As far as I know I have the most VR experience here, and I can already say that "two 1200 x 1080 displays" isn't going to be the last VR headset you want to buy, if you buy it. There's no doubt a Valve cooperation is a better choice than basically anything else on the market right now. The tech is just far from mature. VR will still improve enormously with more pixel density and larger fields of view.
What excites me though is the sense of scale that these things bring to games, it really felt like I was in the game world. its amazing how large the trees in minecraft look and I spent a minute or two just standing under one and looking at it.
First impressions are very encouraging. While it doesn't beat Rift display's, it is vastly better at tracking. Also many games confirmed for SteamOS (Witcher 3, Batman Arkham Knight), there is a sale going on atm. Source 2 announced, will be free to use (not sure about source code availability). Also some Steam Machines revealed but not pricing (Zotac Steam Machines is fucking great, but I doubt it will be sold for less than 1000 dollars). Final controller design shown. Steam Link (50 dollar streaming machine) shown. Also nVidia Titan X revealed on GDC.
In other news, Unreal Engine dropped subscription. Source code and everything else is free to download, you only pay 5% royalty for products that earn more than 3000 dollars. Unity answered with free personal edition (no royalty) but dunno about source code. Shown nice demo, just like Unreal. Also UT has first map finished, looks gorgeous. Vulkan API announced (codename OpenGL next), a lot of code is taken from AMD Mantle API. Mantle is dead. Source 2 will support Vulkan, Epic didn't say anything about UE4 but it is matter of time imho. Vulkan supports all platforms, even mobile.
Leshma from GDC 2015, out!
Also some Steam Machines revealed but not pricing (Zotac Steam Machines is fucking great, but I doubt it will be sold for less than 1000 dollars1000 dollars for mobile cpu and gpu? :lol: If someone will want a PC that is locked in itx case, do it yourself. I wouldn't recommend getting any of those.
I don't get it. I get the feeling HTC are extremely overplaying the association with valve, to boost sales from fanbois.
HTC VIVE priced at 799! Pre-orders start next Monday.
http://blog.htcvive.com/2016/02/unveiling-the-vive-consumer-edition-and-pre-order-information/
I think I can get a 4k, 100hz curved 34 inch monitor for the same price as these 1st gen VR sets.
Great price. Wonder will those gloves come bundled with it or released sometimes next year. 350$ for console + 450$ for HMD equals 750$ which is less than price of Vive VR.