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Everything We Know About the Oculus Rift

Marcus Estrada writes: "Many of us first heard of this strange new virtual reality device when startup company Oculus launched a Kickstarter campaign back in 2012. The concept of VR had certainly been tried before in gaming via a variety of head-mounted displays (HMDs), but none had ever drawn enough attention to stick around. For most gamers in particular, we simply had memories (or knowledge of) the failed Virtual Boy by Nintendo. Despite these hesitations, the Oculus Rift proved immensely appealing. It overcame the $250,000 funding goal in just a day and ended up generating millions by the campaign’s conclusion. Yep, people really wanted their hands on the very first development kits.

garyanderson3779d ago

So expensive, but I'm super tempted. After I upgrade my computer.

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DemonChicken3779d ago (Edited 3779d ago )

Quote from article: "Facebook bought Oculus for $2 million."

That's $2 billion - big difference.

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Maul_T_Pass3779d ago

I tried messed around with the dev kit last new years eve and I was really impressed. OR really shines in games where the user is in a stationary position like racing or flight sims, top down racers, or platformers. It still has a way to go in regards to first person shooters IMO. Prices for new technology have always been high ( CDs anyone?).

barb_wire3779d ago

Sure, CD's, HDTV, DVDs and Blu-Rays - all expenive when they came out.. difference was though, you didn't need a rather expensive PC with a beefy GFX card to use them. OR isn't plug/play.

NegativeCreepWA3779d ago

You could say the same about Blu-Rays also, upgrading to a decent size 1080p tv wasn't cheap at the time. New tech is always expensive, and i'm glad the they didn't make any compromises to the hardware to make it cheaper.

It's better to come out expensive, and people say I'll wait for the price to drop, than come out cheap, and people thinking it sucks. The first time I put a VR headset on, I want to be blown away.

Maul_T_Pass3779d ago

You still needed a way to play those disks. The players were a pretty big investment too. You could easily build a OR compliant machine for ~$1600 USD ( including the $600 for OR). Id say that's fairly reasonable to be on the bleeding edge of technology.

Pandamobile3779d ago (Edited 3779d ago )

Yeah, $1600 really isn't that crazy of a total cost investment for a lot of people. Especially considering bluray players and HD TVs would have run you a lot higher when they were this fresh on the market.

Once average people start to get exposed to how fundamentally different of an experience VR is, it'll quickly become commonplace.

The killer VR app probably isn't going to fit the mold of a "traditional" video game.

Pillsbury13779d ago

We know VR is in its infancy and can only grow from here.

WE ARE VR.

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ApocalypseShadow1100d ago

That's fine. GT7 would overshadow it anyway at it has open wheel and regular cars.

Should have been spending their time updating Squadrons with better resolution, frame rate, haptics, etc as there isn't a game like that on PS VR 2 yet.

But it's EA. They don't think.

Babadook71099d ago

I agree. It would sell better on PSVR2 right now.

Knushwood Butt1100d ago (Edited 1100d ago )

A wasted opportunity, but I don't buy EA / Codemasters stuff anyway. Grid Legends just came out on Plus and I haven't touched it. Why would I when I have GT7 and PSVR2?

Abnor_Mal1100d ago

Not into F1 racing, but still a missed opportunity.

ApocalypseShadow1100d ago

That's where opportunity presents itself that they could offer something else that other developers haven't offered yet. Yeah. There's No Man's Sky. But a space game with a story would be great. Like the old days with Colony Wars.

Abnor_Mal1100d ago

Exactly, they could have possibly lured more players just from the inclusion of a vr mode.

I miss Colony wars and G-Police, Low-Fi I hope will scratch that itch when it releases. We also need a vr War/Starhawk game.

Knushwood Butt1099d ago

Just watched the trailer of Low-Fi. Most definitely on my radar.

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