You'd be crazy to sell your DK1! Even if VR completely flops again (which seems less and less likely) DK1 is a piece of history. If anything the price is going to skyrocketGeraldT wrote: So I am curious - who will sell their DK1? I was tempted, but decided I can't possibly hold development right now. But seeing them pop up on eBay like crazy makes me wonder if a free-fall price on eBay will help a ton of newbies to enter the VR scene (the DK1 still is pretty awesome!!).
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Right on. Personally, I'm more concerned about the Joe SchmoesJoeReMi wrote:Quit dissin' the random Joes.squibbfire wrote:I wish I could let email everyone in the forum. I would rather have someone dev in this forum get it then some random Joe that just wants to collect it or sell it on ebay.
if it helps the cause? I have no plans yet to sell mine, but very likely I will give it to a friend or maybe my nephews to play with. there are 60k out there, so before it will sky-rocket it will likely take a decade.rowanunderwood wrote: You'd be crazy to sell your DK1! Even if VR completely flops again (which seems less and less likely) DK1 is a piece of history. If anything the price is going to skyrocket
Yes... yes... do that... let your nephews destroy, I mean, play with your dk1. Further decreasing the mint condition rifts in existence and vastly increasing their value, mwahahahahahaha.GeraldT wrote:if it helps the cause? I have no plans yet to sell mine, but very likely I will give it to a friend or maybe my nephews to play with. there are 60k out there, so before it will sky-rocket it will likely take a decade.rowanunderwood wrote: You'd be crazy to sell your DK1! Even if VR completely flops again (which seems less and less likely) DK1 is a piece of history. If anything the price is going to skyrocket
... I can totally see your place now. there is a golden Rift in the center and pictures of Palmer, Iribe, Carmack etc. formed like a shrine in the middle. From now on you will force every visitor to pray for an hour to the eye before you allow them to bring forth their business with you (it annoys the heck out of the postman I guess).
This is from the FAQ on the Oculus site:Attreyu wrote:Will DK1 games work with DK2 out of the box ? Seeing that they've changed from the 7" display to the 5" one. It would make sense that the IPD stays the same but the shaders would be closer, and obviously the centers of the two halves of the screen as well. So it would require some sort of screen IPD adjustement. But I could just talk out of my ass.
Pretty vague tbh. I guess we'll see in the summer how it goes exactly.V8Griff wrote:This is from the FAQ on the Oculus site:Attreyu wrote:Will DK1 games work with DK2 out of the box ? Seeing that they've changed from the 7" display to the 5" one. It would make sense that the IPD stays the same but the shaders would be closer, and obviously the centers of the two halves of the screen as well. So it would require some sort of screen IPD adjustement. But I could just talk out of my ass.
Q: I’ve been developing my VR content for the original Oculus Rift Development Kit. Will my VR projects be compatible with the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2?
A: Yes, your VR content developed with the original Oculus Rift Development Kit is compatible with the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2. You may need to make some changes to your content to take advantage of the new features of the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2. If you view your modified project in the original Oculus Rift Development Kit, it can be viewed at a lower resolution and positional tracking will be switched off.
I'm still mad at myself for leaving my Virtual Boy in the garage for a Decade or so. Thing still boots like a champ, but screens are totally wreckedGeraldT wrote:
it's history, I am sure there are enough people having a Rift in a museum. And I am really happy for those people ... I move A LOT ... like I have moved like 8 times in the last 10 years. And I have no plans to settle somewhere right now ... I like to keep it simple. So I keep the Rift worshipping to the nutj... I mean historians
. I don't have a shrine for DK1 built yet, but it'll definitely avoid the garage fate. I do already have the pictures of Carmack though . . . Yea I am super excited for 75hz also, with the advent of VR, folks who claim higher framerates make no difference are now provably wrong! Whenever a game support 120hz it gives me warm fuzzy feelings. Super Meat Boy is especially good at illustrating the difference between 60 and 120 to the unconvertedMattijs wrote:I am anxious for the 75hz...i ordered one...but i'm afraid 75hz low persistence will flicker like mad...
I was VERY sensitive to flicker in the crt days (which granted micht have had a much lower persistance duty cycle)
Anything below 100hz and i was literally crying.
build quality was different back then, I wonder how many Rifts will still work in a decade. But I am happy that there are enough collectors, makes is much easier to give mine away soon ... and I am looking forward to see some of the survivors in a decade or tworowanunderwood wrote: I'm still mad at myself for leaving my Virtual Boy in the garage for a Decade or so. Thing still boots like a champ, but screens are totally wrecked
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Maybe, I prefer them being hidden.Libertine wrote:Am i the only one who liked the visible motion tracking dots in the body of the prior 1080p version?
You obviously never bought a hydra then.....squibbfire wrote:Imagine October of 2016.....Oculus releases 4k Oculus Rift 3 with wireless hydra controllers...399.99!
That sounds like the VR world I want to be in:)
Our first batch of prototype covers were clear so you could see all the leds & guts. You would love em. I'll try to snap a shot of them when I find them.GeraldT wrote:No I liked them better when they were visible - I always like to see how stuff works. But they did it more for protection of the LEDs from what I have seen in the interviews.
Shipping to Germany costs $55.00 USD + $76.95 USD in taxes.dkd wrote:hi guys,
How much did you pay for delivery your HMDs? I would like to compare. I pre-odered two kits and they charged 290$ for shipping them to Russia(Saint Petersburg). To send one costs 145$, two - 290$, if I bought ten they would ask 10 times x 145$ . I think it's not fair. I had to agree with it but I think it is too-o-o much for sending a parcel 1(2) kg gross weight to me.
ohhh - please do!! I loved that transparent XBOX back in the day (even though one might have had to "optimize" it a bit by removing the cage for full effectbrantlew wrote:Our first batch of prototype covers were clear so you could see all the leds & guts. You would love em. I'll try to snap a shot of them when I find them.
). They have likely build a database to check against (or bought one). I wonder if this is due to fraud prevention or some "we can not deliver rocket tech to country XYZ".Zoide wrote:I read that Oculus has changed its policy and will no longer ship to mail forwarders. How long after placing the DK2 pre-order would one know if his address was rejected or not? How do they determine what's an acceptable or an unacceptable address?
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There must be a misunderstanding. I *never* said that the forwarder pays less taxes or does tax fraud. What I meant to say is that customs calculates the taxes and fees as a percentage of the total CIF (Cost, Insurance, and Freight) value of the package. Clearly, if the Freight costs less ($25 vs. $120), the total CIF value will be lower, and therefore the corresponding taxes and fees will also be lower.GeraldT wrote:But if you pay less taxes/duty fees when using the forward service, then it obviously is some form of tax fraud and Oculus can't be a part of that.
If I'm not mistaken, that's *precisely* one of the things Oculus doesn't want us to be doing. I think they mentioned it's for warranty purposes, etc. I have family in the US, but if I send the DK2 to them it's going to be their name in the database, their billing address, etc.GeraldT wrote:Just find a nice person you know in the US and order it to their place and ask them to forward it to you.
As I said before, the forwarder does *not* break or evade tax rules. My country is very close to the US (2.5 hour plane ride), so there's no reason for a 2.88 Kg package (DK1) to have cost more than ~$25 to ship. Aside from the ~$25 of shipping costs, the forwarder charged me ~$60 of taxes (13% of CIF cost + other fees).V8Griff wrote:I've ordered two and I'm paying at total of $224 shipping and taxes.
Which includes the shipping and UK VAT.
$700 for the 2 x DK2
$70 for shipping
$ 154 for duties and fees which works out at the 20% VAT charged in the UK.
So from that I'm assuming that at the much lower rate you're referring to either the forwarding service avoids paying the VAT/duty in your country or expects you to declare it and pay it separately.
If the tax isn't paid then someone is breaking the tax rules which is why I assume Oculus cannot/will not support that method of shipping.
Sorry I shouldn't have made the comment about the forwarder as it's just confused the intention of my reply.Zoide wrote: Now, as I stated earlier, I am somewhat encouraged by the "Fees, Duties & Taxes" field on the Oculus checkout page which says $0.00. Perhaps the $120 shipping cost already includes all taxes/fees. If that were the case, I'd be OK with paying $120 straight from Oculus rather than paying $85 to the forwarder..
