Oculus Rift the Virtual Reality headset

Johnaudi · 03-03-2013

The Oculus Rift is an upcoming high field of view (FOV), low-latency, consumer-priced virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD). It is being developed by Oculus LLC, who have raised $2.4 million from a Kickstarter campaign. The company was founded by Palmer Luckey. The Oculus Rift has been endorsed by John Carmack, Gabe Newell, and others. -Wikipedia

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Check the Vid @ Oculus
And the Verge Awards it as the best!
Oculus Rift Demo Video (Verge)

I'm sooo pre-ordering one, best part is, Development kit costs 300$ only!
Consumer build will be 200$~ and will have a larger screen, better display, better sound and a full SDK and Design!

What are your thoughts?

Rexx · 03-03-2013

screenshot looks pretty cool.

Jester Lapse · 03-03-2013

wouldn't pay $300 to have a box on my face.

Johnaudi · 03-04-2013

Posted by Jester Lapse

wouldn't pay $300 to have a box on my face.

Oh? So you would pay 600-900$ for a box whose you can connect to your TV and play games on, and won't buy a virtual reality headset with a high field view with an amazing 1000Hz low latency movement?
Okay...

Jester Lapse · 03-04-2013

Uhh what console is $600-900???

Rexx · 03-04-2013

Posted by Johnaudi

Oh? So you would pay 600-900$ for a box whose you can connect to your TV and play games on, and won't buy a virtual reality headset with a high field view with an amazing 1000Hz low latency movement?
Okay...

Yes I would actually.

The headset looks redonkulous, if there was a way to hook it up to my consoles and games that supported it then I may be interested.
As of now its a cardboard box with duct tape over it and a concept image.

Pimpsy G. · 03-04-2013

Posted by Rexx

Yes I would actually.

The headset looks redonkulous, if there was a way to hook it up to my consoles and games that supported it then I may be interested.
As of now its a cardboard box with duct tape over it and a concept image.

Do some research before saying things like this. Of course it looks strange at the moment, its a prototype. But a "card board box with duct tape and a concept image"? That's rude and ignorant to say. It actually works, and its the best virtual reality headset that has ever existed. Look at the reviews of people demoing it. Also, it is going to be compatible with PCs, and games like Hawken and Doom: Bfg edition are already compatible with it in its prototype state. Remember, the dev kits havent even been released yet. Gabe Newel is a big backer of the project so expect Valve games to come to it as well.

Read more here. This man demoed the Rift, and it is an absolutey amazing peice of technology: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/...gamings-future

Jester Lapse · 03-04-2013

Still would not pay for a box on my head. I had a headset like that before and it was uncomfortable as hell, it probably makes you queasy too.

Remorse · 03-04-2013

no way in hell im buying something like this

Johnaudi · 03-04-2013

Posted by Jester Lapse

Still would not pay for a box on my head. I had a headset like that before and it was uncomfortable as hell, it probably makes you queasy too.

There was no headset with such latency or head tracking in the human's existence. It works the very same as pool googles >.>

Posted by Jester Lapse

Uhh what console is $600-900???

PS4 / XBOX (new version) / PS3 (back in 2011)

Posted by Remorse

no way in hell im buying something like this

We don't really care about your opinion, just give us reasons why not pre-ordering one. And make them valid.

Posted by Pimpsy G.

Do some research before saying things like this. Of course it looks strange at the moment, its a prototype. But a "card board box with duct tape and a concept image"? That's rude and ignorant to say. It actually works, and its the best virtual reality headset that has ever existed. Look at the reviews of people demoing it. Also, it is going to be compatible with PCs, and games like Hawken and Doom: Bfg edition are already compatible with it in its prototype state. Remember, the dev kits havent even been released yet. Gabe Newel is a big backer of the project so expect Valve games to come to it as well.

Read more here. This man demoed the Rift, and it is an absolutey amazing peice of technology: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/...gamings-future

Not only that, but Unity, Guitar Hero and many more staff from there are working on the Oculus Rift, even Notch! (Creator of Minecraft)
It has won the Best Virtual Reality Console awards, as a prototype! So what if it was the consumer version?!

Xenthic · 03-04-2013

Wow wow wow woW

Jester Lapse · 03-04-2013

there have been virtual reality headsets before that fit on your head like that, and it was uncomfortable lol.

Remorse · 03-05-2013

someone's mad

"Yes. Simulator sickness will be a factor, and worse for some games than others. The main problem is latency in the tracking / update loop plus update rate (fps), rather than the 3D effect. When I used immersive VR it was 19200 baud tracking and 10 fps - I could do 10-20 minutes at a time, before becoming nauseous, rising to about 30 mins with practice."

Posted by Jester Lapse

there have been virtual reality headsets before that fit on your head like that, and it was uncomfortable lol.

Spoiler

Used to have one of these babies

Johnaudi · 03-05-2013

Posted by Remorse

someone's mad

"Yes. Simulator sickness will be a factor, and worse for some games than others. The main problem is latency in the tracking / update loop plus update rate (fps), rather than the 3D effect. When I used immersive VR it was 19200 baud tracking and 10 fps - I could do 10-20 minutes at a time, before becoming nauseous, rising to about 30 mins with practice."

Spoiler

Used to have one of these babies

Wow, you're comparing the rift with a Power Rangers thingy?
First of all, it has the fastest latency ever, 1Ghz for screen + the PCs CPU.
10 FPS? Consumer version will support more than 60+FPS.
The 3D effect is parallel / cross-eyed. Which is how you see in real life. Watch the videos I requested to see what I'm talking about.

Azraelite · 03-05-2013

i will buy one :o!

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