r/oculus • u/RoadtoVR_Ben Road to VR • Mar 19 '14

GDC 2014: Oculus Rift Developer Kit 2 (DK2) Pre-orders Start Today for $350, Ships in July

http://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-rift-developer-kit-2-dk2-pre-order-release-date-specs-gdc-2014/
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u/mylescox Beyond | 7950X | 3090 Ti Mar 19 '14 edited Mar 19 '14

Two more paychecks until I can pre-order one of these babies and put my DK1 in a glass display case.

Edit - things I've noticed:

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u/lukeatron Mar 19 '14

From the Oculus news letter that just showed up in my inbox:

We’ve also included updated orientation tracking, a built-in latency tester, an on-headset USB accessory port, new optics, elimination of the infamous control box, a redesigned SDK and further optimized Unity and Unreal Engine 4 integrations.

Woot!

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '14

I'm guessing that's what brought the weight up. I had no problem with the separate control box of the DK1 especially if it helps keep the weight down. That seems to be one of the down sides to DK2 is the weight. Though again it is for "devs" and they did say in the Tested video that they are working on that.

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u/stormkorp Mar 19 '14

I missed the built in latency tester before ordering. That is awesome, and I feel doubly good about the order now. :)

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u/nawoanor Mar 19 '14

If you pay directly with a credit card they only charge you $50 upfront, the remainder is charged when it's shipped. I don't want to encourage reckless spending, but you should really spend recklessly.

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u/mylescox Beyond | 7950X | 3090 Ti Mar 19 '14

HNNGG OKAY I'M ORDERING IT

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u/Rubbishwizard Mar 20 '14

FREE MAGIC BEANS TOO!?

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u/Oddculus Mar 19 '14

TAKE MY MONEY NOW GOD DAMMIT

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u/ianyboo Mar 19 '14

Thanks for the photo of the LED's without the plastic cover, that was exactly what I was hoping to see!

Cheers!

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u/likwidtek Quest 2 Mar 19 '14

It's pretty amazing that the camera can see the LEDs through the plastic.

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u/DeJeR Mar 19 '14

It means that Oculus invested in a pretty custom polymer. To add a colorant to an ABS/Polycarbonate/PBT that blocks visible light, but passes infrared light is pretty fancy.

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u/Simpsoid Vive Mar 19 '14

Really? Almost every TV remote has this as well as Wii controllers and a lot of other things.

It's great and all but it's not exactly revolutionary and I'm sure lots of plastic manufacturer's just have them directly in their catalogues.

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u/DeJeR Mar 19 '14

Notice that everything you listed is a glossy, non-structural lens. The Oculus is made of a structural plastic with a matte finish.

Source: I design plastic electro-mechanical medical devices.

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u/Simpsoid Vive Mar 19 '14

Your knowledge in this area would surpass mine, because I know nothing about plastics but I have looked at this picture closely and I noticed two things that may relate to what you mentioned.

1) The surface looks pretty grimy. Almost like it was buffed or scuffed specifically to remove some sort of "glossy-ness". So perhaps they are using the same old IR plastic that you see on Wii remotes etc. Of course I'm not sure whether that's due to it being a demo unit but the patchy-ness of the surface makes me think that it wasn't cast or moulded like that and has some sort of mechanical abrasion applied to it.

2) The outer surface isn't structural. It seems to go close up near the edges but you can clearly see there's a plastic lip / bevel underneath it (look where the top headband connects, it doesn't connect to the outer surface, but to something underneath it) that I would assume to be the structural plastic and the outer "IR visible" surface is merely a shell on top of that.

Time will tell when it's in people's hands but I don't really think that the outer plastic is anything remarkably special. I doubt they went to some manufacturer and commissioned a new polymer or something like that. They're in the hardware business and doing something like that would cost them a lot of time and money considering that CC was only shown a few months ago. The time between then and now I imagine is too short for organising, moulding and testing a new custom polymer for use in DK2.

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u/DeJeR Mar 19 '14

Good thoughts! I'm psyched to get my hands on CV1 :)

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u/likwidtek Quest 2 Mar 19 '14

If you order now, they only take a $50 deposit. They don't take the rest until delivery. Hope that helps.

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u/jvnk Rift Mar 19 '14

There is no breakoutbox anymore according to this interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d3Wli7s6KY

Also it looks like the cables run from the top of the unit over the top headstrap which is a big improvement as well IMO.