Oculus Rift review - Eurogamer

From a hardware perspective, Oculus Rift delivers. As a spectacles wearer with less than stellar experiences using the Crescent Bay prototype, Eurogamer was concerned that Oculus may have lost pace compared to the more comfortable HTC Vive and PlayStation VR, but the final hardware delivers. Image quality is up there with the best, latency in motion response is a non-issue (a rapid shake of the head during gameplay confirms this - the image remains perceptually rock solid) and the integrated headphones are way, way better than Eurogamer thought they would be. The headset is well-designed, build quality is good and the immersive experience overall is breathtaking.

[Neonridr]

reading stuff like this makes me feel happy I preordered one.

[traumadisaster]

As long as you know after the wow factor and 2 hours of sore neck muscles, eye fatigue and a twinge of nausea you will need a break.

[Neonridr]

lol, like anything it will take time for your body to adjust and get used to it.

I fully expect to puke the first time I use it, lol

[BABY-JEDI]

Reading your reply gave me eye fatigue LoL 😎

[GameBoyColor]

Never skip neck day, problem solved.

[N4GDgAPc]

I like how someone that used them and had nausea think everyone goes through this. I have the DK2 and I have never experienced any of the effects. None of the games I played ever caused me to get nausea.

[BABY-JEDI]

Hopefully, PSVR will get a lot of positive reviews also 😀

[Eonjay]

I'm sure it will. As with the Rift, expect impressions to be mixed... and thats what you really want as a consumer. If you can get a full spectrum of reviews, it makes it easier to take all aspects into account.

[BABY-JEDI]

That's a fair point & I didn't get eye strain 😉

[TheOpenWorlder]

And their best game is what...Lucky's Tale? What am I...12? No thanks Oculus. For me, getting my Oculus wasn't about the shitty cartoonish games. It was about the Cinema/Movie experience. But with no SDK - they're gonna find it very hard to keep up with HTC Vive

[kraenk12]

Shitty cartoonish games...did you have a look at EVE Valkyrie?! I always wonder...people only wanting this for watching lower res 2D movies must be pretty lonely.

[Neonridr]

so why do you care what games are available if you only want it for the Cinema/Movie experience? Why would you want to sit there and watch a movie with a headset when you can just watch it on your big screen TV instead?

Seems like a pricey investment just to get a virtual movie theatre experience..

[lunatic0001]

You don't have to be just twelve to enjoy great games even if they are cartoonish...but you are too single minded to comprehend so why bother arguing

[N4GDgAPc]

And also being stupid. If he looked up list of games he would see there are 29 other games at lunch. But he reads one thing and starts talking out crap.

[Lord_of_Cinder]

Congratulations to Oculus! I hope early adopters have a blast with it. Can't wait for October to get my VR experience.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Seems like the Best vr experience

[UltraNova]

So the Vive and PSVR got reviewed and we a have a winner already? Hmm it seems I missed those reviews then...

[kenwonobi]

I really want two of these to take off. I'm hoping Oculus Rift is one of them. Psvr being the other. Unless one day I can afford to justify my money on Vive.

[Takwin]

With the VR controllers, Vive and Rift are the same price, as most people are expecting the Rift controller to be $100 each.

[nowitzki2004]

Vive comes with the controllers.. One Oculus releases their VR controllers the Rift will be right there with the Vive in price. I dont see the controllers going for under $100.

[Dark-Funeral]

VR motion sickness concerns me !

if VR want to expand in the future they need to find a solution for motion sickness.....

I want to buy it but i think i need to try it before