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@all: I can understand that you are a little impatiant, and I’m really glad that you follow the development so closely. The devkit was only released a few weeks ago. I got mine for barely two weeks, and we’re already in beta right now. Not exactly slow development I would say. Things are tested and ironed out, and a few convenience features are added.
You won’t have to wait too long anymore, but it is important to reach a certain level of polish before software is released to a wider audience.
>> And nice short interview in C’t magazine by the way
Except for the photo. Not that I look like George Clooney in reality, but this picture… ;)
I will look into TrackIR emulation eventually, but I’m not sure whether there is a legal way to do this. AFAIK they have some measures in place that prevent emulation in a legally correct way.
Mine arrived last Monday. The basic adjustments in vorpX are done, only a few secondary features aren’t fully implemented. The driver is currently in beta testing to make sure that everything works as smooth as possible for the first public release. Still no fixed release date has been set though.
If nothing unforeseen happens, you won’t have to wait very long anymore. Doesn’t make much sense to release anything, before I had the chance to check whether everything looks OK with the real Rift.
I had already press demos though with a DIY-prototype, so rest assured that it works. :)
No fixed release date yet, sorry. I don’t have my Rift yet (awaiting it shortly though), so I still can’t exactly tell how long the final adjustments will take.
Most mods should work just fine with vorpX. There might be exceptions to this, if a mod changes the way a games renderer works internally, that’s hard to predict. But if at all, that would only by a very small percentage of mods.
It’s not officially supported, but most likely it will work. The last time I (briefly) tried it, it seemed to work fine. No guarantees though. :)
That’s one of the reasons (but not the only one) why vorpX has two differnt modes to create the 3d effect. See the latest blog post for details: http://www.vorpx.com/more-headtracking-z-buffer-vs-geometry-3d
@ Mike: I hope to get my Rift with the next batch that is sent out. Headtracking is fully supported in vorpX of course.
To quote the FAQ: :)
“Additionally to ‘making games 3d’ vorpX offers various features to tackle many of the issues that arise when playing games on the Rift that are not designed for it.”
Online gaming is not recommended for now, since unfortunately I have no way of telling how anti-cheat systems react. I tried to reach out to Punkbuster regarding a possible validation process, but haven’t heard back from them so far. Maybe once vorpX is available it will be easier to get in touch.
That being said, vorpX’s base mechanism is similar to Fraps, the Steam overlay or image enhancers like SweetFX etc. which are used by many people online without any problems. If game companies would start banning everyone who uses some kind of DirectX intercepting program, they would have to ban a lot of people for no reason. I just can’t guarantee anything.
The basic principle is the same in vorpX. The shader vorpX uses is more complex though and also has at least one extra feature that enhances image quality. It’s also possible (and recommended) to use slightly higher resolutions in conjunction with GPU-downsampling. That helps a LOT image quality wise.