Wow that looks amazing. I'm not a huge tech guy but this is some cool VR gear. Question, do you worry that the market won't be big enough for this? The Industry is starting to boom, but most consumers cant even tell the LG G4 apart from the Moto X.
It wouldn't surprise me if Oculus struggles to meet expectations next year during releases. I know they've partnered up with Facebook, but it'll be interesting to see how this ford on the market. It'll be huge for tech guys, but I don't think it meets the eyes of a reg consumer unless they promo like crazy.
Very amazing! Reminds me of Nintendo's VR lol. Are you planning on getting the new one when it comes out?
Yeah man I have been following the Oculus rift for around 4 years now. When it first popped up on the internet you had guys like me who were really amazed by the tech and I thought it would explode and everyone would see how cool this was! Well you had guys like me, which were alot no doubt, but the majority of gamers to my absolute shock were unconvinced and didnt really seem to like it. Now this was mostly due to being uninformed and most would say things like "oh its makes you sick" or when facebook bought it out "oh its gonna be filled with ads" "enjoy candy crush in VR"
Well the reason the original headsets made you sick was due to high persistence. Basically when you turn your head the delay was like .052 second which kinda messed with your brain and distorts you reality. Not unlike riding in a car and reading....your brain is telling you your moving forward and another part is telling you to focus on the reading which is still...end result is motion sickness.
Well they got rid of high persistence and from leaked reports about the new Consumer version people have said its absolutely mind blowing, jaw droppingly amazing lol
Well those people are now finally seeing how cool this is, the market for VR is here already or at least enough for it to survive its infancy until the masses can actually try it out. Now i have been seeing nothing but positive remarks from the gaming community.
Oculus got the party going and now Microsoft is making an Augmented Reality HMD and Sony is making a VR HMD along with Samsung Gear VR and HTC-Valve. I wouldnt worry about it not catching on, when Oculus realsed the DK1 and then the DK2 if you put an order in it would takes months to finally receive it due to orders being backed up so bad.
The current way of playing games, watching movies, sporting events, tv ect is all through a freakin flat screen. You cant go past that besides higher resolution or better audio. VR is the logical next step in entertainment and education! Total immersion!
I am definitely going to be getting myself one! The NBA btw is partnering with Facebook so you can watch NBA games from a 3D-360 degree panorama camera COURT SIDE!
And remember, this is only the beginning.....only going to be seeing better HMD with better resolution, more features and better games.
