A Closer Look
Worried about setting up the Oculus Rift? Don’t be, there is a simple step-by-step guide included in the box. As well as a good quality microfiber cloth to help keep the lenses clean.
A USB to mini-USB cable with gold-plated connections, this is used to hook up the camera to your PC.
A special sync cable, this hooks the camera to the HDMI cable/headset.
The camera is nicely designed and fairly compact.
There is a hinge on the bottom that allows it to fold out and clamp to the top of your monitor.
The underside features a standard camera tripod mount, perfect for those who need a little extra flexibility in their setup.
I’ve left the plastic on the lenses for the photographs, wouldn’t want to scuff them up prior to my first use!
There are two sets of lenses included, the A-type and the B-type. The A-type are much deeper fittings and the B-type are shallow. It’s advised you try both to see which is more comfortable for you.
One very cool thing is that the headset comes with a universal adaptor set, great news for those who plan on taking their DK2 around the world. There is also a DVI to HDMI adaptor.
It’s innovative alright but now is not the time to get knock kneed over it and throw your money around because it’ll still get a lot better. I’ve tried and to be honest I was very impressed but I’d still wait until it matures and there’s a lot more content, not to mention the fact the more prices will drop the more widespread it becomes.
As a DK2 owner, I would say that it is true that the initial setup is straight forward enough. The main problem is with each game that you want to play. Some require that the Rift is setup as your primary, while some secondary, and then you have the “Direct to HMD” mode versus the “extend the desktop” modes. These additional options create the problems that you WILL have to negotiate with. Other than that, I would fully agree with the article….If you love new tech and don’t mind troubleshooting problems, then buy this now. Otherwise wait for a consumer friendly version.
Still not there resolution wise to be fully immersive, Need minimum of 1440p or I hope they hold off and go for 4k.
Maybe they can have 2 consumer versions, Entry level 1080p that every kid can afford, And a high end version 1440 or 4k the rest of us nerds will happily throw money at!
Latency is almost good enough now, If they can get it even lower then all he better and some folks won’t be getting motion sickness as easy as the first kit.
Really looking forward to VR if it’s done right, It will be a game changer quite literally.
Not like the 3d gimmick which had the odd good game but mainly a poor and buggy experience!