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Just curious if anyone has an opinion:

Is it worth ordering a dev kit now, or should I wait for this next one to come out?

Also what's the minimum cost rig needed to run an oculous effectively? I only have a 3 year old macbook right now.

I have a dev kit, but unless you want to develop games, I'd wait for the consumer version. There's just too much missing in terms of resolution and positional tracking.

If you just want to demo the rift, here's a map of willing owners: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=21608056830108037...

My Macbook Pro runs the rift just fine, but it all depends on the game.

What's wrong with the positional tracking?

Also do you need a certain Mac OS? I'm on something ancient like saber lion :-(

Currently the Rift does not do positional tracking. So, in other words, the Rift can't tell when you move your head in space forwards or backwards. The quality of tracking up/down/left/right is good enough right now. If you have a Razer Hydra, there are some demos that will use it for positional tracking (forwards/backwards/squat/climb).

Really, no willing owners in NYC?

Unless you have some extra cash to burn, it's usually a bad idea to buy development hardware, unless you're interested in developing for it (or at least hacking on it).

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