Oculus Rift The Thread

[the-pi-guy]

Is it free if I already own it on Android?

No idea.

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How easy is it to read stuff?

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

No idea.
How easy is it to read stuff?

It's not bad, a bit blury.

It's not bad, a bit blury.

But it's cool because you can lean closer and it will clear up. It's pretty clean if it's dead center. Off to the side it's a but blury.

[Dr. Pezus]

It's not bad, a bit blury.
But it's cool because you can lean closer and it will clear up. It's pretty clean if it's dead center. Off to the side it's a but blury.

Play Minecraft in VR!!

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

Play Minecraft in VR!!

I don't think you can right now. It's only for gear vr.

[Dr. Pezus]

I don't think you can right now. It's only for gear vr.

Oh but the tweet was from Oculus...
oh...

I'll show myself out

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

Oh but the tweet was from Oculus...
oh...

I'll show myself out

I am able to sit here in the VR desktop and read the forums perfectly. Good thing I don't need to see my keyboard to type. It's not perfect, and I'll guess it won't be gen one. Maybe by 2 or 3. Screen tech needs to make a huge jump.

[the-pi-guy]

I'm a huge space nerd and I heard wonderful things about Elite Dangerous in VR over the last year or so and thus checking this game out when I got my Rift was an absolute no brainer.
I..... honestly cannot describe how utterly amazing this is. I was breathless. I honestly haven't done anything of note in the actual game itself other than deliver some cargo to a nearby space station but the scenery alone is worth the $40 I spent.
I shifted out of hyper drive to land at this space station which happened to be on the dark side of this massive planet that was eclipsing it's massive host star and It took me forever to actually land correctly because I could not stop staring out my side window at the scene.. it was literally breathtaking.
I was there. It honestly felt like I was. Up until now, all the VR experiences and games I've had have been mind blowing but this was another level of mind blowing for me.
My dad, who is also a space nerd, is coming over next weekend to check out my Rift and I absolutely cannot wait to show him Elite Dangerous.
I'm looking forward to learning more about how the actual game works too.. but for right now, just cruising through space is amazing.

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Legend got a Rift? 

[Legend]

Legend got a Rift?  

I wanted to keep it a secret!

[the-pi-guy]

It'd be cool if there was a VR app for webcamming.  

-have some sort of program to basically "videoshop" the headset out of the picture.  

[Dr. Pezus]

It'd be cool if there was a VR app for webcamming.  

-have some sort of program to basically "videoshop" the headset out of the picture.  

Well you can have it one-way but not two-way if one has the headset and the other just camera

[the-pi-guy]

Well you can have it one-way but not two-way if one has the headset and the other just camera

They'd both have a camera and a headset.  

[Dr. Pezus]

They'd both have a camera and a headset.  

Samsung Gear 360 - The Official Samsung Galaxy Site

[the-pi-guy]

That's not exactly what I mean.

[Dr. Pezus]

That's not exactly what I mean.

But it's what I meant!

[the-pi-guy]

But it's what I meant!

I don't care what you meant.  

My idea is basically during set up the camera will scan your face before you put on the headset.  During operation it will analyze your face and figure out what facial expressions you are making.  (not sure how accurate it could be).  Eyes are the really tricky part, probably just make some assumptions.

Bam, then we can have VR webcamming.