Oculus Rift price drop (US, Canada, other places?)

If I were interested of buying the rift I would definitely want to hear all sides of it, so don't really know what you complaining about.

 

I thought there were enough discussions about the Rift already:
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/just-tried-ac-in-vr.43433/
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/i...evolution-of-vr-sim-racing.43163/#post-840178
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/dk2-to-cv1.39272/
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/best-headset-and-software.40910/#post-806949

But I'm apparently wrong. My apologies to anyone...

 

Yes, obviously you were wrong.

 

Thank you for your valuable contribution!

 

No thank you for all those valuable contributions to help derail your own thread. Without any of these silly attempts to try moderate the thread and silence opposing views it wouldnt be as big a mess as it is.

Will just tack this last gem on to this as it was another "valuable contribution." "But keep it on, you're in a good shape."

 

Again, apologies for posting something you're not interested in...But keep it on, you're in a good shape.

 

@martcerv
you have nothing better to do with your life?

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Maybe read forum rules, I think that post breaches them. Its clearly positive and such posts are great in a forum, personal insults and zero contribution to the thread topic so well done.

If you want to be smart and make such a post try not actually make your post the only one in the thread that matches your actual complaint.

Here is the most basic forum rule you have clearly breached.

USE CLEAN, POLITE, RESPECTFUL LANGUAGE. Otherwise: Immediate Ban.

 

I maybe not the most respected member of the AC forum, if anything I am one of the most disliked. I find it very hard to disregard a combative reply in any form. Now there are many way to reply to such messages, and to be honest I have tried most, but the ones that really cause the most disruption on this forum are those that question the ability to have a voice. There is never a need to tell someone they cannot reply, have their opinion aired, or have their thoughts condemned because they do not follow the same path as others. @Tony74, what gives you the right to speak to someone like that? I bet you would not do that to someone in the street, you would be more respectful, if not you must have a well broken nose. This thread is about a discount on the Facebook Rift, Personally I would not buy it if I was given a £1000 refund. Does that make mine or anyone else's preference less valuable than yours?

Personally I find that you are the sharp end of a needle with such a valueless comment, more so than anyone else in this thread. What did you actually contribute to this thread, where is your opinion on the OP's statement? Martcerv at least gave an honest opinion, you just came here to abuse.

 

And people like you should be banned from here for being completely out of line. Disgusting behaviour.

 

That's great news, at least for US and Canada . There doesn't seem to be much of a price drop in Europe, although I think it is cheaper than it used to be.
If you have an itch for VR, and you can afford it, and you're not too paranoid about the Facebook stuff (which I don't like, either), now's a great time. I paid around 700 euros (~$750) for it and don't regret it one bit. I'm using it exclusively for AC.
Yes, it's still kind of expensive, but so is a high-end wheel, or a motion seat, or a triple-screen setup, and people are still buying those and raving about them. I'd say VR does a lot more for your enjoyment of simracing than any of those.

 

That is an interesting point ov view, Facebook rift? Funny. VR mafia? Funny.
Thing is you might be right, the future of VR in it present form offering; low number of interesting applications, high price entry point between the cost of the unit and the computer, some player unable to handle VR sickness and a resolution we have to adapt to, makes it a challenge for mass appeal.
The ones who like it though, to drive a SIM, they like it a lot. Like for me going back to monitor is not an option. First you discover having a wheel is a must, even though it is much less practical than a controller and cost a lot more and one day you discover VR and the game changes again.
I hope VR will keep progressing, 2016 was a great year for VR, we will know soon enough what 2017 will be like.
But even if it stays as niche as people using triple screen in the simulation world, I am ok with that, what I have today is already so good, it makes my VR future already bright.

 

Frankly, they're wasting their time with the "cell phone strapped to your head" model.

There are new screens out there now that are flexible to the point that they can actually be doubled over onto themselves. VR will eventually be done on a basic full faced motorcycle helmet and the visor will be the screen. These helmets are already very comfortable, wired for sound, and well insulated. It will not only feel real because of the physical sensation of wearing the helmet, but the visor in it's bent, panoramic display will appear to be so realistic the mind wouldn't know the difference.

That is where VR will wind up. Strapping a flat cell phone to your face isn't ever going to take off.

 

Thank you for sharing, would you also share a link to this promising new development?

 

So when vr is using these new fangled flexible screens (that are being developed for phones) will you still be of the "cell phone strapped to head model is stupid" opinion?

 

It sounds like a good idea on paper, at least for simracing. But I don't see this "full face VR helmet" style taking off for general VR applications.

I've been riding motorbikes for the last 13 years, always with a full helmet, and it's comfortable as long as you're in the breeze, but I don't see myself wearing it for any length of time while simracing.
As soon as I get off the bike the first thing I do is remove my helmet, I can't stand wearing it when I'm not riding. Especially inside, it's suffocating.

VR will improve for sure - lighter, better screens, better FOV, but still "cell phone strapped to your face"-style. At least until we get Star Trek holodecks or direct neural implants

 

Hopefully after the bank heist!

 

For bank heists I'm using the Rift, they think I'm Robocop.

 

I was also hinking about this version of a vr device: a helmet where al this VRstuff is crammed into.
It looks more comfortable to me than the setup now but I'm not wearing helmets often so I don't really know
just from a simracers' viewpoint it would be really cool!