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I hope so. The competition is good to have and hope the Rift 2 is good!
My Rift is still going fine so I can wait for either one to come out with their next gen model.That there is /a/ Rift 2, does not mean it will be a PC-powered, performance-enhanced Rift 2.
Yeah, I love my Rx insert. I think they are now only 65 IIRC.I'm actually looking to get Rx lenses or the 3d printed inserts to hold lenses for mine. I'd like to get back to using it.
The Rift 2 wasn't cancelled. That was a very poorly written, clickbaity headline.
The "cancelled Rift 2" the original article was referring to was once of the prototypes being developed internally. We don't know anything about that prototype. So, postulating about what it was or how it compares to the future Rift 2 that gets released, or the current Rift is pointless.
I think there is evidence to support a changing roadmap. The general understanding was that Rift 2 was planned to be a PC-tethered, improved performance device.
With departing personnel indicating that's not the chosen path anymore, it's not unreasonable to think that's not the device we are going to get. Probably a stand alone version, which...would be a step in the wrong direction, in my view.
Who else is departing from Oculus? Facebook is a big company, of course people will eventually leave. The WhatsApp or other guy has nothing to do with VR or some sea-change movement within FB. Some just need a change. Maybe Iribe missed tinkering in a garage with his friends and doesn't wanna sit behind a desk shuffling papers all day.With departing personnel indicating that's not the chosen path anymore, it's not unreasonable to think...
I want it to project into my eyes. Full body haptics. I want lag to be an ancient concept. Something that happened in the long, long ago.I personally don't think it's odd that we're still waiting for a Rift 2. I knew from the get go that Oculus planned the Rift to be a platform, sort of like a console, of sorts. So it always made sense to me that they would give Gen 1 a decent few years run like any console gets.
This constant product cycling of phones, graphics cards, heck even consoles, etc.. leaves us believing that we need better stuff but the existing Rift is great for what games are currently out there. What real improvements do we want other than SDE elimination, higher resolution, and wider FOV? Hopefully whatever is in the works adds more to the immersion factor than just tackling the few issues the existing set has.
[T]he company reiterated to us in a comment that they are continuing to invest in PC.
“While we can’t comment on our product roadmap specifics, we do have future plans, and can confirm that we are planning for a future version of Rift,” a Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch.
A lot of questions today about the future of Rift — we're still driving forward on the Rift/PC platform with new hardware, software, and content. Lots of great stuff in the works. More to share in the months ahead.
I hope the wait is worth it.I personally don't think it's odd that we're still waiting for a Rift 2. I knew from the get go that Oculus planned the Rift to be a platform, sort of like a console, of sorts. So it always made sense to me that they would give Gen 1 a decent few years run like any console gets.
This constant product cycling of phones, graphics cards, heck even consoles, etc.. leaves us believing that we need better stuff but the existing Rift is great for what games are currently out there. What real improvements do we want other than SDE elimination, higher resolution, and wider FOV? Hopefully whatever is in the works adds more to the immersion factor than just tackling the few issues the existing set has.
I'm actually looking to get Rx lenses or the 3d printed inserts to hold lenses for mine. I'd like to get back to using it.
I'd like to investigate this. Are there any known makers here that might be willing to make one? I see they are available on eBay, but I'd like to give a forum member a chance. I cannot believe they would be expensive or difficult to make / print.I went the route of the 3d printed bracket with the lenses from Zenni. I think I paid around $20 total and they work great.
I'd like to investigate this. Are there any known makers here that might be willing to make one? I see they are available on eBay, but I'd like to give a forum member a chance. I cannot believe they would be expensive or difficult to make / print.
Facebook is garbage, happy to have that company wander off to do something else.
It would be a really bad sign for the future of consumer VR if 50% of the market vanished overnight. Not to mention the R&D they're putting into hardware and the hundreds of millions they're pumping into content.
It would be a really bad sign for the future of consumer VR if 50% of the market vanished overnight. Not to mention the R&D they're putting into hardware and the hundreds of millions they're pumping into content.
All Facebook did was try to lock down the ecosystem they bought into a proprietary model.
Other and better companies have already jumped in, not at all concerned if Facebook dumps out. Edit: Full consumer VR is still a ways off anyway, and FB isn't a leader in anything other than social media cancer.
This. Just because it's Facebook, people have to hate. I don't give a crap if Betty Crocker came out with a VR system. If it was competitive and priced right, who cares.I generally agree with this. Like them or not, they've been a major contributor to the ecosystem.
This. Just because it's Facebook, people have to hate. I don't give a crap if Betty Crocker came out with a VR system. If it was competitive and priced right, who cares.
I am hoping they are making the next Vr system a good 2.0 and not a little increase like the Vive did at a huge price.
That's a big nope from me.Lol @ Betty Crocker. Anyone here old enough to remember when Quaker Oats opened a gaming division to try to cash in on the video game craze in the early 80s, just in time to see the 1983 video game crash?
This. Just because it's Facebook, people have to hate. I don't give a crap if Betty Crocker came out with a VR system. If it was competitive and priced right, who cares.
I am hoping they are making the next Vr system a good 2.0 and not a little increase like the Vive did at a huge price.
We shall see if/when they come out with the next version. Personally I do not like that they have Rift only games but do hope they can keep the competition up. They have the money to do some good R&D.I don't believe that facebook has the ability to do this. So far all they did was buy Oculus post DK2, throw some controllers at it that likely where already in development and launch it with a restricted ecosystem.
I get that anyone innovating is good, but instead of lowering others to just hating Facebook, maybe realize so far they have added little to the VR world that Oculus wasn't already bringing, and now seem to be pulling out. If that's the case, it's a net positive as it frees up market for others that are more capable.
We shall see if/when they come out with the next version. Personally I do not like that they have Rift only games but do hope they can keep the competition up. They have the money to do some good R&D.
Damn. I was 10. No. I don't remember it but I did see it in a documentary?
Who else is departing from Oculus? Facebook is a big company, of course people will eventually leave. The WhatsApp or other guy has nothing to do with VR or some sea-change movement within FB. Some just need a change. Maybe Iribe missed tinkering in a garage with his friends and doesn't wanna sit behind a desk shuffling papers all day.
They were competing with General Mills, but really just published a handful of games...Anyone here old enough to remember when Quaker Oats opened a gaming division to try to cash in on the video game craze in the early 80s, just in time to see the 1983 video game crash?
I think FB has added a lot. If Oculus didn't have extra cash funneling into them products like Go and the upcoming Quest might very well be much more expensive or lacking some features or refinement. Of course we don't anything for sure, maybe in an alternate universe where FB wasn't involved Oculus Quest and Rift 2 would be out by now and cheaper and better quality... I just somehow doubt that looking at how the competition is still behind overallso far they have added little to the VR world that Oculus wasn't already bringing