Tuesday 25 November 2014

Oculus Rift- Beginning of Revolution for gamers

Oculus VR is developing a new style of virtual reality in form Oculus Rift. This history defining headset makes you feel like you are actually inside the video game.

Using Oculus Rift, you could turn your head around with very-low latency to view inside the game world in high resolution. Oculus Rift provides a truly impressive experience so as to make you interact with your favorite game like never before.

"I think this will be the coolest way to experience games in the future. Simply that... that big."
David Helgason, CEO Unity.

Price:
As far as the price is concerned, Rift wants consumers to enjoy awful experience at only $300 and with development kit as well so that they could have a chance to develop for Rift as well.

Development Kit Specification: 
  • Head tracking: 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) ultra low latency
  • Field of view: 110 degrees diagonal / 90 degrees horizontal
  • Resolution: 1280x800 (640x800 per eye)
  • Inputs: DVI/HDMI and USB
  • Platforms: PC and mobile
  • Weight: ~0.22 kilograms

Expected Release date:
Oculus VR released two developer verions of Development Kit for Rift to give developers an oppertunity to create content in time for the Rift's release. However, the consumer version of Rift is expected to be released in 2015

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