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  • #10077
    keith with the teefkeith with the teef
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      @thinktank
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      I see on the oculus web site that they are doing a summer special price bundle.

      I’m not convinced it represents a good value even with the 7 games?

      https://www.oculus.com/

      #10079
      Ed PEd P
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        @edps
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        There is an Ars report on the price drop which is worded in a way that suggests the taint of a fire sale in their pricing. I think Oculus may come to regret not having an open platform as they do not seem to be wooing many developers to their stable. Without devs it just becomes a large expensive  fugly eyeshade. I must admit I have not been in the least tempted, nor has anyone else in my friends or my family’s circle. Without a killer app/game it is a dead duck!

        If you read through the comments section it appears that the Vive has an edge.

        #10088
        The DukeThe Duke
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          @sgb101
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          The killer app/need is the key. I never ‘got’ the VR thing. Not as a consumer item, professional space yes consumer no. Very much like smart watches, outside of fitness, I can’t see the point. And the market seems to agree, the smart watch world has been quiet for a while.

          One of the bigger AR companies closed it doors to last week, can’t recall its name, they was on twit about two years ago with a polished working unit, but with closed source and high costs, it never took off as a product.

          I can’t see oculus shutting down, I think Facebook own them, but I can see them eventually closing the consumer side down. Medical and space industry would be a fit, to mature the product.

          That is unless that killer feature turns up. Then I’ll be first in line.

          #10129
          keith with the teefkeith with the teef
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            @thinktank
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            I see fallout 4 is going VR but its gonna cost you.

            #10130
            Ed PEd P
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              @edps
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              Tbh I have looked at the released clips and I was not impressed with the ‘soft focus’ effect on all the scenes. It looked like it had been rendered with a film of Vaseline over the lens, but I guess that is an accurate representation of the much lower resolution of the Oculus headset.

              #10182
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                @edps
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                Oculus recently commented on their use of developers being tied to Oculus.

                link

                Revive’s Patreon for the HTC/Steam might be a game changer that could affect the way Oculus does business.

                #10192
                keith with the teefkeith with the teef
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                  @thinktank
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                  Every time I try to be arrgant, I end up on my head.

                  #10194
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                    @edps
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                    Get your teeth into this Ars report of the Oculus ‘Pacific, Keith.

                    #10201
                    keith with the teefkeith with the teef
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                      @thinktank
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                      That looks good. Obviously I would like to see an oled display.

                      Gonna keep my on this one.

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