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Old 01-19-2016, 12:56 PM   #61
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I'm going to assume it was a Gear VR that was given as it was developed in partnership with oculus and is around the $100 price point.
Oh, that's totally different. Basically the plastic thing strapping a cell phone to your head. And disappointing; I thought there was a crazy deal I needed to get in on, hah!

Anyhow, I've specced it out but I'm getting a new rig. Figured I'd have to before the dollar falls even more and the prices go up even more. Looks like $3500 (not including Oculus) and without the g-sync monitor for now - I keep reading terrible quality control things so far.
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Old 01-20-2016, 04:47 PM   #62
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They got a pre-order in for you? That's pretty cool, or do you have it in hand somehow?
Visions. I bought a Samsung Galaxy 6 Edge during Boxing Week and it came free with the phone as a promo. I'm not very tech inclined, I opened it and put it on once, the gf laughed at me apparently looking like a giant nerd, and it's been sitting in a box on my dresser ever since. I have no idea what to even do with er.

EDIT: I just read more of the responses, yeah just one of those ones you apparently slap the phone on to. Sorry if that was misleading, I don't know anything about that kind of stuff. I'll probably never use the thing

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Old 01-20-2016, 08:12 PM   #63
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EDIT: I just read more of the responses, yeah just one of those ones you apparently slap the phone on to. Sorry if that was misleading, I don't know anything about that kind of stuff. I'll probably never use the thing
Ha! No worries, I was just wondering if I missed out on a crazy deal or something.
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Visions. I bought a Samsung Galaxy 6 Edge during Boxing Week and it came free with the phone as a promo. I'm not very tech inclined, I opened it and put it on once, the gf laughed at me apparently looking like a giant nerd, and it's been sitting in a box on my dresser ever since. I have no idea what to even do with er.

EDIT: I just read more of the responses, yeah just one of those ones you apparently slap the phone on to. Sorry if that was misleading, I don't know anything about that kind of stuff. I'll probably never use the thing
You should do some googling and get into it. It's a pretty cool piece of tech, I'm assuming you got the Samsung Gear VR.
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Old 01-21-2016, 06:28 AM   #65
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Its incredibly cool, you should most definitely play with it!
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Cool, yeah my buddy works for Visions (hence how I got the deal), next time he's over I'll get him to show me what to do with er. Thanks fellas.

Porn VR, is that a thing? Asking for a friend.
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Old 01-21-2016, 07:58 AM   #67
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Cool, yeah my buddy works for Visions (hence how I got the deal), next time he's over I'll get him to show me what to do with er. Thanks fellas.

Porn VR, is that a thing? Asking for a friend.
lol its not only a thing its 360 degree porn. For science I would like to check it out
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If anybody is interested, the latest Podcast Beyond (playstation podcast from IGN) had a decent discussion on VR Porn that they watched at CES. Apparently it was pretty terrible. These are definitely early days.
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Well finally got a S6 and Gear VR, had to use up my work allowance before I change jobs, and wow the VR is quite something.

More specifically the porn VR is well, wow, simply incredible. The future is here, and its porn VR!
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More specifically the porn VR is well, wow, simply incredible. The future is here, and its porn VR!
The future is now
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HTC Vive Pre-order price and date

http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/11/10...-february-29th
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Old 02-22-2016, 09:52 AM   #73
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My hopes of Sony's headset being affordable are fast dying.
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My hopes of Sony's headset being affordable are fast dying.
Well, PSVR is supposed to the be the cheapest of the 3. At least how the rumor goes - and HTC was supposed to be the most expensive.
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Man if Sony can undercut Oculus by $200 (so, a $400 price point), they will certainly have the leg-up on the competition. Cheapest unit, with the hardware to run it already in 40 million (and growing) homes?

But, we shall see.
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Old 02-22-2016, 08:03 PM   #77
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Are you prepared????

http://store.steampowered.com/app/323910
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Awesome that test comes at a perfect time, looking at upgrading a few things and considering shelling out for the occulus rift.
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Old 02-29-2016, 07:46 AM   #79
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15 minutes for Vive.
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And done. Vive and Oculus locked in. Just PSVR left and that one is likely be the easiest.

EDIT: Looks like they're selling enough to push back the next batch to May.

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