I'm not sure if it's true or not, it was posted at 12:00 AM April 1st in Europe.

 

That tweet was doctored I believe.

 

My uncle lives down the road, and he's got the Vive and the Occulus on preorder, the computers to run them and the space all laid out. I predict a consolidation of cousins in the coming weeks.

 

Okay, so something big has happened.

The shipping cost has apparently been slashed across the board. Mine isn't even showing a shipping cost anymore. The hold up was apparently whoever was taking care of the shipping, apparently whatever company they contracted fucked up hardcore, at least that's the rumor as of this moment.

 

Considering my shipping cost was $130 USD... yeah.

 

Houston we have payment!

 

Been playing with my uncles Vive all week and wow that thing is so cool. I think I like Tilt-Brush the best at the moment (Kind of 3d paint) but basically anything you do is mind-blowing right now, was sitting at the bottom of the sea yesterday morning, watching the jellyfish.

I like being able to move around it feels way more immersive than the oculus, (or at least the (2nd gen dev kit) though they haven't quite worked out the best way to let you move beyond the space your are inhabiting. The crazy thing is that all this bulky tech is going to look like 80s brick-phones in 5-10 years time.

 

The experience itself is incredibly immersive and intuitive. It's addictive as well, I'm going back on the weekend. It kind of remains to be seen how they will utalise the tech in games though. Most of the stuff out now is demos and interactive experiences. The demos they have got make me pretty sure these things are going to be the new stranded in gaming in 5 years or so. Along with a lot of fitter nerds, the vive atleast is pretty physical, a couple of hours of gaming could actually become a workout.

But the first gen kits are still not wireless and reasonably bulky, I've not had a problem with either using it but I imagine they are going to shrink and improve rapidly. You also need a fair bit of open space and a good gaming pc. I don't think I'd buy this one myself (if I had the money) but I would definitely buy gen 2 or 3, once they've worked the kinks out and created some content.

It kind of depends how much you want to experience VR right now, (though if you try one out, you will want one.)

 

Guess who has two thumbs and a Rift.

 

So!

It's a year since I got my Rift.

In the first few months I was super into it, though my main use was VR Porn. :awesome

I just made a second impulse purchase of the Touch controllers last week and I have to say that I am super satisfied with it.

Robo Recall is a hell of a lot of fun.

Tilt Brush VR is my shit.

Oculus Medium is something I want to get good at.

My major gripe right now is my playing space is limited. I'm almost at the point of setting the contents of the garage on fire to justify clearing out the space so I can use it.

There is something immensely satisfying about using the touch controllers, especially when they've been intuitively included in a product.

The sheer joy Robo Recall gives me is... indescribable.