I've played Elite enough to not really want to play anymore of it.
Oh, I understand. Mile wide inch deep and I've already got around 100 hours in it. VR is enough to make me pick it up again if nothing else than as a glorified galaxy tourer and proof of concept.
Vive only right now it seems.
Oops, I forgot. The devs are really cool guys so I would hope they'd be ready to add support for OR when touch releases.
That is pretty cool. You'd hope that Oculus or HTC would add native support for older games without having to rely on third party applications especially if it is just a driver hook.
Yeah, you'd think it'd be something first party, but everyone raves about VorpX's implementations. It's worth it to me just for a few games on the list.
I'm really excited to see what the indie scene does with VR. I hope the games sell well enough for devs to invest their time and energy into making the experiences.
"Indie" or small studio is pretty much the driving force right now. They can afford a risky experimentation of mechanics to find out what works and what doesn't. They're also flexible enough. I think in a year or so when the things that work prove themselves, we'll see some larger dev involvement. That's assuming adoption rates stay pretty strong throughout that time as well which is a big if. I really think Gen 2 is going to need to be about cost reduction and not a quantum leap of features in order to keep driving the market. Luckily, the Vive is pretty modular (right down to the HMD's components) and upgrades shouldn't be too painful. As it is, a higher performance HMD could be plug and play into the existing head harness and work with the existing Linkbox, controllers, and lighthouses. It could go even further as it appears the screen/lens modules are very easy to remove and replace.
When do you get your Vive?
Hah, if I could predict accurately when someone would get their Vive, I could make a lot of money off r/Vive. :sneaky:
I'm predicting next week, though still no tracking confirmation. I preordered at 3 mins after the open, but it appears HTC/DRI are loosely following that order, when they do at all.