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 Topic: Project CARS |
totallymichael
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 Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 26th Aug 2014 01:29 Subject: Project CARS |
http://imgur.com/gwXH3Bi
As a DK2 owner, that wrap-around 2d screen is just hilarious. I cringe at the thought of anybody spending more than $300 on that thing. |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 7th Aug 2014 22:11 Subject: Oculus Rift |
Whoa. Carmack is at it again with an interesting new way of reducing wasted pixels in peripheral vision.
http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/2cv7o6/carmack_on_panorama_res_optimization_possible ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 7th Aug 2014 17:30 Subject: Oculus Rift |
| The recommended render target resolution with Oculus' SDK is higher than the native screen resolution. The scary thing is it'll only get higher as FOV increases. Here's an old info graphic about it fo ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 7th Aug 2014 04:25 Subject: Oculus Rift |
So, caved in and bought the beta of Elite 
SolarSystemExplorer is to blame! 
Not sure what kind of hardware you're running, but my GTX 770 OC is struggling pretty hard with this game. Be ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 4th Aug 2014 00:52 Subject: Oculus Rift |
So, caved in and bought the beta of Elite
SolarSystemExplorer is to blame!
Not sure what kind of hardware you're running, but my GTX 770 OC is struggling pretty hard with this game. Be ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 2nd Aug 2014 04:50 Subject: Oculus Rift |
VR is NOT a 3d screen
it is NOT an addon, an extension, an improvement for traditional games
it's the first piece of a whole new platform and type of play
trying to play traditional games with VR g ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 2nd Aug 2014 03:34 Subject: Oculus Rift |
| I have absolutely no idea how they're pulling this off, but apparently there will be real time path-tracing demos on DK2 at Siggraph using Brigade and Octane. Is this really happening?! Whatever trick ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 2nd Aug 2014 03:28 Subject: Oculus Rift |
VR is NOT a 3d screen
it is NOT an addon, an extension, an improvement for traditional games
it's the first piece of a whole new platform and type of play
trying to play traditional games with VR g ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
Views: 447901
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 1st Aug 2014 15:20 Subject: Oculus Rift |
Nice one !
BTW Ocean Rift is now updated for DK2 :
http://llyrie.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/ocean-rift-demo-for-dk2.html
One of the best VR experience imho.
Agreed! I remember this being prett ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 1st Aug 2014 01:18 Subject: Oculus Rift |
Maybe already known but this helped me a lot.
http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/2c8kkx/one_weird_trick_to_enhance_your_dk2_experience/
And also someone said"Also make sure it is tight eno ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 31st Jul 2014 20:35 Subject: Oculus Rift |
| Yeah, the resolution is a big improvement from DK1, but we'll definitely want more for CV1. But honestly, my GTX 770 OC is already struggling with quite a few demos even at 1080p. You truly want a ste ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 31st Jul 2014 15:40 Subject: Oculus Rift |
Has anybody gotten Direct Access to work with any demos? I honestly think it's only worked maybe once or twice out of the 10-12 demos I've tried. I almost always have to use Extended.
Also, for any ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 30th Jul 2014 23:58 Subject: Oculus Rift |
http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/2btu2o/unofficial_list_of_dk2_demos_and_resources/
If you don't already frequent the Oculus subreddit, here's the one link you'll need for all DK2 questions ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 30th Jul 2014 22:46 Subject: Oculus Rift |
Afaik it's the Runtime you need since they contain the drivers, not the SDK package..
It's ~40 degrees celsius in my apartment so i'm more lazy than usual atm 
Oculus subreddit, i'll take a l ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 30th Jul 2014 20:59 Subject: Oculus Rift |
So.. how i set this thing up?
Just using the rift as the only monitor doesnt seem to work, the picture is on its side and not fully visible....
Downloading the SDK to see if that helps, ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 2nd Jul 2014 03:34 Subject: Oculus Rift |
I've ordered on may 10th. Was hoping to get it in early days of august. Now i hope to get it in august at all
If it's anything like DK1, they'll be able to ramp up pretty quickly. I think you'll de ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 2nd Jul 2014 03:22 Subject: Oculus Rift |
that sucks. 10k in july? Palmer said like 25k back at e3
Yeah, I believe Nate Mitchell's exact words were, “We’ll ship 20-30,000 (DK2s) in July, I believe.. If you place an order today, you sho ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
Views: 447901
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 2nd Jul 2014 02:30 Subject: Oculus Rift |
For anybody else who ordered a DK2:
"Official DK2 Shipping Update (July 1st 2014)
The first batch of official DK2s have left the manufacturing facility and are making their way to our distributi ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
Views: 447901
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 10th Jun 2014 08:25 Subject: Oculus Rift |
Lucky's tale... It's fucking mario 64... same camera angle, same gameplay, except you can look around with the third person camera..
First official E3 Oculus title and it's this shit?!
I'm just angr ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 29th Mar 2014 08:46 Subject: Oculus Rift |
well, that was fast..lol
http://imagescdn.tweaktown.com/news/3/6/36640_1_true_player_gear_s_new_vr_headset_looks_a_lot_like_oculus_rift_full.jpg
Oculus has a new rival. True Player Gear.
Ful ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
Views: 447901
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 28th Mar 2014 06:52 Subject: Oculus Rift |
The question I have, is how many of us here will cancel the dev kit 2 pre orders.
Angsty teenage Oculus fanboys may cancel their DK2 orders. Any reasonable VR enthusiast will definitely not. I've b ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 26th Mar 2014 05:06 Subject: Oculus Rift |
http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/25/5547884/interview-oculus-founder-says-facebook-deal-will-make-virtual-reality
"Luckey: Another thing to keep in mind is that up until now, we've largely been drive ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
Views: 447901
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 26th Mar 2014 01:35 Subject: Oculus Rift |
Palmer responded to a few questions on Reddit a few minutes ago. It's fairly obvious to tell which paragraphs are his responses.
"I am sorry that you are disappointed. To be honest, if I were you, ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
Views: 447901
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 26th Mar 2014 01:13 Subject: Oculus Rift |
http://notch.net/2014/03/virtual-reality-is-going-to-change-the-world/
^^ no more oculus support planned for Minecraft
Luckily, Minecrift is already leagues ahead of what the official implementati ... |
| Topic: Unreal Engine 4 |
totallymichael
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 25th Mar 2014 14:26 Subject: Unreal Engine 4 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVgItBYdy0s&list=UUVPBxkv-mZsyZ6VwmcdA1tg
I uploaded a little clip of me wandering about in the UE4 Temple demo. On my GTX 770 OC w/ Vsync I get a solid 60fps at ... |
| Topic: Steam Machines / OS / Controller / VR |
totallymichael
Replies: 1742
Views: 134259
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 15th Mar 2014 21:30 Subject: Steam Machines / OS / Controller / VR |
@LeoNatan: Just a heads up. Your avatar would be waaay cooler if you changed it to this.
http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Terminator-Smile.gif |
| Topic: Steam Machines / OS / Controller / VR |
totallymichael
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Views: 134259
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 15th Mar 2014 20:51 Subject: Steam Machines / OS / Controller / VR |
| Anybody worried about using a diamond-button layout as a d-pad, take a controller you own, flip it around, put your left thumb on them and pretend. I did it with my Xbox 360 controller, and, surprisin ... |
| Topic: Oculus Rift |
totallymichael
Replies: 5097
Views: 447901
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 14th Mar 2014 18:14 Subject: Oculus Rift |
| I tried the Crystal Cove prototype last weekend at the Oculus Loft during SXSW. I posted about it on the Oculus subreddit, but figured some of you guys might be interested as well. This is just copied ... |
| Topic: Minecraft |
totallymichael
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Views: 245102
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 23rd Feb 2014 18:28 Subject: Minecraft |
For any fans of Sonic Ether, here are a few screenshots of his new real-time global illumination he's working on. Looks friggen fantastic.
http://i.imgur.com/5KBXJSL.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Uemh3X ... |
| Topic: Wreckfest / Wreckfest 2 [Early Access] |
totallymichael
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 13th Jan 2014 02:38 Subject: Wreckfest / Wreckfest 2 [Early Access] |
| Just got this game. Stadium is hella fun and I can't wait until it's multiplayer compatible. |
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