Greetings fellow RPCers'
A quick summary to anyone unfamiliar, the Oculus Rift is a head mounted 3D display with head tracking planned to be consumer ready for 2014 in the 300 dollar price range. (more info here: http://www.oculusvr.com/ ) the current major applications are passive visual media (A virtual movie theater), Gaming (Unity/Unreal/Source support largely completed) and 3d modeling.
While this device is intended primarily for testing at my Job, and is a development model (sporting a less refined profile, and lower resolution.) I've also thought about the leisure implications.
I'd like this thread to serve as a consolidation for any "testers" willing to allow others to give the hardware a demo without purchasing themselves. Anyone who would like to have their information hosted alongside mine, please send me a PM in the following format: (my own example below)
As/if more people provide information i'll try to break it up by country and region to keep it clean. For now there's just myself!
My own information:
Somethings to note, Calibration with a new user will take some time, expect 20-30 minutes of fine tuning before use (swapping lenses if you have glasses in particular).
If you have any questions, comments or concerns related to the Oculus Rift, may I direct you to http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus or feel free to post below and i'll do my best to address them.
A quick summary to anyone unfamiliar, the Oculus Rift is a head mounted 3D display with head tracking planned to be consumer ready for 2014 in the 300 dollar price range. (more info here: http://www.oculusvr.com/ ) the current major applications are passive visual media (A virtual movie theater), Gaming (Unity/Unreal/Source support largely completed) and 3d modeling.
While this device is intended primarily for testing at my Job, and is a development model (sporting a less refined profile, and lower resolution.) I've also thought about the leisure implications.
I'd like this thread to serve as a consolidation for any "testers" willing to allow others to give the hardware a demo without purchasing themselves. Anyone who would like to have their information hosted alongside mine, please send me a PM in the following format: (my own example below)
As/if more people provide information i'll try to break it up by country and region to keep it clean. For now there's just myself!
My own information:
- Country: Canada
- Region: Alberta
- City: Edmonton
- Dates: August 4th, 6-9th, 14-16. September 5-7th, 10-12th. (more later)
- Communication: PM me for tracking please.
- Additional: I've already tweaked Minecraft for support, as well as the default Source engine games installed and ready, My own testing experience at a friends with Portal 2 was phenomenal and something i'll be suggesting. We have food, drink, and motion sickness medication ready for the few who need it.
Somethings to note, Calibration with a new user will take some time, expect 20-30 minutes of fine tuning before use (swapping lenses if you have glasses in particular).
If you have any questions, comments or concerns related to the Oculus Rift, may I direct you to http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus or feel free to post below and i'll do my best to address them.
