New Oculus Rift dev kit goes on sale for $350 today, likely ships in July

Re:New Oculus Rift dev kit goes on sale for $350 today, like... by Crito on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @12:46PM (#7429926)

> "you now connect the headset to your computer using a single cable that includes an HDMI and USB connection"

My computer only has a mini-displayport port. Does anybody know if a minidp->hdmi adapter would be suitable for this HDMI/USB pairing?

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Re:New Oculus Rift dev kit goes on sale for $350 today, like... by amelim on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @12:57PM (#7430072)

I was able to get the DK1 working using a hdmi -> regular displayport adapter for my Thinkpad X220 on Ubuntu 13.04

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Re:New Oculus Rift dev kit goes on sale for $350 today, like... by samnm on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @01:40PM (#7430394)

I assume this means there is one cable that splits in to an HDMI and USB connector. It will work with any HDMI adaptors.

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Re:New Oculus Rift dev kit goes on sale for $350 today, like... by mathgorges on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @01:40PM (#7430393)

I haven't had any problems connecting my DK1 to my macbook with a mini display port -> adapter.

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Re:New Oculus Rift dev kit goes on sale for $350 today, like... by mikeash on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @01:41PM (#7430400)

I can't find anything that definitively states it, but from how it's worded it sounds like it's a single cable that just has both HDMI and USB connectors on the end, not some sort of weird custom connector that tries to send both over the same set of pins.

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