Author Topic: Oculus: New Logo, Countdown Clock, and Leaked Info (Read 4787 times)

Tbone · « **on:** June 09, 2015, 03:16:52 pm »

Oculus has updated their website with a countdown clock. It ends on June 11th at 1:00 p.m. EST, when Oculus will be streaming a special live event. With this website update came a lot of changes (some intended, some hidden).

One obvious difference was the logo. Oculus' new logo:

Ok...so there's that. Haha! But also buried in the code was images for what the website would change to: linky link.

Before we analyze what this reveals, Palmer was quick to jump on and give this disclaimer:

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This is an old placeholder concept image that we accidentally leaked. Everything in it is ancient, certainly nowhere close to final (as evidenced by the GPU specs and the game named "war")
Enjoy checking it out, at this point, but don't expect everything to carry through to the stream on the 11th.

He's basically saying Oculus leaked the template of the new site's info instead of what the site will actually be, but there are still some telling signs:

There's a "Pre-order Now" button
The concept image has a single, downward-angled camera on the headset.
There's a stand for the camera
It mentions the Rift is always on, always connected, and has a [vrOS] system.
It says the Rift comes with "the SID (Simple Input Device)
A remote control-looking device is pictured with the Rift
They say they've partnered with NewEgg
There's something called "Skyline" in the menu

The copyright on this template is 2014, so there's a big possibility that Palmer isn't trying to misdirect us by saying the info is ancient. None of the information is complete/correct (for instance, the recommended hardware stats are nowhere near correct).

At the very least we can infer that pre-ordering may open up on Thursday. It's hard to know if the camera was abandoned (none of the released images of the consumer Rift show a camera) or if it just hasn't been revealed yet. The remote control is an odd looking thing - it doesn't look like it'd be for gaming (a gamepad is also bundled with the Rift), but more for media.

Regardless it's a lot to speculate on and makes the wait for Thursday that much longer!