Morcurious1
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How in the world did you get your hands on an oculus quest?
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How in the world did you get your hands on an oculus quest?
Shryyyk
Sr Member
Nefarious dark-web purchase...
...but seriously, I'm a VR developer (well, a developer who works in part with VR), so we tend to get kit fairly early.
Morcurious1
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Yes, I'm also a high-end Oculus Developer, and I have not been able to get my hands on a Engineering Sample, I would like to try the new guardian system, and find ways to implement it into a couple of undisclosed games, that the company I work for develops. Oculus wants developers to develop on the rift. thats why I am so confused on how you managed to get an Oculus Quest.
good god if you guy's work in opposite cubical's i'm gonna blast you both in my own personal VR game... BRING US THE FUTURE...
Shryyyk
Sr Member
Oculus want cross-platform titles, they're basically begging every moderately successful title developer from the last 3 years to port their games to Quest, so if you contact the DR guys and tell them that you might have more luck.
To be honest, I've seen very hit-and-miss deployment of the dev kits. We are lucky enough to have had 3 pretty successful (including 1 top-10) VR games now, and have had a proactive relationship with them for the last 5 years, so they seem to just send us stuff (case in point, we got a couple of Rift S units a few days ago). Same with HTC and Valve. I've also seen some really bad handling of devrel by them - go and look at what happened to some devs last week who have been working on Quest ports for existing titles - Oculus happily gave them Santa Cruz to do the port, and then pulled the rug out from under them and said they weren't going to facilitate the title's release.
If you have specific questions that I can answer without breaking NDA too badly, feel free to DM me.
Grey
Sr Member
Oof. That price. Valve Index
CB2001
Master Member
With that pricing, you might as well just get a WMR headset.
Just got the oculus quest today and played through Vader immortal. So far I’m liking this system a lot. The minimal sacrifice in graphics for completely untethered vr is totally worth it. Especially for the price.
It's not that I don't appreciate wielding a lightsaber in VR - I think it's great. But when the heck is someone going to do blasters in VR? VR games have gotten pretty good with modern pistols, subguns and rifles so it shouldn't be that hard to get an E-11 blaster in my hands. Let's get it done, developers!
CB2001
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I forgot to mention this (sorry on my behalf). I actually bought a WMR headset and controllers second hand, and have upgraded my graphics card. I've been playing around with a lot of the free VR programs like VRChat, Bigscreeen and OASIS Beta. I haven't yet bought a VR Game, but have been looking at potentials (including the Rick and Morty VR game). Been enjoying it too. Got to let my dad try it out, he couldn't help but laugh bat how trippy it was to him and got to play a little bit of Gauntlet in OASIS Beta. I've been following the WMR subreddit and am wondering if maybe I caught it on the tail end of it's lifespan. But, I only paid $140 for the set (still cheaper than buying new) and my Dad upgraded his graphics card to play some of the newer games, so my previous was a step from his old one.
Welcome to VR. Bigscreen is a core app that everyone should have. Also download Google Earth. It's an immersive VR version of Google Maps. But it's amazing with a lot of the locations that are reconstructed from satellite images. Major landmarks are in incredible detail. I've spent hours at the Grand Canyon or walking/flying through Monument Valley. I've stood on Mt. Everest and stood at the base of the ****** statue in Rio De Janeiro. I've "flown" to random towns in the US immersed in the 360 street view in VR. I had VR visits to countless exotic places: Mumbai, Cordoba, Grenada, ... Detroit....
Bigscreen actually came in super useful to me a while back. The TV I use as my monitor died, so while I was waiting for my replacement, I could turn on the computer, wait till I knew it was logged in, then put on the Rift. Rift software started up automatically, then I went into Bigscreen and could just use my computer mostly like normal hah
CB2001
Master Member
Actually, I have. It's actually not the creepiest thing I've encountered entering a Bigscreen room.
Purchased my first VR game yesterday: Killing Floor: Incursion. I've played the regular Killing Floor and Killing Floor 2. Haven't gotten the chance to play it yet. I also purchased this VR machinima tool called Tvori that I wanted to try out. I came across it in this video:
Purchased my first VR game yesterday: Killing Floor: Incursion. I've played the regular Killing Floor and Killing Floor 2. Haven't gotten the chance to play it yet. I also purchased this VR machinima tool called Tvori that I wanted to try out. I came across it in this video:
Are you running a racing rig? I gave up on VR racing sims until I can afford to put together at least a proper wheel/pedal/shifter setup.
Tell me it's as awesome as I imagine.
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