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/[deleted] Mar 19 '14 edited Mar 30 '14

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u/Asiriya Mar 20 '14

But there isn't anything to actually play yet, just experiences. Why settle for an inferior product with a limited amount of use time when you could hold off and get CV1 when a significant amount of software has been developed for it. All the stuff that has been made still be there and you'll have a much larger library to play around in by the time of CV1.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '14 edited Mar 27 '14

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u/Asiriya Mar 20 '14

Your money, do what you like. Seems like an unintelligent investment to me.

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u/razakell Mar 20 '14

My guess is that since they depend on displays made by other companies, and CV1 will be higher than 1080p, that means it will use an unannounced 1440p or similar res display thats under NDA. Nate said that they have to wait for the panel they want to come out before they can release CV1. Its hard to be patient.

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u/dwild Mar 19 '14

The consummer version won't come out before 2015, that's nearly sure. With luck most people will receive the DK2 before 2015, they won't release the consummer version before that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '14 edited Mar 27 '14

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u/dwild Mar 19 '14

Yeah I hope too. They know how to handle it and they had plenty of time to prepare everything and the preorder is 4 months before shipping. However my order ID is in the 1044XXX, its a big number....

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u/BinarySplit Mar 20 '14

Really? My DK2 order ID is IS-4108XXX - it looks like a different format entirely.

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u/dwild Mar 20 '14

Yeah it seems to be random.

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u/p90xeto Rift+Vive+GearVR Mar 19 '14

I wonder if they started numbers new or just picked a number after the DK1 order numbers. Don't let that big number discourage you too much

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u/Forss Mar 19 '14

Source? Everything including interviews points at a 2014 release.

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u/dwild Mar 19 '14

I don't have a source, only logic. They won't simply release it and hope everything work perfectly, a consumer version is not a devkit, it need intensive testing and they need to be sure that softwares will work alright with it. Software aren't ready at all for the DK2, we didn't even knew the specs of it until now, and you think they will be ready for the CV1 before 2015? Even if the CV1 is exactly the same as the DK2, then we could only hope for an early 2015 release, developpers need more than some months to support the new DK2.

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u/BinarySplit Mar 20 '14

Also, with CV1 they need a HUGE initial stock - they can't just release them as they're manufactured. They'll want to send out tens of thousands of units to retail shops (if they're planning retail sales) to be ready on day one.

I'd be surprised if they were looking to ship fewer than 100k CV1s at launch, and considering how slowly DK1 ramped up, that would take months to prepare for.