Why don't you buy a pre-built PC, Anon? Don't you want to be normal?
If I wanted to be normal don't you think I'd leave my house sometimes?
>>323128639
normal is subjective
I care not for subjectivesand yet here I am, on 4chan
I'm already normal, don't own a PC, using that cartoon box thing for my phone for high quality VR.
>>323128908
The impression I get is that most normal people don't even own a desktop PC nowadays.
>$1.5k for a literal gimmick
Can't wait for this VR meme to last as long as 3D did.
>>323129145
Yep. Most normies tend to have a toaster laptop.
>>323128639
>normal people
>spending $1500 on a device designed to make masturbating marginally better
>>323128982
Great analogy. Anybody who has to consider drinking muddy water probably doesn't have the option of fancy wine.
>>323129256
Plenty of Hollywood movies are still being made in 3D.
Games, on the other hand...
>>323128639
he's not wrong though. building your own PC is an enthusiast thing. if something breaks then you are tech support. you have to figure out what broke, how to fix it and fix it.
we're nerds that are obsessed with technology and computers. what is simple to us is not to others.
>>323128982
Boy this guy is assmad. I could use my free Cardboard that Google sent me or pay $1500+whatever this jew decides the controllers are worth. Wonder what most people will opt for?
>>323129420
Movies are far less than they were, but I was mainly thinking of 3D TVs and monitors.
>>323128639
>normal people
He LITERALLY just insulted every single person who pre built a PC for OR on their own by calling them ABNORMAL
THIS GUY IS A PR DISASTER
>pre-dev kit
>We have to be affordable. If you’re not affordable, you may as well not exist for a huge segment of the market
>consumer version announced
>that'll be six hundred dollars plus tip :)
Can't wait to see this fail.
>>323128639
$2200 CAD minimum.
No.
>>323128639
>normal people
>going to spend $1500 on a computer and a flashy toy
>>323129587
>wait
but you already have.
>>323129437
>building your own PC is an enthusiast thing
So is VR.
>guy sounds like an asshole
I'll just wait for Vive I guess.
>>323129437
if you're a normal person you aren't going to spend 1.5k dollars on a fucking computer
>>323129560
Isn't he only, like, 22?
He's running this huge business, and he's only a year older then me.
>>323128982
>wine competes with water
Dude, what? Fancy wine competes with cheap wine, and fancy wine isn't even better than cheap wine.
What a retard.
there are people out there who think building a computer makes you a genius
its incredible really, i lost count of the times people expected me to be a straight A student in mathematics because I put together a computer
>>323129437
>building your own PC is an enthusiast thing
If you're a retard that can't figure out legos.
>>323129810
My dad's pretty normal, and he seems to buy a new, pre-built, PC, twice a year.
>>323129854
It'll all go under in a year or two, don't be too envious.
lolololololololololololololol
>>323129854
Proof that young people shouldnt run a multi million dollar international business.
>>323128982
Wait, this guy just called cheaper, phone-based VR garbage. Did he forget Oculus is partnered with Samsung, who produces their own phone-based VR?
>>323130030
>Been siting here for hours just trying to figure out what's wrong with my main HDD
>>323130030
This. People are fucking stupid. Putting together a computer is easier than putting together a computer desk.
>>323130030
That's because most people are retarded and can't put together a fucking table from IKEA, let alone a computer. Many people are completely unable to follow instructions and are unwilling to learn anything new as soon as they're out of high school.
>>323129810
This. What else is a "normal person" going to do with a computer with the specs to run a Rift that they couldn't already do on their laptop? If the bundle is $1500, that ostensibly means the Rift costs $1500 to 99% of the population.
Hell of an investment there, Zuckerberg.
>>323130231
event log / event viewer it, ya goof.
>all those red circles
>>323130301
Why would people waste their time researching PC parts, when they could be sharing their latest selfies on Facebook?
>>323129560
the way i interpret it he's just saying the average person is just too stupid to do something as simple as buy some parts and put them together.
>599 US DOLLARS
>doesn't include the controllers, which will likely be another $300+
>need a brand new rig/$900 in upgrades to actually utilize it
LITERALLY blunder of the millennium. And I fucking couldn't be happier since Zuckerbergstein bought it out.
>hear how easy it is to build your own pc
>spend a week researching what parts
>order it all
>spend probably close to 10 hours putting it together
I guess I'm retarded because I didn't find it as easy as everyone else. I was pretty nervous handling the cpu and shit.
>>323129710
I kinda doubt Facebook spent $2 billion on something they expect to be a niche, enthusiast only product.
>>323130231
>>323130301
>>323130319
let's not forget the another side of the coin
people who know how to build computers, but they don't know shit about them
i met some guy who claims he "boosted" his computer, but he didn't know what RAID was
You know what normal people like doing? They like tweeting, going on facebook, watching movies, and all that kind of shit, while at the same time also playing a game with half their attention.
Exactly what you can't do once you put a VR headset on.
>>323130030
I never understood this. People act like you're a wizard for building your own computer but treat car mechanics like they are fucking janitors. I can barely fucking check my fluids in my car and I have respect for people who are mechanically inclined
>>323130663
Expectations are not reality. Just ask Scott Walker.
>>323130643
the wiring is the hardest part for the first build, after that it takes me about an hour and a half to build most PCs
Call me when full scale waifu simulators are out
>>323130668
Most of /v/ sadly. Looking through the 3DS hacking threads the past 2 days has been hilarious. Everything you need to do is there in retard language in guides and people are still fucking it up and asking dumb questions that is already answered in the guides.
>>323130429
I've should of been more honest. I DO know what's wrong with it,(reallocated sectors),but, I'm trying to figure out if I can fix it, or if it's too late.
>>323130765
it has to be because computers are more relevant than cars these days
when cars were the new hot thing everyone was buying, i can bet people appreciated mechanics far more
>>323130197
Gear VR is packed with some functions and sensors. That is more like a Doctor Pepper.
>>323130574
>controllers
>costing $300
Come on. That is just silly and don't even tell me the Rift is super expensive. They are different things.
Watching this crash and burn is gonna be good. Not as good as Xbox One at E3 2013, but still good.
>>323130668
>the another
fucking kill me
>>323131014
I got one of the free Star Wars Cardboards from Google and it was actually much cooler than I thought. What the fuck is the difference between the Gear and the Cardboard though, other than one isn't made out of cardboard?
>>323131038
>and don't even tell me the Rift is super expensive.
>>323131305
Gear has dedicated sensors and lenses designed to work with Samsung screens, as well as software made by Carmack himself.
>>323130668
I know how to build mine and what each part basically does but I know fuckall about my computer aside from basic programming knowledge I learned studying ChemE.
>>323131014
>having a phone
Nope.
>buy an unlocked note phone
Literally buy a rift instead
Will this be enough for a silky smooth Rift experience?
>>323131896
that's ok as long as you don't pretend to know everything, that's what pisses me off the most
i don't pretend to know everything either, so why should they
>>323132046
>Actually buying a Rift
>>323129420
Well actually a lot of games are 2d these days. Just look at this years GOTY.
>>323131906
Look man, I understand we all need to be contrarian here and pretend everyone is a NEET, but how in the fuck do you not own a phone in 2016? That's like not owning a computer or having never worn pants.
>>323132264
Just shut the fuck up normie
>>323128639
Is this dude really calling people who get prebuilt PCs normalfags?
Good on him, still not buying his shit though
>>323130080
Are you kidding? Throw a complete part list at the average web surfing fucknugget and see what happens. They'll cry before even trying and go buy a tablet/laptop.
>>323132264
>>323128639
Wait, what's Rift? The mmo?
I've been looking forward to this for years, but I just can't afford it. It's a real shame and is a big roadblock for vr going mainstream in the short term.
>>323132372
No, he's calling people who can read a manual and put some lego pieces together ultranerds who will never touch a vagina.
Getting a Dell OEM from Best Buy was the biggest mistake of my life, can't wait until I can afford a new mobo+CPU.
>>323132505
Is that rock you're living under comfy?
>>323132242
uh, anon.
>>323128639
>Declaring yourself as normal.
>On 4chan.
>>323132505
(You)
>>323132574
Eh, protects against the elements well enough.
>>323130765
I get what you're saying, I met plenty of both sides that knew fuck all, though. I do feel that your basic can put computer together jerkoff is higher regarded than say your basic mechanic.
>>323132264
>in 2016?
>>323130030
I remember a few years ago I started a thread on /v/ to let people netplay Capcom vs SNK 2, I put very clearly in the OP "IF YOU DO NOT CHANGE THIS ONE SETTING, YOU WILL GET THIS EXTREMELY SPECIFIC ERROR, FOLLOW EXACTLY ONE STEP NOT TO GET THIS ERROR", and half the fucking thread was people bitching about that error
>>323131014
You can use PSVR on PC?
If you don't need a PS4 for it, this might actually go well for Sony.
>>323128982
If this prebuilt is powerful enough to utilise the Oculus effectively, does that mean it would also be powerful enough as a gaming computer without the OR attached?
>>323132959
it was most certainly ironic shitposting
it cant be true
>>323132046
Can you stop posting the same picture?
I'm starting to have a hard time believing you even own this.
Take new pics.
>>323133093
Yes, I don't think they've released the rig specs, but the recommended specs will play most modern games on ultra.
>>323131305
I have a few free cardboards, latest being the Star Wars one from Google as well. My lenses on the Star Wars one have either chips or shit stuck to the surface. It was free, but can see black specs all over the place.
>>323132946
>2016
>implying that this place hasn't used ">current year" for half of a fucking decade now
I seriously hope you guys don't do this
>>323132959
You don't even need to bring up examples that old anon.
Even in this past week when it came to the 3DS downgrade happening.
All those fucking bricks because people couldn't follow instructions.
>>323133343
It's probably only going to be a 970 and the Skylake i5
>yfw HTC vive comes in at $400 or lower
>>323133485
Still wouldn't pay for it.
>>323128639
>there are people who legitimately believe that VR is anything more than the next fad, like 3D TVs and motion controls
>>323133485
Maybe. I doubt it'll be less if you have to buy those weird controller things.
>>323133485
It won't. $600 would be a total win for the Vive. It will likely be $800-$900.
>>323133485
There is absolutely no way it will be lower than $600.
Do you know what comes with the HTC Vive?
>Headset itself, full of sensors, now has the potential to support AR
>2 Wireless Lighthouse Sensors that go on the corners of your room to scan the room
>The dildo controllers
>>323133567
>>323133593
>>323133825
HTC already has their own manufacturing setup, on top of the fact it's not all custom made shit.
The controllers for either Rift and Vive won't be expensive.
I need to go finda a source but I thought I remember them saying Lighthouse wasn't actually expensive.
Valve might even be willing to sell at cost.
>>323133439
That's still not too bad, although probably not worth $900.
>>323134015
The Rift Touch controllers will be expensive. Probably $150 + taxes + shipping all over again.
>>323134015
>on top of the fact it's not all custom made shit.
This will be the major difference. The Rift is full of custom made shit, jacking the price.
The only thing the Vive will have made specifically for it is the lenses and screen.
>>323132242
Nothing that could legit be considered a GOTY was 2D this year anon.
>>323134182
Well, I don't know about that.
But the Lighthouse sensors are what do the bulk of the tracking in the Vive setup.
The little attachments on the headset and controllers are basically just emitters for it to track.
They'll just be standard controllers with lightbulbs attached in a way so that at least one emitter should always be visible to the sensor, and shaped like dildos of course.
Why have so many companies invested so many hundreds of millions of dollars into a highly expensive niche entertainment device that only a handful of nerds have any serious interest in?
>>323132564
This.
Except mine was a gift.
>>323129367
for 600 dollars I can just buy a nice looking hooker, good option for normal people.
>>323134476
I've heard people say that the Lighthouse setup would be cheaper over what Oculus has done.
>>323134578
If the porn industry adopts so to will the mainstream. Such is the way of media.
Does anyone else want AR more than VR? I just want Google to come out with a final version of the Glass for a cheaper price.
>>323134754
The new camera on the Vive is definitely intended for AR shit as well as general saftey.
Testers over the past few days been saying it has a dedicated button that toggle overlays reality on your virtual world with sort of bluish matrixy style tint
>>323134754
Glass is pretty useless, Magic Leap would be a lot more useful.
>>323134754
Actual Reality? Like going outside?
>>323128639
These bundles likely won't go 50% off.
But unlike with consoles, this happens with PCs multiple times a year.
So my advice. Be patient and scour after deals for a period of time of around at least 8~ or so months give or take.
When you find a really good(s) deal of around 40-60% off. Be it on individual components or pre-built computers(that you can fix where needed with separate components that you also get when on sale).
And you spend approximately $500 give or take. The final price is obviously heavily reliant on what sales you managed to catch over the course of the year. But the above should have a good chance of landing you with hardware that will enable you to play games at the highest settings, but more importantly last for approximately two console generations while still having potential modification uses even after having ultimately become dated.
I guess this rant really doesn't have much to do with VR. But if there is one thing I have learned from /v/ it's that /v/ really has no idea of how to properly buy a computer. Now I love consoles myself and have mosty of them in addition to my PCs. But seriously, learn how to acquire PCs and PC hardware. The market doesn't behave like the console market. So learn.
So with the Playstation VR, do we know if it will be only useable with the PS4/PSwhatever or will it be able to be used simply with PC if you've got the right drivers like the DS3 was?
>>323129420
And they all look like shit
>>323130870
>I've should of
>>323136019
Augmented Reality. Digital stuff superimposed on real life, like JC Denton's augmented glasses for example.
>>323136412
Look you fucking dewwb, let me inlighten you on some fun facts of life ok? People have these things called.... colloquial sayings, maybe if you left that dumpster you call a home and actually fuck some chicks(or guys because obviously your a faggot) maybe we can stay on topic.
>>323136990
>If I use a big word I don't know the meaning of, I can make excuses for my abysmal grammar!
nah m8
>>323129929
Daily reminder that 2buck chuck won an international wine tasting competition against the fanciest most expensive wine out there.
Winos are faggots who don't even know what makes a "good wine"
>>323138139
2 buck chuck is a grab bag of unbottled leftover wine. Sometimes you get lucky and theres' something good in there, ususally its crap.
>>323134015
>Valve might even be willing to sell at cost.
Valve is going to want to make money from it, they won't sell it like a PS4/Xbone and not make money from it.
>>323140881
>Valve is going to want to make money from it,
What?
It's not like they're in dire need of money.
It's also incredibly new territory, and they're not dumb.
Of course they want to make money selling them, doesn't mean they won't consider selling it at a loss if it's a reasonable option.
They can sell more if they establish market dominance.
>>323132459
mate a child can build a PC per youtube guides, it really doesn't take much knowledge
>>323128639
I only ever buy prebuilts. I'm that lazy. And rich.
>>323129929
Fucking this.
Fancy wine literally only sells on "This wine is so expensive it must be really good" and then you pretend to like it because it tastes like shit but you don't want to look uncultured.
>>323131014
>Fell for the kickstart
>People who donated enough to the kickstarter for a dev kit get a consumer version for free.
>>323137109
colloquial is a big word for the basement dweller?
Awwwww
![AFoaJ[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/aJ0ysVa.jpg "AFoaJ[1].jpg")
>>323131014
>PSVR
>Absolutely mammoth library of games
>>323141317
valve are greedy jews, just look at steam machines
>>323131014
>access to a mammoth library of games
>ps4
>>323128639
Never buy prebuilt. For the love of god.
Don't waste your money on inflated price tags with preinstalled bloatware and budget parts. These builds always skimp out somewhere and mark up the price in favor of showing off with unnecessary brandwanking and a gay case with faggotty LEDs'
Literally just buy a 970 and put it in your moms desktop
>People are still paying 60$ to some idiot to build their PCs
C'mon anons. Its like 5 parts and 2 wires. Its fun, its like a Lego. Everybody likes legos right?
>>323133434
Your old meme can't compete with this retard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLk2aSBrR6U
Oculus is on full damage control.
a lot of the media outlets are laughing at them for the $600 price point and still needing a $1000+ PC.
how do they expect their VR headset to be a common product in ever household.
>>323131014
>absolute mammoth library of games
>ps4
>letting staff freely converse with customers
This is such a bad idea, no respectable company allows people to do this, why do video games developers get away with this?
Seriously it's like the first fucking rule don't discuss the business on social media because you will inevitably get one employee who is racist or starts a fight with a customer or whatever who gives you a PR problem
Yet no vidya companies seem to have this rule, why?
>>323143276
>$60
I build PCs for people in my spare time and charge them 20% cost of parts
so I make $120 for building a $600 PC
You fucks are forgetting one thing.
Porn.
Whatever VR tech uses the most porn, or gets the most porn, or is exclusive to porn, will win. It happened to BluRay and it'll happen to VR.
So, anybody buying now for anything other than to say "I have one" is retarded. It's like buying a HD DVD player and then going "b-b-but where are all the DVD's? :((("
>$1499
>Implying I have that kind of money
>>323130668
Do people still set up RAIDs? I've never considered one since hard disks started coming out in 1 TB, but now that I think about it I'm wondering if people are doing it with SSD's or something.
>>323144413
It's useful for NAS servers. You may also get a speed boost.
I don't know if doing it with SSDs would be healthy for the drives, though. A lot of I/O happens there.
>>323138139
>dad's best friend founded fancy winery in sonoma
>get at least one free wine bottle every time I go
>still drink wine from a box
>>323128982
Shhh that damage control
Why did they even keep this sperg in the company?
Its like /v/ as a spokesperson
I just built a PC that was i5 4690 / 8GB RAM / 500W / 1TB HDD / cheapest case on Amazon & my old graphics card for free.
>http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B011EDFLNW
Can anyone explain how this prebuilt has the same or better parts plus an SD reader and Windows, for cheaper than I could have built it? How the hell are they making money?
>>323144596
>still drink wine from a box
Bota box Malbec and Cabernet is Elder-God tier
>>323128639
This fucking idiot needs to delete himself from social media.
Everything he says is absolutely fucking retarded
fuck him and fuck Occulus
>>323145065
>SD reader
useless
>Windows
it's literally free
>Can anyone explain how this prebuilt has the same or better parts plus an SD reader and Windows, for cheaper than I could have built it? How the hell are they making money?
because parts bought in bulk are cheaper than bought individually, and businesses can purchase at a cost lower than retail
>>323130134
He'll still be worth 700 million dollars, and you'll have your student debt or whatever, no reason to feel smug
>>323128639
>Don't you want to be normal?
If being a retard makes me normal, no thanks.
Bought a pre-built PC on sale for like 800 bucks, regularly 1099 or something. Don't even care. Too nervewracking to build together myself and now I have a good PC on which I can study about parts and shit.
>>323145223
It defeats the entire point of building PCs myself, though. This prebuilt is literally better than the one I built for the same budget.
>>323130574
The ship date on pre-orders is already out to June, not everyone is as poor as you anon
>>323145368
>It defeats the entire point of building PCs myself, though.
cost isn't everything
was it fun building it?
did you learn anything?
did you get a sense of accomplishment and personal satisfaction?
>>323145065
Cheapest ram they could find
Cheapest psu they could find, will blow up after a year
Cheapest hdd they could find
They get windows for suprer cheap
>>323145459
People don't say "I could build a better PC for more anecdotal enjoyment", they say "I can build a better PC cheaper".
>more than $100 for an accessory
Liberals will defend this.
>>323130030
>Straight A student in Mathematics
>To afraid/dumb to build a PC myself
I just pay 20€ and let the company that I buy my stuff from assemble it.
>>323128639
+ screen + keyboard + mouse + speakers + OS + tax + shipping
>2999$
Palmer Luckey is young and stupid when it comes to business and PR and the price of the Rift has really highlighted his inexperience.
First of all he shot himself in the foot many months ago as soon as he started giving ballpark figures for the cost of the Rift. Ballpark of $350, great! $400, maybe $500 at an absolute max. But $600? Fuck off, that's approaching double your ballpark figure.
Luckey's post on his AMA tried to explain this fuck up. He had some dumb bullshit about how he was contrasting $350 with $1500 because the $1500 number was stuck in his mind because apparently media outlets were running stories saying the Rift costs $1500. I don't remember any site doing this, from what I recall most sites were fine in reporting that Luckey had stated that a $1500 PC is recommended for Rift users. Seems like total bullshit to me and I don't know why people are falling for his lies.
Just remember this guy had a neat idea, had his project explode into something he would have never expected where he's gotten his hand on some serious cash. He's just excited as fuck with the sense of importance he has now. Let him dig his own grave. A lot of us knew that as soon as Facebook got involved this thing was a lost cause.
This thing is fucking years off from having any chance of making it big. $600 is already a lot to ask for, but on top of that users need $1500 PCs? Does Palmer Luckey realize how shit the average PC is?
>>323147919
Does his company not have a PR department? And if it does, why the fuck haven't they taken away his twitter account yet?
>>323146271
+ mouse pad + power strip + box of tissues + lotion + tax + shipping
>4999$
>>323148273
Those deluxe onaholes aint free either.
>>323134731
The porn industry has already adopted it. There's been plentiful VR porn content since the Oculus DK1. Everyone's circlejerking raw over Vive while Oculus already won the VR porn race.
It's kinda strange, somehow that extra $100 really pushed me over the edge to not buy it. I would've been fine at $500, really, and relative to everyone else my shipping and taxes only bring it up to ~$680. But it's kinda weird, for years I was prepared to pay $350 or so plus the price of a new GPU (putting off the upgrade because I wanted to buy something at the last moment, so I could get my money's worth) and then I read all those interviews where he said the ballpark was off and I was actually willing to get it for $500 without much hesitation.
Something about that last $100 and the way he's acting on Twitter really puts me off, though. I try to rationalize it with "it's just $100 more, a fraction of what you were gonna spend anyway", but that shit isn't flying. I got my preorder in, and I know I'm not gonna not buy an HMD, but I'm probably gonna cancel the Rift, and only have it preordered on the off chance that the Vive starts catching fire on people's heads or some crazy shit.
>>323130301
who is this semen demon?
>>323149689
Man just wait for a couple months after release date. They'll release a version without all that extra shit bundled in and you can probably get it for that 500 dollary doos. Alternatively wait and see how the competition handles their tech and jump ship if necessary.
>>323149689
The price WILL come down. Just consider if a 100 dollar cut is worth waiting until 2017 for you.
>>323144038
Wow, most shops that sell parts also can build your PC for free if you buy the parts there.
People sure are stupid if they pay you.
>>323150124
My preorder ships in May (I think?) which was somewhat intentional, because it'll let me see what happens with people who get theirs earlier and with all the Vive stuff. I was actually able to preorder as soon as they went up, I just decided not to. I'm like 99% sure that I'm gonna cancel, though, because even if the Vive is a couple hundred more, it would be worth it for the included controllers, plus the AR stuff is kinda neat.
I was actually planning to sell the controller to recoup some of the cost (and because I already have a wired 360 pad, and Windows 7), and I really don't mind the headphones, but I realize I'm in a minority on that front.
In the end, buying one wouldn't be the end of the world for me, not because I'm super affluent, but just because I'd be willing to take a little loss on reselling if I wasn't satisfied.
>>323128639
I'm euro poor
>>323141317
HTC hasn't been doing so well financially for a while now, so thinking they'll go for zero profit margin like Oculus is dumb
>>323150470
It is not, it is absolutely not. Not because I'm impatient but just because I've already been holding back this long. Every time a DK came out I seriously considered purchasing one, and the only thing that kept me from doing so was the thought that "the CV will be a lot better, and for a similar price, you would be wasting your money you dumbass". Even without a huge selection of software I would've had a lot of fun just fucking around with it and making stuff (not for actual deving, more like a new hardware toy). I somewhat regret not buying a DK, to be honest, because I imagine I would've had a lot of fun.
But yeah, at this point I consider any extra I have to pay a premium for getting it early, and honestly I'm fine with it, I just don't want to end up with an expensive brick relative to the competition, so I guess I'll wait.
>>323144396
fucking NEET degenerate
>>323130643
actually putting everything together is fairly easy,having a panic attack when it doesnt boot is fucking awful considering so many things could've unknowingly fucked up and some cant even be trouble shooted
>>323143093
i had a friend who upgraded only his gpu and his computer literally smoked because most generic prebuilt office computers have shitty ass psu
>>323129358
Macbook Pro*
>>323152189
No normalfag ("normie" reeks of reddit) I know uses a mac. They all have a consumer grade laptop riddled with OEM bloatware, viruses and adware.
>>323152409
Ehhhh, I dunno about that, there are a good chunk of them that save up to get Macs because of the "luxury" appeal and whatever, I'd say the primary barrier of entry for them is just the price, which is ironically the only reason they would want one.
I mean, I'm sure if you asked a normalfag whether they'd prefer a Windows laptop or a Macbook, they'd probably go for the latter. People who choose Windows usually have pretty specific reasons, the primary one being "I want to play games", I imagine.
So, yeah, you're right that they usually have shitty laptops or netbooks or whatever the fuck they're calling them, but I'm sure most would go for a Mac if they could.
Why is it so god damn much? Not only Oculus, but from the looks of it, it seems other VR sets will be in that range.
Idea seemed cool to me, I've never tried it. I was hoping to try one at a kiosk somewhere when they were out and if i liked it, I would buy one. I legitimately estimated they'd be around $200
I don't think a price drop will be a thing either. If it actually gets popular, it'll probably be similar to damn phones, constantly releasing newer versions, so what you have is outdated shit, and every time a new game comes out, your GPU won't be able to handle both, but the new version would certainly be optimized.
>>323130301sauce?
>>323152828
what are you talking about it's priced for normal people**who have the means to own property in the city of san francisco
>price announced
>599
>instant vietnamlike flashbacks to FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE US DOLLARS
>FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE US DOLLARS
>FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE US DOLLARS
>GENJI 2 IS AN ASHUN GAME
>ONE MIRRION TROOPS
>WOW
>I HEARD THE GRAPHICS ON IT WAS CRAZY
>IM GONNA BEAT YOU, AND ITS GONNA HURT BECAUSE...I DON'T KNOW
they really did pick the absolute worst fucking price. Maybe il buy one when it's half the asking price
>>323152828
In the case of the CV1, it's the custom parts. Some anons argue that the headphones and Xbone controller add something significant to the price, but I actually believe Palmer on them being inconsequential.
Ultimately, the devkits were cheaper because they were made from off the shelf components (the DK2 literally has the screen from a Note 3 in it, digitizer and all). I think Oculus got a little carried away with trying to provide "the best experience", because their future relies entirely on VR being seen as something other than a gimmick. Damned if they do damned if they don't, kinda. The price is still too damn high, though.
By all estimates PSVR could be expensive because they have to include the extra hardware for timewarping, and nobody really knows where the Vive is gonna land, but they really have a good chance to pull the rug out from under Oculus if their price is right.
Ran out of room for the last point, but phones from 2 years ago are really affordable.
>>323143841
Palmer has been the PR face of the company since day one, gagging him would be idiotic
>>323128982
>Triggered
Damn, he was mad but now i am!
PS4 VR is 800USD, price leaked
>>323128886
only the Sith deal in absolutes
>>323152409
then you're poor or hang out with poor people.
even kids in my college on foodstamps have macbooks.
>>323132264
>How can you NOT have a facebook???
>>323145592
then you clearly dont listen to everyone
>>323143841
It's been a recent problem with film creators lately too.
Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of public relations, or the significant voice things like twitter give some people.
>>323128639
I can hear the desperate pleading of his voice through his text. He needs to just be quiet and hope for the best. Everything he posts makes it look more farfetched.
Palmer is 23 years he's not some slick corporate CEO that understands PR.
At least he doesn't spend 10 hours a day discussing Korean cartoons in a Somali leatherworking symposium.
Palmer's chocolate is fucking disgusting.
I always got pissed off when my grandma put that shit in my easter basket.
I got mine for 900 bucks, kinda overpaid for i7. Since i5 is fine these days but play lots of emulators and games that require lots of cpu usage.
>>323134289
>The Rift is full of custom made shit, jacking the price.
This is the part I don't understand. Don't you have pretty much all the components to make a VR headset in a modern smartphone? The screen, the sensors etc...
It's mostly the form factor and software that's different. That being said high-end smartphones are quite expensive too.
>>323145223
Windows is not "free".
>>323155371
Mine was 750 dollars but I can order orbital strikes and take 4k 3d dick picks.
>implying normal people spend 1500 dollars to play vidya
>>323154785
His age shouldn't give him a pass. I am younger than him and I immediately saw, without any external feedback, that his Twitter responses were a potential problem, and I guarantee you that there are plenty of people his age or younger on here that feel the same way. In the past he has been good with interviews and whatnot, but it seems like that was only because there wasn't that much criticism/pressure at the time. The backlash put him in a defensive posture and the best thing to do in that situation is shut up and think.
>>323155371
Oculus really wanted to pull out all the stops for this, which meant no compromises. They could've gone with already existing smartphone screens (like they did with the DKs), but decided that they wanted the CV to be better, so everything is custom. Whether it is worth it or not is to be seen, since the Vive is going to be using less custom components, which will give us a good comparison.
That is if Palmer is to be believed, of course.
