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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOculus Rift Virtual Reality googles now available
Industry analystseven Oculus founder Palmer Luckey himselfknow that most of the folks willing to spend the money on VR will be gamers and tech enthusiasts for the next couple years. In addition to the headset, buying a PC capable of running Rifts VR software could easily set you back a grand on its own.
Gaming is the most logical arena for VR to first conquer anyways, which is why Rift comes bundled with a video game, Luckys Tale, a cartoony platformer, as well as another one for free with preorders: a space dogfighting game called EVE: Valkyrie.
Other tech companies, besides the Facebook-owned Oculus, are looking to enter the virtual-and-augmented reality video game space, too. Microsofts HoloLens has introduced gamers to holograms: Put on the headset and zap flying holographic baddies that look like theyre bursting through the wall and swoop around your living room.
While VR will most likely find its footing in gaming, its also expected to completely change the faces of several industries, from education to engineering to Hollywood. Thats why other tech giants like Sony and HTC are expected to roll out their own VR headsets sometime this year.
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Games, education, Hollywood. Bah. We all know that porn will drive this technology!
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Oculus Rift Virtual Reality googles now available (Original Post)
FLPanhandle
Jan 2016
OP
packman
(16,296 posts)1. We all know that porn will drive this technology
And cats, don't forget the cats
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)2. Yep.
I'm sure the puritan crowd will flip out, but fuck em.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)8. It always does...
edhopper
(33,606 posts)3. Google Cardboard
is a lot cheaper
https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/
corkhead
(6,119 posts)4. I'm going to have to goggle this to find out more
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)5. When I actually have money to work with, I'll get one.
Right now one of the games I play is Elite angerous, which supports VR headsets, including the Oculus Rift.
Just the idea of being able to look around as if you were actually inside your spaceship, piloting it, instead of just looking at a computer screen of a spaceship cockpit just sounds damned cool.
RandiFan1290
(6,239 posts)6. I'm looking forward to this
I've been watching the youtube videos for a few years.
This thing just keeps getting better
bhikkhu
(10,722 posts)7. From what I've heard, tylenol or dramamine might be recommended
I can't even watch 3d movies in the theater myself, though I expect the technology to get better quickly.