Tempting.

Heat. Ordered and confirm that it worked. Got extra 8% off through work scheme

Such a good deal and yet I lack the funds :cry:

Great deal, bought one of each. Had a Vive before but sold it.

Smashing deal, Vive for me. Hope they honour it. Cheers OP.

Heat ordered one of each. Thanks

Also works on graphics cards, some good deals to be had.

Looking for a buyer for the product. Beware buying in case they don't find one...

code doesn't work

I tried that code in a Vive, didn't work.

Thanks for costing me 330 quid

Thanks OP! Was gonna bite on a Vive on payday next weekend, but this is way too good to miss! Heat added!! :grin:

Oh man! Do I now return my Amazon purchase and buy here? Will curry's even honor this price?

Oh man. I've been debating for the last few hours whether to buy a Rift. Apparently, it was destiny. Thanks OP!

Vive ordered. Nice one! :grin:

Does this work for click & collect or is it only working on delivery only items?

I have a Rift and a Vive. The Rift is far superior. The setup is much simpler, the screen is better due to less of a screen door effect (where you can make out the individual pixels), it supports the same games as the Vive through SteamVR and on top of that you can play the Oculus Home exclusives. The controllers are far better, more comfortable and better hand presence. The headset itself has headphones built in and is much more comfortable to wear. For large play spaces, you will need a 3rd sensor for the Rift for perfect tracking. This is the only advantage of the Vive, it can track bigger play areas. But for most people I don't think it would be an issue.

No question, the better choice is the Rift.

Great deal I paid £400 for oculus rift a few month ago

Good deal whichever you get. General consensus seems to be that, were they both the same price, it's still debatable but you would probably go for the Vive because of the better tracking (but that really only applies if you have a big space to move about in - 3m squared or over). However the Oculus touch controllers are better.

At this price difference though, you'd really have to love Valve\hate Facebook to go for the Vive first.

Amazing deal for the Vive, especially when HTC shaft you on shipping charges when you buy direct from them.

Bought a GTX 1070 too while I was at it. Does anyone have any experience with whether Currys usually follow through with these mishaps?

Just brought a 1080 with this thx op

Wow, what a good vive price

Have some heat

Wanted to see the prices of the vega 64 but if the discount works on the 1080ti then its for me :), let's hope it goes through!

If someone struggling I added this

currys.co.uk/gbu…tml

£499 for the vive is a bargain imo

Your evil lil_diabo. Making me spend my money. Thanks for the tip.

Orders have gone through and are processing, now the wait! Will update if I get another email, many thanks to the op!

This is a BARGAIN for the Oculous Rift !!!

Really tempted by this, but at the same time looking forward to potential improvements and a more developed game library.

So glad I didn't pay £700 for this the other day... ordered :sunglasses:

Ordered a Rift! Thx Op!

Oos

HTV VIVe = Sorry this promotional code is not valid


Phew.... Luckily, the code didn't work

Vive still available.

Worth going for the vive over the rift just for doom and fallout which will come out on them first and rift some months later.

Plus rumour that either L4D3 or HL3 will support vive roomscale. I bought on that rumour alone.

You add in a gaming accessory item first? Won't work otherwise.

Put the Rift in my basket but took me so long to find a cheap mouse matt which was in stock in my local stores. By the time I'd found something the Rifts had all sold out in-store. So had to opt for home delivery instead.

Thanks Op.

Cracking deal for either, i got the rift on the summer sale and i can say it simply awesome, so if you want into VR now is a the time to grab one of these deals, and do not fret, VR is here to stay, once you try it you will understand.

The clock speed. The currys site lists it at 1657 but I can't find any reference to an asus card running at that speed. The standard is 1607, the a8g is 1670 and the o8g is 1759, but based on the card size I think it has to be the a8g.

The o8g is just clocked higher in the factory, it shouldnt matter as you can just clock it manually, I dont think asus bin the chips so they should be the same.

324 quid! This is an incredible deal!

I don't support Oculus/Facebook due to their shady business practices and attempts to split the market by buying exclusivity. You also forgot to add that you can play Oculus games on Vive

Out of stock lmao

Thanks for posting OP. I've ordered a Rift and cheap mouse for delivery (Total =£331).

Got this email shortly after ordering:
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we regret to inform you that you may not receive your order within the delivery timescale indicated on the website. We will contact you shortly to discuss the matter with you, in the meantime please accept our apologies for the potential delay.


Hopefully only a delay and not a cancellation.
‌ :thinking:‌ :grin:

Yes sounds just like a delay email, fingers crossed

Would have got this but too late. Was hoping to still get the old bundle with the xbox controller but see it's back in stock but at £600 rather than summer sale price

Just checked and it looks like it's back in stock

Yep. But code "ACC20" is not working.

Yes it is

I had to put a space after the code for it to work.

Code not working. Tried with and without space.

Read the opening post again. But this time read it carefully.

Just ordered. I had to enter the space and after it said not valid I removed the space again and it worked for me.

I then had my first verified by VISA issue and had to wait for that to be sorted before I could reorder! At least it stayed in stock or I wouldn't have been best pleased lol

Thanks for the patronising tone, I did. Still, not working.

Does the code work ok on reserve from store? Decided to buy the Logitech g920 gear stick bundle which is OOS for delivery,don't want a wasted journey tomorrow...

Awesome deal, I went for the HTC Vive in the end even though it's more expensive. I'd recently bought a DK2 a couple of months ago for £120 and found the main short comings were lack of controls and hassle with room scaling using ps3 cameras and ps move controllers. I found that you need atleast 3 cameras each requiring a 3.0 usb connection unless I'm wrong. Atleast with the Vive the light houses just need a powersupply. I also like the chaperone system so I don't run amok one day unlike on the DK2 :smile:

I can't see a profitable part of HTC business not being a desirable purchase, so even if HTC gets split up it will still do ok. Also I can't see Steam dropping support for it anytime soon :raised_hand:

As for SDE I grew up in the age of scanlines so not a massive deal for me :wink:

I also have a Rift and Vive and I vastly prefer the Vive. The Rift gives me motion sickness where the Vive does not. I find the Vive significantly more comfortable. I massively prefer the cabling on the Vive during Room Scale - the Rift is always bothering me like it has a mind of its own. And lastly, the tracking on the Vive is worlds better.

The Rift does do some things better, don't get me wrong. I like what they were shooting for with touch, and the ergonomics are theoretically superior. But the response from those controllers is so hit and miss compared to the Vive that it dispells the illusion straight up.

I use my Rift for seated play, and wouldn't bother with it for Room Scale. And thing is, Room Scale really is the true VR.

So Vive all the way, for me.

You're welcome. The code works absolutely fine so you are obviously doing something wrong.

currys.co.uk/gbu…tml


Few quid cheaper.

I've read similar in lots of review sites and is what swung it for me. I intend on setting it up at work for 'research' as have a roughly 3mx4m space and will set it up in the garden at home. Got a pretty decent size lawn (10mx20m) so roomscale should be epic, really excited! Will look a tit at night but I don't care.

The next gen of these headsets will be awesome, but I reckon with what I've paid for the Vive today I could get at least half of that back when I come to upgrade come late 2018.

My finger is currently hovering over buying an Xbox one s 1tb bundle as the code works with that! Its already discounted as well!

If anybody is hoping for their stuff to arrive, I'd up your chances by choosing priority delivery if available.

Check the thread I made of the recent Rift Currys glitch.

Can I change delivery to priority after ordering??

All right. Got everything working and bought one. Can't wait to collect it on Tuesday in store and set it up :grin:

Shame, rift out of stock now

I have had my Rift since April. While good, the cables put me off using it. Had I known this I won't have bothered.

Setup of the Vive is extremely simple.. I am not sure what issue you would have but all you need to do is mount the light houses and plug the headset in. Steam VR software is quite self explanatory...

If you are buying the Rift you would be supporting the exclusivity deals that Facebook keeps on making - this actually harms the VR industry and isn't viable for the long term.

VR won't take off fully with companies like Facebook making these platform specific projects.

I would choose to support the Vive on this reason alone.

Erm... wow great price!!!

Seem to have expired now.

I think the touch controllers feel very cheap and nasty for what they cost, if you want to add another to your shit list :grin:

But I'm really happy to see so many people trying VR.

Thanks OP, I ordered the Vive earlier this afternoon.

Just bought a 1070 with this OP. Thanks.

Good price, but this gen is just not good enough IMO.
Games are far too low res.
Had an awesome time with Project Cars and a rift, as a novelty (and I could actually race far better than on a screen, but once you got used to the effect, you just realised more and more that things just looked poor when gaming.
Some demos look amazing, so I presume games made specifically for them look better. For me its a shame that they don't run at 4k (or close) and just use lower quality graphics - say Grid 2 still looks awesome and could play on 2 x 4k screens on todays high end. As long as people expect AAA quality graphics in VR, we are going to be a few years off a suitable setup.

So tempted, but I want to hold out for 4k version 2 headsets (2k per eye).

For the Rift, it's as simple as connecting the sensors via USB and then placing them wherever you want. The guided setup is super fast and easy. For the Vive, each base station needs to be plugged in and if you choose to use the included wall mounts it requires drilling into your wall and securely tightening it. Takes much longer to setup (clearing the space in the corners of the room to put a ladder there and then cleaning up) Not impossible, but for most people I can see it as a problem. The SteamVR setup process for the Vive didn't automatically install the bluetooth driver and I had to manually do it and restart a couple of times - this is essential to be able to put your base stations into sleep mode and update their firmware without having to plug them into your PC.

As for the exclusivity, it only appears to be Oculus funding the biggest and best games with the most depth. Superhot is an example of a timed exclusive, it has been available on SteamVR now and it wouldn't have existed in it's current form without the support from Oculus. Oculus have also stated they won't be actively blocking Vive users who use the Revive mod to play the exclusive games on the Vive. Without Oculus, many of the best games wouldn't exist and VR developers would stop making games as there is very little money to be made.

I don't have shares in either company and I'm not a rep for either of them, I own both headsets so my recommendation is based on real experience I have using them. As i've been experiencing VR since last May and know the differences between them both, it is extremely clear to me that the Rift is superior. To achieve a comparable level of comfort and features between the Rift and Vive you need to spend another £100 on the Deluxe Audio Strap for the Vive. The Vive does not deserve the extra price vs the Rift, the ONLY advantage is the larger tracking ability (which I don't think is an issue for most people).

The only way I would recommend a Vive is if you needed a very large play area tracked.

And something I see popping up too often is people doubting the Rift's roomscale capability. The Rift DOES support roomscale, you can achieve standing 360 tracking with the two provided sensors in opposite corners but for a larger play area you will need a 3rd sensor.

where do i put the discount code

I recently tried the PS4 VR and experienced travel sickness on a few games. Would this feeling translate across to the Vive and Rift or does the better tech offset this at all?

It says when you check out you can put discount codes but this is not true. There is no place. Only the reserve button to go ahead.

Rift shows out of stock for a few hours now.

The vive is great, it's a doddle to set up and the steam software is excellent, a couple of photo light stands make it even easier and portable. I find it very comfortable, you need to adjust it properly to get the most out of it though, which is the only real caveat.

The rift is ok, but it's inferior tracking and slightly lower FOV make it less worthwhile in spite of the cost reduction. And on a personal note I prefer to support the SteamVR ecosystem, facebook is entitled to do what it wants in terms of funding and exclusives, but I'm not going to support exclusivity on the PC platform with my money.

If you want more seated experiences rather than proper roomscale then just get a rift, it it's the proper roomscale VR that you are after the Vive is still out and out the best option. It's also relatively soon to get a new set of controllers and the knuckles are by all accounts vastly superior to the rifts touch controllers. That being said those new controllers are likely to appear alongside a new steamvr headset from LG which is likely to be a substantial improvement on both the Rift and Vive.

You're spreading misinformation here. The Vive is front heavy and without the additional Deluxe Audio Strap (+£100) there is no support to distribute the weight on your head. You may find it comfortable, but when you directly compare it and test it against a Rift, it really isn't anywhere near as comfortable for longer play sessions. It is more awkward to look down (feels less secure) and you get tired more quickly due to its weight.

The constellation tracking is not inferior in terms of tracking fidelity, only in tracking distance. The Rift's tracking solution works much better for more people as I haven't experienced problems with mirrors as I have with the Vive. Also when tracking fails, the Rift is MUCH better at reverting to its IMU and only using rotational tracking. With the Vive it sent me flying all over the place and the controllers were drifting around. This was horrible for me, and for anyone with any level of motion sickness this would trigger it pretty much instantly.

The Rift CAN do roomscale. I don't understand why people keep saying it's a seated experience? They both run the same SteamVR games.

With the Rift, you can take advantage of ASW which allows games to drop to 45fps and create synthetic frames with positional data, not only rotational data like ATW. This allows more people to play Rift games with a lower minimum spec, and those with higher end rigs can push up supersampling even further to increase visual quality.

And with the knuckles, again you have to pay extra money to achieve feature parity with the Rift.

In the current state the headsets are being sold in, it's the most obvious decision to pick the Rift based on it's value, screen quality, comfort, integrated audio, game selection and controllers.

Sure, you have to drill holes in your walls if you want to mount them permanently but this isn't exactly a pain to do. Once they're up, they're up. Also, they don't require you to have USB cables trawled across the room like the Rift sensors do - the light houses are completely passive.

As for the bluetooth drviers, its literally a tickbox in the Steam VR settings and you might need to restart once. that is quite straight forward, surely? Once thats done, the light houses don't fail to automatically power on and off.

Funding exclusive games harms the industry in the long term. There's no question about it. The games they choose might be great but it didn't need to be exclusive. I choose not to support a company that does this.

At least they've stopped blocking Revive. They would have had a huge backlash if they did.

The Rift is a closed system too. Another advantage that the Vive has is that the components are not locked to the Steam headset, meaning you can use the light houses or controllers for future headsets if developers would like to use them.

I'm looking at this from the perspective of a consumer. And my recommendation is what I think is the best choice for someone looking to buy a VR headset today. The Rift setup is simpler without a doubt. It natively supports more games and has more AAA games available to play. It's more comfortable and you can use it for longer without getting tired. It also supports room scale and steam VR games so no issues there. For larger places £59 is reasonable. The integrated audio really does make a world of difference in comfort and ease of use.

And as I said previously the only reason I could recommend a Vive to a normal consumer is if they have a larger place space than the constellation system can support.

Other than that, based on everything I've said there's no question the Rift is better for someone looking to get into VR today.

The Rift being better for a newcomer to VR is of course questionable.

Of course the Rift supports Steam games because theres no exclusive deals going on!

Integrated audio is useless if you want to use your expensive headphones with your headset and the comfort levels? I play for a maximum of 2 hours in VR and it is extremely comfortable. It can get a bit hot in summer but the Rift has the same problem.

You can endlessly list pros and cons for both systems but the real issue for me is the shady deals that Facebook are doing.

Each person just has to research them and weigh the points.

Say what you want about those deals but without the funding those games wouldn't exist. Without Facebook's support the VR industry would die as there is no money in it for VR devs. They are a business, they want their store to succeed and they want VR to succeed. I find it silly that people would want to pay extra for the Vive solely because of this.

EDIT: Would like to mention that HTC are known for their terrible customer support. Check r/Vive and you will see countless posts about this. With Oculus you can have a replacement headset within a week. If you chose to side with the Vive, your customer support is coming from a failing business that is bleeding money. There's a common issue with the Vive trackpads where they break.

Facebook is harming the industry if they keep doing exclusive deals. Exclusives are never good for the consumer.

Why would it be silly to not to support a company that does this? It's common sense really.

But I understand if other reasons like price or comfort outweigh this point.

I understand you're point too. I would prefer if there were no exclusives at all but the current VR market requires devs to have external investment as sales are not high enough to convince devs to take the risk with VR development. These are investments for Facebook so obviously they want to see some kind of return on them, I really don't think have timed exclusives is unfair in exchange for great content that otherwise wouldn't exist. I don't see Valve putting this much into ensuring VR is a success.

Back in stock. and I've ordered :smile: thanks OP

With HTC in talks to possibly sell off their entire VR commitment, i would certainly think twice about spending 600 quid on a vive until i knew it was actually going to be here in a years time, at least with the Rift you know it is not going anywhere while facebook is around.

Bought the Rift and touch controllers on Prime day, but never even opened the boxes.
Was going to sell them this week and hoped to get my money back, guess that's not going to happen now...

rubbish, (own both)

Rift best for seated.
Vive for room scale.

Vive is lighter, better colours and larger FOV.

Seems to be loads of problems with the new batch of rifts with 'mura' (noisy blacks) problems.

Once you go past two sensors on the rift then get into all sort of USB bandwidth issues. You will end up having to buy an adaptor card to fix this which means opening the PC up and that is not for everyone. Also you will have cables running all over the shop to the back of you PC.

see I can spin it too. :kissing_heart:

For those of you that thought you had saved some real money, by the Oculus Rift going out of stock, well I have some bad news for you and your wallet: IT'S BACK!! Ordered, thanks OP for sharing deal. :raised_hand:

Code no longer working? :disappointed:

Code still working for me, although the cheap mouse mats are going fast. I had to get a £9.99 one instead. Total was still only £327 so fantastic deal. Thank you OP!

Code doesn't work for me on vive

Rift oos

The code still works. Just tried it. Have you added a mouse mat or anything that you can use the code on.
Eg.
currys.co.uk/gbu…tml

If you're after a rift - Set up an email alert as it drifted between in and out of stock

Can anyone tell me what spec pc I'd need to get the best out of either please? I know there are minimum specs but would like to know from current owners how these run on their rigs. Thanks. Heat btw.

I can't get the ACC20 code to work either. I've tried to add different items with the 20% off code which are valid but I always see "Sorry! That promotional code is not valid." when trying to apply a voucher. I'm assuming this is where you apply the discount code? And I am selecting home delivery.

Edit: So, you'd think that your PC World account and Curry's account would be the same wouldn't you? I'd signed into the PC World site with my account and tried to order with the discount code. You need to have a separate Curry's account though. How stupid! Ordered the Rift now anyway! Thanks OP!

Try with an other item, I put a roccat taito pad to the rift and it worked. I took my order after 3am... amazing deal :grin:

It does still work. Just need to browse the mouse mat section and pick one which says 20%off. Sadly I've already brought one at 599.99.

What would the minimum PC specs be for a Rift?

IQ of a crab

It's the graphic card that matters. So a 970 or 1070. But ideally you want a 980 ti or 1080. To run VR games. higher frame rates reduce motion sickness.

Just ordered the vive (9.40am) with AFX Firepower M01 Optical Gaming Mouse in the basket, code worked fine.

Grabbed a rift (luckily refreshed as it bounced back in stock) and a gtx1070 which worked out at £300 for the 1070 which is cheaper than anywhere with the crazy gpu prices at the moment.

Ordered a rift, can't wait to have a play with it

what else can be added

thanks op glad I sent my rift and touch controllers back in jan paid £550 for oculus from cex and 179 for touch controllers

Ordered a Rift and GTX 1070, lets hope the orders don't get cancelled!

I think your points are generally fair enough, and as has been said, there are pros and cons to both, but the point is that people keep spreading misinformation about the Rift, whereas they don't about the Vive.

"The Rift is only for seated experiences" WRONG
"The Rift can't do standing 360 and has bad tracking" WRONG, it had tracking problems a year ago but is now flawless after several updates to the software
"The Rift can't do roomscale" WRONG reddit.com/r/o…ale
"Vive uses the Steam ecosystem so has more games than Rift" WRONG, Rift can use Steam too (my most played games are Steam games so far). Vive can also use Oculus games using the Re-Vive software.
"Vive is equally or more comfortable" There is an element of personal taste to this, but generally WRONG. If the Vive was perfectly comfortable and functional as it is, why are they bringing out a new £100 deluxe strap?

Yes, to do large area tracking as well as the Vive you'll likely need the extra USB pci-e card to give you more USB ports, which requires opening up the PC, but I think it's a fair assumption that anyone with a decent spec gaming PC, a huge open space, and a desire to buy bleeding edge tech like VR, is sufficiently experienced with computers to do something as simple as plug in a pci-e card, which is akin to putting a piece of bread in the toaster. Or, at the least, someone in their household has those abilities. It's not a huge negative for the Rift.

People are free to pick whichever system they think is better, but it needs to be based on current facts, not deliberate or old misinformation

Ordered a 1070 instead aswell, great deal.

Just ordered the Rift £327, anyone know any good deals on Gaming PC now lol

Thanks! Just ordered a Vive.

I'm not, if you adjust the vive straps properly it's supported properly by the back of your head, most people, especially if they are quickly trying it never bother to properly adjust the straps.

The vive almost NEVER loses tracking, if you have your space set up right you should nearly never lose tracking. The only time I've had it loose tracking is where the environment is very noisy(masses of reflective surfaces on a sunny day) or I've just not set it up right(sensors too low) so it got occluded. If you are going to be losing tracking it's obvious when you set it up. The rift CAN do roomscale, it's just nowhere near is good, to claim the same capability on rift is misinformation on your part.

Steam has it's own version of ASW, has for a while although it doesn't let you go down to 45, although as both Oculus and Valve pointed out there is a reason why 90fps was the target, even with asw you are in potential vomit comet land particularly in roomscale.

Knuckles don't add parity, they are by all accounts a significant improvement. They also highlight a different point as they are made by a DIFFERENT company than the headset, SteamVR is open anyone can make software OR hardware for it and they are inter operable within reason(lighthouse 2.0 tracks more objects than 1.0, but all 2.0 hardware does work with 1.0 lightouses)

As to the rest:
Screen quality is actually the same it's the optics that differ, and there is a clear tradeoff situation on that front it is far from a 1:1 comparison.

Comfort, totally subjective, since the release of the DAS for Vive, which by all accounts is supposed to be BETTER than the rifts headstrap system many users report they actually found the old system as comfortable or more so. The biggest lesson here, it's all about adjustment, you quickly find the people that simply never adjusted their vives.

Integrated audio is a negative for me, the bundled earphones are fine and are a doddle to attach to the vive and don't get in the way. If I want good audio well I want to use my 300 quid AKGs thanks not whatever crappy audio you can squeeze into the price of a peripheral that costs the same price.

As you say the games are 90% the same, but if like me you support an open PC platform then that's a definite tick towards SteamVR's native headsets. Screw companies having closed platforms on PC, we hammer MS and other companies every time they try it, facebook isn't getting away with it.

Controllers, the touch controllers are nice, but the Vive wands are actually still very good, especially given they came out a lot earlier. They track better and in games where most of the time you are gripping a handle in a game they are actually very good and representative. If you are holding a gun or a sword or a bow as you are in most VR games the vive wands IMO are better. But it's a toss up.

There is a difference between my post and yours. I'm sharing my opinion, I'm not pretending it's facts, you want everyone to believe your opinions are facts. They aren't.

Oculus Rift & Touch Bundle out of stock again :disappointed:

U

Placed an order with the Rift about 2 hours ago, still processing. I was stupid enough to select Standard delivery over the Free next-day delivery (ffs, they have both for free?) and I am biting my nails cause the order might be cancelled by then. Do you guys think it's a good idea to call them and try to change the delivery? Or it won't work or even increase the chances of cancellation.

Code will not work anymore seems they have figured out the glitch. Tried with just the mousemat on its own

So which is actually better for sitting down gaming mostly?

I have tried a rift in curry's but they never had someone there to show the vive too.

I was a fan of the controllers, played some climbing game which was fun since I actually climb in normal reality.

Dam code no longer working

Damn, missed it, code is invalid for the rift

how is it compare with google cardboard :grin:

Back in Roffy ? How long for. Be quick

This deal/glitch has expired. Now wait for the cancellation emails....

Doesnt work at all for me sadly.

I *could* afford this but then I can't afford the powerful PC that I would require with it :disappointed:

Anyone got any update emails, should be dispatching soon, unless the dreaded cancellation email comes, but they must have picked up on the unusually high orders in vive and rift, here's hoping!

It's working wonders

dixonselectrical.co.uk/ind…er/

Code not working at all now for me. .still no dispatch email and supposed to be coming tomorrow.

Oh dear, looks like a refund through PayPal and cancellation email coming my way soon, well it was worth a go

I didn't order one (even though I wanted one), I hope they fulfill and honour the sale. Hopefully the more people own it, the more effort is put on making better vr games and software.

they had a lenovo system with a 1070 for £899 i'm not 100% sure if the code will work tho

How do i enter a discount code?

Nonsense

anyone got a dispatch email yet?

Nope. Would like to know if any of the people who ordered early in this thread have had a dispatch notice yet.

Just got a text stating my order will be with me tomorrow by DPD. There is hope yet!

Can confirm I got two txt for two different orders, dpd for tomorrow

Also got a notification for delivery tomorrow.

I ordered in the first hour but nothing here yet.

I've got a delivery email too, will be given a 1 hour time slot around 11.00 I think.
( I was an early orderererer)

My rift is coming tomorrow via DPD, £327. Bargain!!

Just need my vega 56 turn up soon haha

Those who ordered, when did you order and did you receive updates by email as well? Thanks guys!

Order confirmation 15:15 on the 27th
Dispatch information today at 19:50
-Told both of these by email and text

Should be here some point tomorrow (they'll give me my time slot tomorrow) :smile:

Brilliant! - I didn't choose next day delivery which I regret now but really pleased to see that there is some movement in the right direction. Good luck everyone who's ordered.

I ordered about 2 minutes after the thread was posted, both a VIVE and a RIFT, received delivery confirmation by both text and email at 7.55PM today, tracking has updated as being at the regional depot already.

I ordered at 2am today when it came back into stock. I hope it comes tomorrow but I have my doubts since they've fixed the glitch :unamused:

I stupidly didn't select the next day delivery either - just went for the standard 5 day delivery as I was in such a rush to get the order in so overlooked it (did it around 8am this morning).

Got tracking numbers! Expected for tomorrow :grin:

When did you order?

27th afternoon

Did anyone order with Standard delivery from Currys before? Did it take the full 5 business days to ship, or it arrived faster than this?

Got my tracking :thumbsup:

Gutted with this
got permission to buy and it was too late.
Its back in in stock but the code doesn't work anymore. Looks like it will have to by full price for my birthday on Sunday.

Mine just arrived. Thanks OP

Well my order hasn't been cancelled yet but no confirmation either..
Wish i'd seen next day delivery option!

Mine arrived via DPD.

All I need now is a deal on a nice PC to attach it to....

Maybe we should start a VR friends list......rec room with hotdeal member should be a lot of fun. :wink:

Thanks lil_diabo !

Mine has just arrived ( I ordered on the 28th at 3 am )

‌ :thumbsup:

I was just wondering how many of you who have received your Oculus today had confirmation and tracking email/texts? As I ordered 27th August 4:10pm and I have heard nothing, not a cancellation email or confirmation of order.

Thanks.

Try tracking you order on the curry's Web site. I did opt for next day delivery.

Thanks. Looking at my invoice on my processing email, it said delivery was by Monday 4th September. So i must have chosen standard delivery :rage: so I can't track it. Oh well, there is hope lol.

Did the same thing. In my haste I didn't check delivery options and just clicked where I saw Free Delivery. No email or text yet to say it is out for delivery but just an email saying they are processing it. I ordered it Monday morning.

Just message me if you don't get on with it. I would gladly take it off your hands.

Hmm Currys site says 'Item tracking not available.' I got confirmation mail and they took the money so I hope..

Still nowt here.

Bet they cancel mine and send the crappy mouse mat :grin:

Mine came today around 2pm. I selected next day delivery, but a specific am or pm slot.

The question now is do I keep it and my psvr?

Got my vive at 5pm. Drilled the lighthouses to the walls and setup the software. Really annoying setup which is massively over complicated. Had to take the lighthouses back down to firmware update them. Kept disconnecting when set to a-b so ended up setting to b-c and it's 100% stable. It's not bad but installation is a pain the 1st time.

If you read the instructions, it's meant to be set to b-c and not a-b.

I set mine up at first as a test before attaching to the wall, which I was glad I did when I realised I needed to do the update with the cable. Install the Bluetooth driver and you can do updates that way in the future and save taking them down.

I found it difficult to set up the sensors at first but once it was sorted and i was able to use it i was amazed how good it was. So glad I bought it. :grin:
I think i'm going to eventually get the third sensor for better tracking. I've shown a couple of my friends it and they're looking at getting one themselves

Update: Mine arrived via DPD yesterday, ordered around 1pm on Sunday.

I just double checked and whilst I read it I think using the software I must of skipped that bit somehow :angry:

What I just found out

A) is wired slave/client.
B) is wireless master/host.
C) is wireless slave.

A) connected to PC
A-B) Connected by 3.5mm jack
B-C) Normal wireless setup

Just think it would be easier to show a diagram of these three setups :smile:


Thanks for the info on the bluetooth drivers , I despair a bit on whoever did these manuals :disappointed:

How much space do you have for roomscale, i am working with 9 feet by 9 feet which is classed as moderate room scale, and with two sensors for 360 tarcking it works perfectly, if you got more then i can see a 3rd sensor being required but if not you should try 360 with two.

I have them either side of the room up high on the wall and they work great, no issues.

I have 6ft by 12ft but its in a slight L shape because of my desk. I'll try moving the other sensor to get a better angle. because its not able to track the entire room. I'm just hesitant because it took me 30 minutes to get them in the correct position. Thanks

Glad to see that the next day delivery folk got their deliveries. I'm due to receive mine on Monday as I chose standard delivery. It'll be interesting to see if and when the first standard delivery units go out. I'd love if mine arrived early, in time for the weekend!

I have the very same issue, my PC desk causes me to lose about 2 extra feet to the left of me, but, the sensor is directly above that lost area so it won't see it anyway.....i will show you my room setup.....it's crude but you get the general layout of the sensors, i stand in the middle of the empty area and face sensor 1X wall, with that sensor to the top right of me and the other on level with the side of me to the left.....and that seems to work perfectly. :smile:


1X = Sensor 1
2X= Sensor 2
_______________________1X______
IPC desk I
I_______
I
2X
I
I
I-door--------------------------------------------

Just got my dispatched email for my 'standard delivery' order :thumbsup:

Mine is ariving tomorrow

Also had my confirmation text to say arriving tomorrow by DPD :thumbsup:

Still waiting for an email but great to hear standard delivery orders have started to dispatch!

When did you guys place the standard delivery orders which were already dispatched? 27th or 28th?

I placed my order on the 27th at about 4:20pm. And I received my text at about 4:15pm today.

Had my confirmation at 16:25 today for standard delivery. Will be delivered tomorrow. Was ordered on 27th at about 15:00. Ordered a Vive.

same here.. We'll deliver your Currys PCW parcel on Thursday. :party:

Did anybody get an email with the codes to download the three free games for their VIVE? I received mine yesterday and still haven't received the games.

Ahh missed the 20% deal! I'm still interested getting the Rift, would anyone know any discount code still work to save some pennies from a full price wag? :relaxed:

Yes! Just got my dispatch email now as well. Ordered on the 28th with standard delivery.

It's happening! Ordered mine @ 6pm on Sunday. Just got confirmation about an hour ago that it'll be delivered tomorrow. I'm going to call my Rift lil' diablo in honour of the OP :smile:

Seems like I am one of the few people who still don't have a dispatch confirmation. :thinking: Nothing in my e-mail, nor on the site. Ordered at noon on Monday with Standard delivery.

Edit: Got my dispatch e-mail as well! But the tracking codes are beyond weird, they cannot be meant for me as they both show already delivered orders for 2 different people on Sun 04 Dec 2016... Let's hope the tracking is an old one and it hasn't updated yet for my order.

mine arrived other day but finally set it up properly today after faffng with firmware updates,and trying to do the setup.not easy when you have a large play area and the monitor with instructions on is other side of the room!

Anyway. I can only compare this to the psvr we haven't work,bearing in mind I'm running a 1050ti so the very minimum spec,but it's amazing. Roomscale, resolution, accuracy (I used the sync cable, it's there for a reason!) And it's several orders of magnitude better than the psvr. Sure the gun in farpoint is great, but the Vive controllers are a huge improvement on the move stick things.

Got star trek downloaded (on offer) and will try tomorrow. I had read comments about screen door effect, uncomfy headset compared to ps vr and cables in the way. I was so immersed that sde wasn't noticeable, and even when I looked for it it didn't bother me at all. I had also adjusted the straps on the headset, and being a glasses wearer I found it comfier and better at blocking light out that the psvr.

The cable was one negative, with pc at one corner of the rectangle the cable was only long enough to reach 3/4 the way in my play area, I definitely need a 3 or 4 metre extension or even better a wireless solution.

I'm going to get in to work early tomorrow just to pay it, not done that in 10 years haha

It's in the box, should be a code that you enter, it will then let you download them.

Interestingly Asus just announced their Windows mixed reality headset at IFA 2017 today. Launching in November along with MR headsets from Dell, Acer, HP and Lenovo, some of which could be as cheap as £300 apparently, so could mean further price reductions from Oculus and HTC before year end.

Gutted mine was supposed to be delivered today but dpd not received the parcel from currys
anyone else had the same

Mine arrived today. Thanks OP! Lil' diablo =Lil' legend.

Same here :disappointed:

Ah no, hopefully it's a stock issue and they reschedule for you guys. Feel like everyone on this thread is one big team now. Really hope it gets sorted for you.

Thanks, I hope so too. They did say that it probably just missed the DPD collection window yesterday and will be delivered tomorrow, so fingers crossed =).

Same with me. Hopefully tomorrow!

Received mine!

Thanks OP. Mine turned up today and I am quite impressed with it so far :thumbsup:

Me too! Just installing the software.. 1,7GB :grin:

My Vive arrived today. Big thanks to the OP

Just got mine along with a bunch of other bits I bought with 20% off the lot. What was a nice surprise is I grabbed the PNY GTX 1070 which Curry's list for £380. The pics showed this to be the XLR8 OC version even though the spec/price suggested it was the standard but sure enough, it's the OC version as shown in the pic (£540 on amazon). Even at the retail £380 this isn't a bad buy but at £300 it's a "thank you very very much Curry's and huge thanks to the OP"

Mine arrived toyda too, thanks OP =).

Got mine today. Happy days
big thanks lil_diablo
see you guys in the matrix

What games do people recommend?