Oculus Rift and Touch price cut announced (1 Viewer)

[steveg200]

When I first got Oculus, it worked but if i even just touch it to move it on my face it disconnects (HDMI). Then I use it about 30 minutes driving everything fine, and then i tried it to take it off it disconnects.... all that then first bsod happned- That night second dsod and after that I couldn't set it up anymore - Oculus hardware error. Due to all that I think this device was faulty from the start. They didn't ask me too much on support when I send them printcsreens, serial no and error logs. They just told me that they are gonna send me a new one.

Too much trouble about that kind of expensive gear.

Im having the same problem Dama,if i touch the headset it will disconnect.I contacted support today, so will have to see what they do about it.

 

[Dama_The_Crow]

Im having the same problem Dama,if i touch the headset it will disconnect.I contacted support today, so will have to see what they do about it.

You just bought Rift or used it long time?

 

[steveg200]

I have it it a couple of months now,thought it was a problem with my usb ports at first

 

[Dama_The_Crow]

It was my problem exactly. They send me a new one.
I don't know what to think about it really.

 

[steveg200]

It sounds the same problem,the slightest touch can make it disconnect.there are a lot of people having the same problem .

 

[Dama_The_Crow]

If that happens again, i am buying HTC Vive

because I can't without VR anymore

 

[steveg200]

A friend of mine uses the vive ,it is very stable

 

[steveg200]

Well I have just sent my rift back to the Netherlands for an exchange.Dont know how long this will take so I am back to using triple screens. Not a happy boy

 

[Tom]

One of the problems of being an early adopter I suppose.

 

[Dama_The_Crow]

Well I have just sent my rift back to the Netherlands for an exchange.Dont know how long this will take so I am back to using triple screens. Not a happy boy

8-12 work days

 

[Havocc]

Usb card installed and working, now i only need that "thing" to plug there

 

[Havocc]

I did it!! I ordered rift!!
I was a bit undecided because of psu but then i noticed my old gtx580 had about 100W more usage than my 970 so psu should work well

 

[Havocc]

Rift just arrived! Any1 who has a guide on how to get started with win10 and pcars?

 

[Tom]

It's pretty straight forward to get going with PCars.

• Install Oculus home - do all the setup things.
  
• Install Oculus Tray Tool (if you brought that USB3 card I linked to a while ago)
• Launch PCars from steam, you should have an option to launch in oculus rift mode.
• Map a button for 'Re-centre HMD'
• Oculus mode has different graphics settings, so you might have to turn things down for performance.
• Fun!

 

[SlowBloke]

Rift just arrived! Any1 who has a guide on how to get started with win10 and pcars?

Congrats

It was all pretty much plug and play after you go to the Oculus website.

First thing ensure to be setup with the right USB slots as per the instructions.

Once your setup have some fun with the demos and enjoy giggling like a 5 year old school girl

In terms of Project cars...
Reduce your graphics settings to pretty much low everything to start (no shadows etc...)

Minimise VR sickness:
http://www.paradigmshiftracing.com/...-settings-can-cause-vr-sickness-how-to-fix-it

Get in game and ignore the look - just figure out if its smooth or not.
Do not reverse - you will get sick immediately ! If you have to close your eyes first - no joke.

If you feel remotely ill - stop playing until you feel ok again and build up tolerance very slowly
Playing through the sickness if you get it is a really bad idea it can make you feel like you want to throw up for hours...

Once your reasonably comfortable and it all works as intended:

lets see where we are performance wise using the oculus debug tool:
https://developer.oculus.com/documentation/pcsdk/latest/concepts/dg-debug-tool/

They say 90fps plus is what your aiming for but the rift does some fancy trickery that makes 45fps plus perfectly playable.

Some are perfectly happy with 45+ others insist on 90fps plus and hence depending on your stance on this that will massively determine your graphics settings.

EDIT: You do not want to go below 45fps - the trickery aspect will make it unplayable and induces sickness quickly.

In game settings....

Sort Pixel density - if you have a decent card (ie 980ti/1070/1080/1080ti) start with 1.5. You may want lower or higher depending on fps...
https://forums.oculus.com/community...r-supersampling-option-to-games-settings-file.

For me with 980ti/6700k (rain performance is tbh a bit too big a hit with these settings - remove shadows / and low particles help loads).

 

[Cluck]

Personally, I would leave Reflections and Environment Mapping on Low and increase the other settings to as high as you can go. If you've still got headroom then increase one of them to Medium and try again, until you find the happy medium between performance and image quality.

 

[Dama_The_Crow]

Personally, I would leave Reflections and Environment Mapping on Low and increase the other settings to as high as you can go. If you've still got headroom then increase one of them to Medium and try again, until you find the happy medium between performance and image quality.

And it needs to be done in a quick race setting where is storm and 25 to 30 cars in grid When he gets there with 45+ FPS after that all is smooth always

 

[Havocc]

How to reset visual when i find myself seating at the back seat?

 

[Invincible]

How to reset visual when i find myself seating at the back seat?

You have to map a button for "Center VR".

 

[SlowBloke]

You have to map a button for "Center VR".

Yup I press that probably a couple of times a lap