New Oculus Pricing

[dburne]

Just a heads up, pricing for the Rift has gone up to the previously announced regular price of 499.00 at Oculus.com.

 

Looks like some resellers like Amazon and Best Buy still have them for the 399.00 but likely will go up shortly.

[Dave]

Phew - my $449 (inc international delivery) just arrived.

[dburne]

Phew - my $449 (inc international delivery) just arrived.

 

 

 

Congrats!

Now strap yourself in for an incredible ride!!

[BeastyBaiter]

I recommend the I-16 first.

[=EXPEND=Tripwire]

And then compare the cockpit size difference between the P40 and the 109s. Flatscreen does not do the size difference any justice at all.

[SCG_Fenris_Wolf]

The 109 delivers its certain taste of claustrophobia 

[BeastyBaiter]

I find it cozy, the P-40 is the one I find uncomfortable. Everything is so far away in that one. It is too spacious.

[Dave]

And then compare the cockpit size difference between the P40 and the 109s. Flatscreen does not do the size difference any justice at all.

I just finished raving about this to a friend.

The sense of scale and presence cannot be overstated. Many things are so much more natural and easily accomplished , such as looking around the cockpit and sighting. And low level flight - wow.

But I will definitely need some time to desensitise for sickness. I lasted about 4 minutes at low level maneuvering before the sweats became too intense. I have hundreds of real hours including many many hours of aerobatics and illegally low level flying and I got pretty queasy in VR, this being my first VR flight. So to those feeling sick at first - it says nothing of your real world sensitivity. I'm just hoping I can desensitise quick so I don't have to spend too long in SP.

 

One thing that seems to go unsaid - certainly it surprised me - was how so convincing the immersion was for my brain that I swore I could feel the accelerations through my seat - that and the feeling of really being inside the cockpit make it worth every penny even with the resolution limitations today.

[BeastyBaiter]

Unfortunately that sense of acceleration goes away quickly, or at least it did for me. I swear I could feel the plane drop and bounce my first few VR flights, but after a few hours such illusions were gone. The slightest hint of motion sickness also went away at about the same time though, so there was a plus in that. 

[chiliwili69]

I have hundreds of real hours including many many hours of aerobatics and illegally low level flying and I got pretty queasy in VR, this being my first VR flight. So to those feeling sick at first - it says nothing of your real world sensitivity.

 

Because your brain have linked your visual experience to your inner ear accelerations during your many hours of real flight, now you are exposed to a similar VR visual experience but without the real inner ear accelerations. But, since in our memories everything is interconnected, your visual experience is bringing some inner ear memories and you actually feel like you actually accelerate. The more you have flown the more acceleration you will feel.

 

But brain learns quick with new experiences and your brain will get used to it (have visual stimulus with no inner ear input), so your acceleration feeling in VR will vanish along time.

 

Of course, until you buy something like this: 

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/30766-new-moving-platform-pimax-8k-24k/

 

In any case, it is good to hear your nice VR impressions for a pilot with many hours in aerobatics.

 

BTW, first thing I thought when read about your sickness was poor rig... but actually not!! you have a good beast!

Whenever you want I would like to see what performance reach your machine with the VR IL-2 test.....:

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/29322-measuring-rig-performance-common-baseline/

Edited September 7, 2017 by chiliwili69