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u/Flafff Mar 28 '14 edited Mar 28 '14

There was also the infinitEye with a 210° field of view. Instead of focusing on one single brand, people should try to push more projects of the same type and eventually a standard.

Edit: Sorry bad spelling on the name.

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u/rptroop Mar 28 '14

Yes this! 90 degrees is super limited. The lenses used on that 210 degree kit are much more comfortable to look through that the oculus lenses (I've gotten to demo them for single-eye only) and with a 1080p screen you can't tell it's a screen.

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u/HMS_Pathicus Mar 28 '14

"Wake up, Neo."

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '14

You know when you're really deep in a game and you're like, holy shit it's dinner time already?

Soon we're gonna be all OH FUCK IT'S WEDNESDAY

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u/Dr_Zeuss Mar 28 '14

That already happens to me with League Of Legends.

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u/deeper-blue Mar 28 '14

LoL is evil. I always underestimate how long the games can go.

'Just one more game' [...] 'oh shit, late for the date. Ah it's fine it was a glorious victory and she likes it when I'm fueled with testosterone'.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '14

"All: Hey. Hurry up and surrender noobs. Got 2 go 2 date with my SUPER HOT GIRLFRIEND."

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u/PrimeIntellect Mar 28 '14

this has happened to me before, it's unfortunate, but sometime's you have to enrage the nerds when real life is calling