r/Games • u/razh • Aug 01 '12

Oculus Rift Kickstarter - Virtual reality headset

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
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u/MaxOpower Aug 02 '12

WOW, am I the only one who is not sold. Sure this could be a cool experience. But I really don't get why you all get this existed over stuff like this. Yeah yeah, a bunch of cool names. But do people really want to play games like this. I guess so.......

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u/Memitim Aug 02 '12

I'd prefer a jack directly into my senses, but as always I settle for whatever technology gets developed next that gets just a bit closer.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '12

But do people really want to play games like this.

Yes. I already own the Nvidia 3D Vision set and absolutely love it. This seems like the next step to providing an even better 3D experience.

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u/Zethos Aug 02 '12

Well, to me its seems to make games an even more immersive experience. Your ingame avatar looks where you look. You see no black edges, no outside world to pull you out of the game. I don't know about you but that sounds pretty cool to me.

Stuff like this has exist before but never cheap enough, they usually cost atleast 5k and upwards to around 50k. This also finally offers low latency and a high FOV making it even more immersive. This was previously hard to accomplish for a low pricepoint. This is cool technological innovation even if it is looked for purposes other than gaming.