If It's Any Consolation, Oculus Rift Will Stay PC Only

"Consoles are too limited with what we want to do" was echoed to us by OculusVR founder Palmer Luckey just recently as he explains why they will stick to supporting PCs in an interview with TechRadar. Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Nathan Grayson exemplifies his opinion about the matter and about the whole statement that Luckey brought to us in the recent interview. Ultimately, he points out the PC gaming still wins on greater aspects.

[user7402931]

i hope sony buys it. imagine manhunt or the las t of us in oculas rift

[fluffydelusions]

Afaik Sony are working on their own solution for VR. OR requires a setup that exceeds what either next gen console is capable of.

[user7402931]

the sony skynet

[GarrusVakarian]

I thought it was just a screen on your face lmao? Couldn't it just portray the image from your X1/PS4 to the OR?

Yes, possibly my most ignorant comment of all time.

Care to explain why it couldn't be tailored for current gen consoles please? Genuine question, im not being a smartass.

[Cyb3r]

I had a devkit I don't think it would really work well with third person games it is more suited for first person perspective games

[MONKEYDLUFFY]

Well than I guess it won't be undergoing a "console-ation"
shishishi
im sorry

[svoulis]

inb4 they pull a Crytek.

So they're saying...that...Unity games and Source games are too powerful to run on consoles?

[Coach_McGuirk]

Nope. They're just saying that their future plans outpace the hardware of the new gen consoles.

[svoulis]

And thats exactly what Crytek said. All the sudden..

[GamingTruth]

yeah they know much more about the next gen consoles than sony and microsoft

[Coach_McGuirk]

Well, the consumer rift is going to be 1080p/60hz. Plans soon after that include upping the resolution, so we can see why the consoles won't be able to keep up with that. Resolution/high refresh rates are important to the rift experience, since you're using eye lenses to magnify the screen. Oh, and this is all happening waaaay before next-gen consoles are even being discussed.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

I'm eagerly waiting for Sony's solution.

[Toon_Link]

Yeah this dude has been talking a lot of crap about the new gen consoles can't wait till Sony shows them what's up.

[windblowsagain]

Nobody cares.

Sick of hearing this crap.

[Maxor]

It is not hard to imagine why they're not going on the console, in order for this work the PS4 must be capable of rendering a game like Killzone: SF at 1080p in each eye. So if Killzone SF single player is only 1080p 30 FPS maybe it'll only run at 1080p 15 FPS with the Rift.

In short the nextgen console simply lack to power to use this device properly without making you want to throw up. For now being able to render games in 1080p 60+ FPS is something only the PC is capable of, and you need that kind of power to have a smooth and seamless VR experience. Low FPS or stuttering will ruin the illusion of a virtual world or in some cases it can make you sick.

[snp]

I agree with you, but i wonder if there's a way around that? Some sort of extra mirroring technology or extra processing to mitigate hit built into a VR itself? Just rifting here, don't know that it's possible..

[dcj0524]

Pretty sure its just a screen with two eyepieces that disort the image. This isn't 3D. If killzone shadow fall runs at 1080p 60fps then it will be 1080p 60fps on the rift.

[Jovanian]

Not how it works pal. If they wanted to get the rift to work with something like shadow fall, there would be some major sacrifices in graphical quality or performance to achieve it

[GamingTruth]

one problem theres no 1080p 60fps version or any version of killzone shadowfall so before you use killzone shadowfall as a culprit of 'showing up' ps4 thats not a pc superiority proof

[Dfooster]

So in other words they pitched it to Microsoft and Sony and got nowhere. We know Sony are making their own and I would be surprised if Microsoft weren't either.

You don't throw away the chance to work with third party developers who develop for Xbox playstation and PC because the next gen consoles are not as powerful as the latest PC's. I'm sure people are currently using OR dev kits on PC systems not as powerful as the next gen consoles.

[boing1]

We have a devkit and it is awesome. I can certainly see myself playing on it instead of monitor/ tv. But not supporting consoles is a death warrant. Hopefully Sony will step up the game.

[ATiElite]

Oculus Rift.....Sounds like a MMORPG!

anyway nice device but I rather have BEZEL-LESS monitors for my Nvidia Surround Set-up!

can someone PLEASE make these at an affordable price!