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Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Seeks Kickstarter Funding

Oculus Rift virtual reality glasses gets support of John Carmack and is supposed to be awesome.

Aug 1 2012, 9:59am CDT | by

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There have been virtual reality glasses for decades. They all failed on the consumer market. Now Oculus Rift is supposed to change that. It has a huge field of view and no lag. Gaming industry...

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Pokemon Snap on Oculus Rift

Source: N4G

5d ago - Looks like I couldn't make it to the podcast, so give it up for barrel as he tries his hand at ho... | PC 31d ago - More and more titles have been receiving the Oculus Rift treatment ever since the dev kits were r... | PC 34d ago - If no ...
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A bespectacled look at the Oculus Rift

Source: Joystiq

For the most part, being near- or farsighted today isn't that big of a deal. The only cultural zeitgeist folks like me have missed out on recently has been in the resurgence of glasses-required 3D technology in consumer media. And let's be honest ...
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World of Diving: Online multiplayer diving with the Oculus Rift

Source: N4G

Vertigo Games : Are you ready to dive into the hidden depths of our world? Vertigo Games, developer of entertainment and serious games, is all set to take you on the otherworldly adventure that is World of Diving, th ...
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Son of Nor video shows gameplay, Oculus Rift support announced

Source: VG247

Son of Nor developer StillAlive Studios has added Oculus Rift support to the game, as if support for mind control device Emotiv EPOC wasn’t enough to whet your whistle. The video below features the action-adventure game’s producer Chris Polus c ...
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Oculus Rift: Virtual reality 2.0

Source: Fortune

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Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Seeks Kickstarter Funding

There have been virtual reality glasses for decades. They all failed on the consumer market. Now Oculus Rift is supposed to change that. It has a huge field of view and no lag. Gaming industry heavyweights including John Carmack think Oculus Rift has a chance. 

The project is now raising money and handing out Oculus Rift developer kits. The goal is $250,000. Watch the Kickstarter video presentation of Oculus Rift below.

Support Oculus Rift now on Kickstarter.

 

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