Rift on the Jimmy Fallon Show Is Confirmed

Post by **msfreemind** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:04 pm

https://twitter.com/gavinpurcell/status ... 5468675072

It will be interesting to see the response.

Post by **MrGreen** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:08 pm

The question is: 7" or 5.6"?

Post by **Randomoneh** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:10 pm

Yeah. How cool it would be if product was available at the time of the broadcast? Doesn't matter. The way it's going, there will be many similar appearances after commercial version is out.

Post by **unsilentwill** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:13 pm

Woah. Just when I thought I could get my head to stop spinning. I figured it would happen after seeing the first tweet, but with a completed consumer product, but if it's even possibly the home-made prototype of a development kit of a potential gaming peripheral on national television? For Virtual Reality no less? Pardon me if I

Sometimes I wonder if the mythology of Bill Gates and other garage inventors might be coming around on itself, but I haven't heard a negative syllable yet, and the first and second things I heard were John Carmack and Gabe Newell and I still try to have my doubts. Now just imagine a celebrity in a suit with a box taped to his face telling his studio audience, and the nation "wait wait you gotta see this".

Post by **cybereality** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:19 pm

Seriously??! Just wow!

Post by **Namielus** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:29 pm

Palmer, I dare you to repeat
"It was great having me"

Post by **Libertine** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:45 pm

Thats pretty amazing news.

Post by **eidahl** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:02 am

Annoying dude but this should be interesting...

Post by **jaybug** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:50 am

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

Probably still 5.6"

No point in changing what has worked so far if they don't have to.

Post by **Namielus** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:54 am

You know the rift will ship with a 7" tho right?

Post by **2EyeGuy** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:23 am

jaybug wrote:
MrGreen wrote:The question is: 7" or 5.6"?
Probably still 5.6"

No point in changing what has worked so far if they don't have to.

They do have to change eventually though, since the release version has the 7" screen, and it's not long until they have to ship it. They did change the tracker when they previewed at CES. So I don't know which they will preview now.

Post by **NikoKun** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:27 am

Even tho it really doesn't matter much, I sure hope they're able to show off the 7" model. If anything, as one last big show-off before shipping the dev kits, to publicly confirm they work fine. lol
At CES, they were saying the 7" model just wasn't quite ready yet, because they hadn't finished changing the lens-warping code to match the new screen size. So I wonder if that's ready to show-off yet.. hmm

Post by **Likay** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:31 am

Really cool! Great channel to reach more "common publicity". Eventhough many people might not know what vr is it will get some extra acknowledge through this.
Good work PalmerCo!

Post by **jaybug** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:38 am

Namielus wrote:You know the rift will ship with a 7" tho right?

The dev-kit, yeah, but I'm certainly hoping they will get down to 6 for the consumer version.

Point is whatever reasons they had for not going with the 7inch at CES most likely still holds true.

Post by **Delryn** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:45 am

Wouldn't it make more sense to do this when the consumer version is almost ready?

Post by **MrGreen** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:02 am

Namielus wrote:Palmer, I dare you to repeat
"It was great having me"

I'm not sure he's even gonna be there though. It's Josh Topolsky from The Verge that brings tech to that show once in a while.

The good news is that he turned into Oculus' biggest fanboy at CES. He mentioned he would eventually bring it up on Fallon in their podcast. I didn't expect it to be so quick though.

I'm pumped!

Post by **Lilwolf** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:08 am

I'm guessing it will be a good thing to get people interested. That will get support in games... That will make the consumer product better... That will get more games better. That will get another invite after the consumer version is ready.

It's a round robin problem. We need the games to make this successful. We need it successful to get the game support.

Post by **Delryn** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:48 am

Lilwolf wrote:I'm guessing it will be a good thing to get people interested. That will get support in games... That will make the consumer product better... That will get more games better. That will get another invite after the consumer version is ready.

It's a round robin problem. We need the games to make this successful. We need it successful to get the game support.

I agree with what you say, though I think you mean it's a chicken and egg problem :p

Post by **snorelab** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:19 am

Would someone please post a clip here once it airs? I don't stay up late enough to watch that show.

Post by **squibbfire** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:33 am

I would say the big problem is done

Its been created and seems to work pretty well....The second problem is getting people to experience it....I could see a small Oculus team should traveling to Wizard Cons, Dragon cons or smaller gaming conventions to do demonstrations.

Once you get this on a kids head...they will tell their friends and so on..The demand for this tech will explode. I can't even imagine bringing this home and showing my friends...I would bet at least 30 that would wait in a line for this at midnight and I wouldn't even consider half of them hardcore gamer's.

After that... the third problem will be finding a way to produce these little guys fast enough to keep up with the exponential demand!

Post by **crespo80** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:25 am

Am I the only one who smells the very beginning of a giant hype spiral just like the old good 90s?
If you're an informed developer, you already know oculus rift by this time, there really is the need to over-excite consumers on something that they'll probably see in a year from now?
What if that hype spiral forces them to release the product sooner than expected, without having sorted out the main issues?
Whats' next? The Lawnmower 3 feauturing the rift?

Post by **Omarzuqo** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:34 am

Namielus wrote:Palmer, I dare you to repeat
"It was great having me"

+1

Post by **Randomoneh** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:50 am

MrGreen wrote:
Namielus wrote:Palmer, I dare you to repeat
"It was great having me"

I'm not sure he's even gonna be there though. It's Josh Topolsky from The Verge that brings tech to that show once in a while.

Yeah, I was thinking the same. Usually those are finished products and you don't need separate PC and separate display to show them to public. This way, they'll have to leave it to Joshua and rely on him to present it "properly".

Post by **STRZ** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:20 am

crespo80 wrote: Whats' next? The Lawnmower 3 feauturing the rift?

Probably Big Bang Sheldon using one

Post by **3dRat** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:22 am

Delryn wrote:Wouldn't it make more sense to do this when the consumer version is almost ready?

I think "consumer" is then intended word for gamers version, and that is far from be ready (although I wish it'll be for this year! or at least a version most fans can tryout... I would buy it even if there is only a couple of games available...)

the sadly part on this public presentations is that many people (inocently) will think this hardware will be available for their current consoles!! (I doubt even for next gen wont be)

Post by **Delryn** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:43 am

3dRat wrote: I think "consumer" is then intended word for gamers version, and that is far from be ready (although I wish it'll be for this year! or at least a version most fans can tryout... I would buy it even if there is only a couple of games available...)

the sadly part on this public presentations is that many people (inocently) will think this hardware will be available for their current consoles!! (I doubt even for next gen wont be)

People who watch this show may see the tech and say, Oh! that looks awesome! I want one right now. And then they find out it doesn't even have a release date.

However, this can generate consumer enthusiasm, and then encourage developer action.

Post by **Direlight** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:13 pm

People can order it now, fully functional with Doom 3 BFG. I ordered one. Glad to support real technological advancement.

Post by **Delryn** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:24 pm

Direlight wrote:People can order it now, fully functional with Doom 3 BFG. I ordered one. Glad to support real technological advancement.

I don't think the dev kits ordered from the site come with Doom 3 BFG. Just so you know.

Post by **TheHolyChicken** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:04 pm

AFAIK Doom was only for the kickstarters; losers like me who ordered after the end of the kickstarter have to go buy it for themselves :'(
I'll just wait for a steam sale and buy it cheap, no big deal. I would put bet that it will go on sale again when the Rifts start to ship anyway!

Post by **Krenzo** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:10 pm

This is exciting! I have my DVR set.

Post by **MSat** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:51 pm

TheHolyChicken wrote:AFAIK Doom was only for the kickstarters; losers like me who ordered after the end of the kickstarter have to go buy it for themselves :'(
I'll just wait for a steam sale and buy it cheap, no big deal. I would put bet that it will go on sale again when the Rifts start to ship anyway!

It was also supposed to be available to the first 1000 preorders on the Oculus site.

Post by **Direlight** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:00 pm

Weird, amazon is supposed to have all 3 versions in that listing. Found another listing.

http://www.amazon.com/Doom-3-BFG-Window ... m+3+bfg+pc

Any copy of Doom 3 bfg will work according to Nate Mitchell (I believe it was him).

Post by **cybereality** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:28 pm

Well I think it has to be the PC version though.

Post by **oculusfan** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:12 pm

MSat wrote:
TheHolyChicken wrote:AFAIK Doom was only for the kickstarters; losers like me who ordered after the end of the kickstarter have to go buy it for themselves :'(
I'll just wait for a steam sale and buy it cheap, no big deal. I would put bet that it will go on sale again when the Rifts start to ship anyway!
It was also supposed to be available to the first 1000 preorders on the Oculus site.

Yep, first thousand after kickstarter are also getting Doom 3 BFG. Nate confirmed this in one of the CES interviews.

Post by **superbike81** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:30 pm

How do we know if we were in the first 1000 from the website?

Post by **2EyeGuy** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:00 am

superbike81 wrote:How do we know if we were in the first 1000 from the website?

If you ordered in the first few hours after they started taking pre-orders, then you're in the first 1000.

Post by **jaybug** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:14 am

I sent a mail to support@oculus.com with my order info and asked, and was toid i was one of the first 1000.

Post by **Namielus** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:23 am

It's only 14 dollars tho. As much as I like getting things for free, I don't see the big issue here.
It would have been different if all the games came in a signed box or something.

Post by **SartreFan** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:26 am

jaybug wrote:I sent a mail to support@oculus.com with my order info and asked, and was toid i was one of the first 1000.

What was your order #?

Post by **jaybug** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:38 am

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