a little longer once the controllers are out for the Rift.
Of course I've got until mid July to see how it goes and make up my mind.
Deckard wrote:Have we any idea how much of a boost to VR this new PS4 Neo might add....
I will know as soon as I'll get a devkit ( which hopefully won't be too long ) .. so far I can ONLY SPECULATE based on some tech specs that I can not even talk about.
The time we get to know about the existence of Neo, I immediately asked for a devkit, and so almost every 2 emails sent to Sony
gilesgoat wrote:
I still think best value for money is probably the PSVR yet.
Quite probably. I'm toying with cancelling my Rift and initially just going PSVR (with Neo should it emerge).
I've got over the new purchase excitement and the software out there isn't huge yet. A lot is just extended stuff as seen when I had a DK2 and I'd like to see the Rift v Vive play out a little longer once the controllers are out for the Rift.
Of course I've got until mid July to see how it goes and make up my mind.
I continue to hear stories about people with Vive that say "yes Vive is good" ... .. .. .. " ... provided you have a dedicated room of your house for VR only .. " .. possibly a padded room too
Deckard wrote:Have we any idea how much of a boost to VR this new PS4 Neo might add....
I will know as soon as I'll get a devkit ( which hopefully won't be too long ) .. so far I can ONLY SPECULATE based on some tech specs that I can not even talk about.
The time we get to know about the existence of Neo, I immediately asked for a devkit, and so almost every 2 emails sent to Sony
They sponsoring you now boyyo ?
