Rift on the Jimmy Fallon Show Is Confirmed

Post by **SartreFan** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:42 am

jaybug wrote:They weren't operating with order numbers back when I ordered, just a seemingly random number/letter combination.

I guess that means I'll be buying a copy of Doom 3 again

Post by **3dRat** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:17 am

Ehem! Ontopic again:
am not from USA, how can I see the show? will be online later? Youtube?

Post by **virror** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:01 pm

I really hope someone will put it on youtube.

Post by **danielbln** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:12 pm

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com ... =thumbnail

Seems to be region locked though, so for us poor suckers from abroad, it's either youtube or torrent.

Post by **Namielus** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:12 pm

Or just use a compatible proxy and you will be able to see it.

Post by **unsilentwill** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 12:20 am

Looks like they're remaking eXistenZ with Jude Law, Mike Tyson, and Jimmy Fallon. Featuring a brand new soundtrack by Michael Bolton and special effects by a start-up called Oculus.

https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/stat ... 7245837312

Man the future is weird.

Post by **Krenzo** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:37 am

I hope they try to get Jude Law to plug the Rift into his belly button or something.

Post by **Okta** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:55 am

A douchey talk show. How lame. Once these sheeple find out the Rift is not an iphone accessory there will be some serious outrage on the twitters.

Post by **Namielus** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:12 am

Okta, good positive attitude.

Post by **German** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:06 am

Okta wrote:A douchey talk show. How lame. Once these sheeple find out the Rift is not an iphone accessory there will be some serious outrage on the twitters.

Well, he is one of the more technologically informed and in tune with the Internet hosts out there, however, I still agree with your general description. His best show(and only one I have watched recently) was the one he did during hurricane Sandy when he didn't have an audience and only interacted with his guests, the band and production crew. Probably the most natural talk show I'd ever seen versus the studio audience garbage.

Post by **MrGreen** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:21 am

Okta wrote:A douchey talk show. How lame. Once these sheeple find out the Rift is not an iphone accessory there will be some serious outrage on the twitters.

Tell us how you really feel Okta.

Post by **jf031** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:26 am

Seriously using the term sheeple is pretty sad.

Post by **2EyeGuy** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:29 pm

Okta wrote:A douchey talk show. How lame. Once these sheeple find out the Rift is not an iphone accessory there will be some serious outrage on the twitters.

Sorry sheeple. They said its mobile support is android only, so far. But that's Apple's fault, not Oculus'. And it needs a USB port, so it won't work on most Android phones.

jf031 wrote:Seriously using the term sheeple is pretty sad.

Sad, but very very accurate.

Post by **Direlight** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:48 pm

needs a USB port, so it won't work on most Android phones

Android phones usually have mini-usb. I've downloaded videos off a phone to my pc. The problem is only some have HDMI out. More common on tablets.

Post by **Octo** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:06 pm

Post by **jf031** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:14 pm

Octo wrote:

Haha, good job wasting time on that!

Post by **MSat** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:28 pm

Sheeple is people too!

Post by **mahler** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:50 pm

MSat wrote:Sheeple is people too!

Post by **Krenzo** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:55 pm

mahler wrote:
MSat wrote:Sheeple is people too!

LOL, nice

Post by **oculusfan** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 5:14 pm

mahler wrote:
MSat wrote:Sheeple is people too!

Lmao there's a smattering of sheep who did not get a rift. I feel bad for them.

Post by **MSat** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 5:30 pm

mahler wrote:
MSat wrote:Sheeple is people too!

hehehe

Post by **2EyeGuy** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:49 pm

I wonder if the Oculus Rift would work on animals. They'd have to have eyes that face forwards, a suitable IPD, RGB vision, the ability to focus at infinity, and not be too eagle-eyed. But I reckon you could get an animal to think it was real.

Post by **geekmaster** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:35 pm

oculusfan wrote:... Lmao there's a smattering of sheep who did not get a rift. I feel bad for them.

The "riftless ones" are waiting for the consumer version. The ones with the Rift Dev Kits are hacker sheeple (i.e. the "virtual black sheep" of the herd). Obviously, their avatars have black wool...

Post by **Okta** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:02 pm

2EyeGuy wrote:I wonder if the Oculus Rift would work on animals. They'd have to have eyes that face forwards, a suitable IPD, RGB vision, the ability to focus at infinity, and not be too eagle-eyed. But I reckon you could get an animal to think it was real.

Awesome post. This deserves its own thread topic.

I would love to see if my GSD reacted to a HMD. One thing i have observed is that dogs rarely take notice of the TV screen, even a big one. They only seem to notice the sounds if there is a dog barking or something.

Seriously this could be a future training tool, rehabilitation tool for animals.

Post by **geekmaster** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:11 pm

Okta wrote:... Seriously this could be a future training tool, rehabilitation tool for animals.

When we had cats, they would go nuts trying to catch birds or fish on TV during a nature program. They chase lasers too. A cat-sized mini Rift would be a great cat herding tool. They could chase virtual prey.

Dogs are more into smell than motion... Now if you had a virtual "something nasty to sniff or roll in" you would be all set in the canine virtual entertainment department.

Post by **Namielus** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:01 am

2EyeGuy wrote:I wonder if the Oculus Rift would work on animals. They'd have to have eyes that face forwards, a suitable IPD, RGB vision, the ability to focus at infinity, and not be too eagle-eyed. But I reckon you could get an animal to think it was real.

I have dogs with the same IPD as me, but their eyes do not converge in the same way.
However, I would still like to give it a try.

The reason being that especially one of the dogs enjoy watching movies on the big screen, and her favorite is the animated film Fantastic mr. Fox.

Anyway I am going to try it for a second just to see how they react (by simply holding it to their face)

Post by **Punisher** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:48 am

I kinda like Jimmy Fallon tbh...He does some fun musical sketches.

Looking forward to the episode.

I hope I'm not overhyping myself with all the videos, I wonder how many hours worth of oculus related videos I've watched ><

Post by **WiredEarp** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:41 am

Haha 2EyeGuy @ geekmaster, I remember years back (pre virtuality even) talking with a friend about strapping goggles onto his dog and letting them into a VR where they can both fly and chase virtual rabbits etc haha.
Its an amusing idea. I agree though that it could be a good training tool, just like it can be for humans.

Post by **Pingles** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:54 am

Just saw the lineup for Wednesdays show. Pretty full. I hope they don't get bumped.

Jude Law
Mike Tyson
Bad Religion
Michael Bolton

Post by **cerulianbaloo** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:57 pm

Just checked their episode guide for Wednesday, next to Tyson is Joshua Topolsky. I'm not too concerned.

Post by **2EyeGuy** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:44 am

MrGreen wrote:The question is: 7" or 5.6"?

The answer is: 5.6".

http://t.co/A2bIZStR

Post by **Randomoneh** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:14 am

Oculus 3D PSU. More power than anyone else can offer. DC 3D current now more stable than ever!

Post by **virror** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:25 am

Anyone here have the ability to record the show and put it on youtube tomorrow?

Post by **3dRat** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:05 am

I red that Jimmy Fallon has a channel in youtube so the show would be there later.

Probably after the show the demand for de devkit will be a bestseller (altough probably enthusiast more than gamdevs)
if I wait for the show to by my devkit it will be delivered about October...

Post by **MrGreen** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:49 am

2EyeGuy wrote:The answer is: 5.6".

Post by **Pingles** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:15 am

I find the lack of 7" support worrisome.

We will be receiving our kits in a few weeks. Don't you think they'd have working prototypes by now?

For our programmer friends here: Could the reprogramming of the warping software be an issue that would take MONTHS to change from 6" to 7"? You'd think it would be something like changing a variable.

Post by **danielbln** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:29 am

I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume, that the 7" model requires IPD adjustments for every wearer, because of the bigger screen size. This would make it rather hard to showcase, because you'd have to adjust the HMD for every user.

Post by **TheHolyChicken** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:49 am

Pingles wrote:For our programmer friends here: Could the reprogramming of the warping software be an issue that would take MONTHS to change from 6" to 7"? You'd think it would be something like changing a variable.

No... afaik, the screen change necessitated that quite different images be sent to each eye. I'm not talking about stereo - I mean that some objects that are in left eye are not in the right eye's field of vision, and vice-versa. There is not 1:1 overlap. Hopefully someone can give a better explanation or pictures. It's not just "changing a variable"; there is huge potential impact. I'm not at all surprised it's taking a while to get Unreal Engine / Unity support this kind of change.

EDIT: here we go. I've hi-jacked this image from 'Randomoneh':
http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/download/fi ... &mode=view

Post by **3trip** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:37 pm

danielbln wrote:http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com ... =thumbnail

Seems to be region locked though, so for us poor suckers from abroad, it's either youtube or torrent.

uh, which episode? you put up a list of them.

Post by **spire8989** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:44 pm

3trip wrote:
danielbln wrote:http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com ... =thumbnail

Seems to be region locked though, so for us poor suckers from abroad, it's either youtube or torrent.
uh, which episode? you put up a list of them.

Well it hasn't happened yet. Tomorrow (Wednesday)