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Posted by: mister__joshua Feb 5 2013, 11:29 AM

Welcome to the world's first commercially available VR headset that works. The http://www.oculusvr.com/.
Just found out about this. Sorry if it's been mentioned before but I thought it was cool. Caused quite a stir at CES and Carmack has picked it up in a big way.

Thought I'd share

Posted by: Stahlseele Feb 5 2013, 11:47 AM

it's kinda oldish news, but somehow, not a single one of my tech pages reported on this one.
and no, carmack did not pick it up, this is his baby, his idea completely.
i hope he can deliver what he promises for less than 400 bucks . .
i had one of these HMD's with 2xFull HD in it . . and it sucked and cost 1000 bucks . .

Posted by: mister__joshua Feb 5 2013, 12:32 PM

It's looking good so far, but no, it isn't Carmack's idea. That's been mis-reported all over. Carmack contacted the inventor and requested a dev kit, which he then showed off at CES running Doom. Check the link in the OP

Posted by: Shortstraw Feb 5 2013, 01:08 PM

Apparently you can order one for $300.

Posted by: Stahlseele Feb 5 2013, 01:49 PM

Pre-Order, and right now, these are Dev-Kits, as far as i can tell.
Meaning inferior hardware and craftsmanship. And no supported games as of yet either.

Posted by: mister__joshua Feb 5 2013, 02:21 PM

I believe http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3848914/oculus-rift-deep-inside-the-immersive-disorienting-virtual-reality is what the prototype looks like. I think the dev kit is meant to be more like what's on the main page and that's what you get for your $300. There may not be many games supporting it yet, but not none. Doom 3 BFG is build to use Oculus Rift, and they've already got support from the big players like Valve, Epic, Unity, and the Unreal 4 engine has support built in. http://www.playhawken.com/ said it would launch with Rift support and there are already http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/11/mirrors-edge-skyrim-more-to-get-oculus-rift-support/. Some good titles too. I think Mirror's Edge would be ace.

I'm getting more excited the more I read.

Posted by: Stahlseele Feb 5 2013, 03:07 PM

Ouya Android Console might support it too i think.

Posted by: Lionhearted Feb 5 2013, 04:54 PM

It's a good start... The early iterations are riddled with low resolution and latency issues from what I've heard.

Posted by: Draco18s Feb 5 2013, 05:02 PM

Yeah, my boss showed us this a couple weeks ago.
Given how much of a hardon he has for "technology we could be developing on" I'm surprised he didn't buy/preorder one.

Posted by: nylanfs Feb 5 2013, 07:12 PM

EVE Online would rock with this.

Posted by: Lionhearted Feb 5 2013, 08:29 PM

EVE got gameplay? I though it just had schemes and economic imperiums!
One does not simply play EVE Accountancy online.
(note: I love hearing about peoples exploits in EVE, but that game... It just works... differently)

Posted by: Stahlseele Feb 5 2013, 08:31 PM

QUOTE (Draco18s @ Feb 5 2013, 06:02 PM)

Posted by: Draco18s Feb 5 2013, 08:32 PM

QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Feb 5 2013, 03:31 PM)