MaximusR3
06-13-2015, 23:50
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The consumer version is finally unveiled at the Oculus pre-E3 keynote and will be coming early next year (Q1 2016), here is the reveal trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etv_IxVh7cc
they also released a game sizzle reel, including an exclusive game announced from Insomniac Games called "Edge of Nowhere"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgi44Xr-rvk
Here is a dedicated teaser trailer for the Insomniac game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2jVBC5idRI
Interesting news from the keynote:
Partnership with Microsoft
As you no doubt probably noticed in the reveal trailer, there is an XB1 controller shown. They have announced that every Oculus Rift will come bundled with the controller and adapter for use on PC.
They also showed that XB1 will be able to stream to the Oculus, but before you get too excited, it's not quite as it sounds...
you will be seeing a virtual theater in which you are playing the XB1 game on the screen. Still a neat feature but not the experience people were hoping for when first hearing this news. So you will still play a traditional 2D game, its just displayed in a virtual 3D space. I think the main appeal here would be freeing up your tv for others to use while still enjoying the big tv experience despite being on a "small" screen.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z19/Rayr3/1434043407880224_zpsvsvx5yky.jpg
Oculus Touch is revealed
as an alternative to the XB1 controller, Oculus also has their own (optional and likely far less popular choice because it will require a separate purchase) input device they're calling the Oculus Touch
http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2015/06/2015-06-11_13_51_05-Greenshot.jpg
there are analog sticks and buttons for "traditional" input functions, then there are the ring of sensors that can detect hand gestures such as pointing and giving a thumbs up. The sensors in the controllers in combination with the desktop sensor (that weird hammer/stand looking thing in the videos) will handle movement/position tracking. They said they wanted to design a controller made from the ground up with VR in mind and this is what the ended up with. I think it looks interesting and am looking forward to seeing how they play out. Only issue I see personally is potentially looking a bit like an idiot to the outside world...
http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2015/06/2015-06-11_13_57_08-Greenshot-720x404.jpg
...but whatever, I'll play behind closed doors. Besides, who cares how dumb you look to everyone else when you're in there doing barrel rolls?
for more reading, check out Gizmodo's report (http://gizmodo.com/heres-the-final-oculus-rift-coming-q1-2016-1710650824) and IGN's Live Blog recap (http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/10/oculus-rift-press-conference-live-blog)
The consumer version is finally unveiled at the Oculus pre-E3 keynote and will be coming early next year (Q1 2016), here is the reveal trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etv_IxVh7cc
they also released a game sizzle reel, including an exclusive game announced from Insomniac Games called "Edge of Nowhere"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgi44Xr-rvk
Here is a dedicated teaser trailer for the Insomniac game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2jVBC5idRI
Interesting news from the keynote:
Partnership with Microsoft
As you no doubt probably noticed in the reveal trailer, there is an XB1 controller shown. They have announced that every Oculus Rift will come bundled with the controller and adapter for use on PC.
They also showed that XB1 will be able to stream to the Oculus, but before you get too excited, it's not quite as it sounds...
you will be seeing a virtual theater in which you are playing the XB1 game on the screen. Still a neat feature but not the experience people were hoping for when first hearing this news. So you will still play a traditional 2D game, its just displayed in a virtual 3D space. I think the main appeal here would be freeing up your tv for others to use while still enjoying the big tv experience despite being on a "small" screen.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z19/Rayr3/1434043407880224_zpsvsvx5yky.jpg
Oculus Touch is revealed
as an alternative to the XB1 controller, Oculus also has their own (optional and likely far less popular choice because it will require a separate purchase) input device they're calling the Oculus Touch
http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2015/06/2015-06-11_13_51_05-Greenshot.jpg
there are analog sticks and buttons for "traditional" input functions, then there are the ring of sensors that can detect hand gestures such as pointing and giving a thumbs up. The sensors in the controllers in combination with the desktop sensor (that weird hammer/stand looking thing in the videos) will handle movement/position tracking. They said they wanted to design a controller made from the ground up with VR in mind and this is what the ended up with. I think it looks interesting and am looking forward to seeing how they play out. Only issue I see personally is potentially looking a bit like an idiot to the outside world...
http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2015/06/2015-06-11_13_57_08-Greenshot-720x404.jpg
...but whatever, I'll play behind closed doors. Besides, who cares how dumb you look to everyone else when you're in there doing barrel rolls?
for more reading, check out Gizmodo's report (http://gizmodo.com/heres-the-final-oculus-rift-coming-q1-2016-1710650824) and IGN's Live Blog recap (http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/10/oculus-rift-press-conference-live-blog)