Oculus Rift goes mainstream early 2016

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It's finally happened: Oculus has announced a date for the finished version of its Rift virtual reality headset. The Oculus Rift consumer edition is going to be shipping in the first quarter of 2016, with pre-orders opening later this year.

The Oculus Rift has gone through several iterations since it was launched on Kickstarter in the summer of 2012. It's seen two development kits and multiple prototypes, most recently the "Crescent Bay" design that appeared last year. Crescent Bay uses two small displays, an external tracking camera, and carefully designed software to create the illusion of 3D space. Especially since its acquisition by Facebook in early 2014, Oculus has de-emphasized hard technical detail, but a company blog post says that some specifics for the consumer Rift are coming next week.

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CraigPosted:

Wouldn't mind having a go on one of these things...

Looks hella fun!

VatasyPosted:

UZl I bet its neat. I would love to try one just to see how far technology has taken us.


Yeah me too I wonder how much they cost though.

OGPosted:

I bet its neat. I would love to try one just to see how far technology has taken us.

XboxPosted:

This actually looks really neat.

Even though I would probably never get one.

CyimkingPosted:

Doubt this would be very successful unless they spends over 1B on ads. I mean, I only heard this on TTG... I hear about Xbox / PS everywhere I go.

DeluxeHazardPosted:

To see how far this has come since its origin on Kickstarter in 2012 in incredible.

LoodPosted:

Unfortunately, VR stuff makes me seriously motion-sick. Maybe some good quality gear wouldn't be as bad, but I guess I will just have to find out.

Also, I don't really see this being something everyone "needs to have" or whatever, I can enjoy video games as they are. Sure these are really cool, but do I need it? No...

I don't really see all they hype around them.

1989Posted:

-Drips The future of gaming and virtual reality is here.

-Drips


Yeah just shows how advanced technology is.

1989Posted:

This is pretty cool but I am just excited for the HoloLens.

PryzelPosted:

Would love to have a go on one of these someday they look pretty cool tbh. Hopefully they won't be too expensive.


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