Alien Isolation on Oculus Rift DK2
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h4rm0ny
I see obesity rates across the Western world falling rapidly as gaming couch potatoes across the land go into what will come to be called IAE-related Cardiac Arrest (Immersive Alien Experience).
Seriously, this is going to kill someone! 😀
lmimmfn
yeah i need to try this, but will wait until the game falls in price first. Horror type games are a tad stressful in the rift lol.
Assetto Corsa soon, cmon devs!!!!!
RazTER
Hilbert - can I post my Youtube gameplay with my DK2 Alien Isolation link here?? People seem to find It informative.
Anyways... guys If you do not have a rift and wish a preview, just type in Youtube:
DEE RAZTOO ALIEN ISOLATION DK2.
Hope you like it as much as others!
RazTER
Also waiting for Assetto corsa (anytime soon now - message came on some forum from the devs).
Yeah... Alien isolation is too scary to play at times LoL! VR is COOL!
Extraordinary
Project Cars works well on the Rift, my brother has one and brought it over one weekend, amazing driving around in the rift, being able to lean out the side of the car and look around the body, really gives a sense of presence of being there
Xenotone
Yeah it works surprisingly well and is 100% more immersive and terrifying. Motion sickness is a problem though.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
Still waiting on my Oculus Rift Dev2 kit grrr 🙁
Extraordinary
When did you order it ?
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
A week or three ago. They are out of stock and I have to wait until the new batch arrives. Can take up-to eight weeks (!)
RazTER
LOLed hard! I've seen this comment far too many times on OCULUS forums ;P Everybody has been through this :P Don't worry, the wait is worth it - I cannot image what will happen if Oculus decides to release a DK3 or Consumer Version ;]
Extraordinary
Yea it's a long wait, but after playing with my brothers, it's definitely going to be worth it
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
Yeah, at recent press event I have tried an exclusive UT4 EPIC demo, after seeing it, dodging a missile and get hit by several gun shots I went to the Oculus website and was like 'here take my money -- please!'.
Next to that I think Oculus is a worthy addition to cover here on Guru3D.com
Extraordinary
haha, yea I was dodging dinosaurs and sitting with my jaw on the floor while being taken for a boat ride, then almost falling off my chair flying around an underground mine in a little cart on a track, then drove around P-Cars track in super cars, it was pretty amazing and is on my list of things to buy next
I agree, having an Oculus/VR forum is definitely going to be popular
Denial
I mean this is an obvious statement but the software for the Rift needs to improve significantly before I can recommend people getting one (for fun, and yes I know it's a dev kit). I've had the DR2 for about 2 1/2 months now and I've only used it about 4-5 days/times. Once you get it working it works but it breaks a number of things and causes all kinds of issues. Like yeah it's cool but trust me it's not as simple as saying "oh I feel like playing an oculus game right now" it's more like "I feel like playing an oculus game sometime today, let me uninstall a bunch of drivers, spend an hour getting the game to work properly, clone my displays because the directvr works on like 3 titles, setup my screen recording software so i can see the output.." Then undo it all when you want to go back to normal gaming.
Elite: Dangerous is a ton of fun with it though, so I may check this out.
TeX_UK
I was sceptical about the Oculus Rift as geologists use VR in work for virtual locating & drilling of oil & gas wells, it looks terrible but this WOW ! who do I give my money too ! 🙂 .
lmimmfn
ohh liking the thought of more coverage around here 🙂
You probably know this already but the UT4 was on Cresent Bay prototype though not the DK2 which is unfortunately inferior in terms of resolution( 1080p vs probably 1440p - not disclosed ), refresh rate( DK2 75Hz vs CB 90Hz ) and CB has a slightly wider FOV 110 in CB vs 100 in DK2.
Regardless though DK2 is excellent, just CB is a smidgen better 🙂 , ELite: Dangerous is stunning in DK2.
nonymous666
Would not be a problem for me, since I spend so much time standing still in a lockers afraid to move. :uhoh:
ScoobyDooby
We received the DK2 at our office about a month ago now..
Honestly can't say that I'm that impressed with it.. its cool and all, but riddled with problems.. severe lag in most of what I tried it with.. a pain to get all setup with its driver and tracker. I realize its a dev kit, but I expected it to be a bit better personally.
Extraordinary
What's the specs of the machine you tried it with?
I didn't find any lag on my machine with a 290
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
If that is the reality of then we should write about it ... but it is like you stated a dev kit with lots of work in progress and upcoming prototypes.
If we can create enough hype names like AMD and NV will get broader game support for it and with that comes optimizations and ease of use by development.
