R.I.P. Oculus Rift (bought by FaceBook)

[Wiley]

Depends on if the gamer wanted to exercise.

I'd probably exercise more than I realized, if I was storming virtual beaches rather than running on a treadmill.

I'm thinking more in terms of multiplayer.  Single player I could see people using it to their benefit for exercise.  If people were relying on their own physical agility in something like CoD, it would put them at a severe disadvantage.

Kind of like how I often thought a fully articulated sim chair that you strapped into and had full range of motion for AH would be neat, it would put you at a major disadvantage to people who weren't using one.

Wiley.

[Perrine]

Omnidirectional walking platform  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTtfAQEeAJI

Wasn't this featured on one of Shark Tank episodes?

[Gh0stFT]

I'm only interested in teh Hardware, really wanna see materialize ConsumerVersion 1! I dont care if it has a McDonalds or Facebook Logo on it, IMHO 

[jimson]

A more positive take

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/facebook-bought-oculus-vr-dead-began/

[Karnak]

Well, my wife has now heard of Oculus and has instructed me to buy one.  She was disappointed when I told her it wasn't out yet, but only changed the instruction to apply when it comes out...

[Gianlupo]

Well, my wife has now heard of Oculus and has instructed me to buy one.  She was disappointed when I told her it wasn't out yet, but only changed the instruction to apply when it comes out...

There you go, the beginning of the end!

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Well, my wife has now heard of Oculus and has instructed me to buy one.  She was disappointed when I told her it wasn't out yet, but only changed the instruction to apply when it comes out...

Maybe there's a method in their madness!

Man: I want to buy an oculus rift for 350 bucks
Wife: sounds expensive what is it?
Man: A virtual headset for games
Wife: OVER MY DEAD BODY

or..

Man: I want to buy an oculus rift for 350 bucks
Wife: sounds expensive what is it?
Man: a gadget from facebook
Wife: oh, ok. Can I try it too?

[LCADolby]

From my understanding, the OR team will operate independently.

ack-ack

EA said that about Dice, and they have ruined the Battlefield games getting their noses in. 

[McShark]

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[Volron]

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[Wiley]

Maybe there's a method in their madness!

Man: I want to buy an oculus rift for 350 bucks
Wife: sounds expensive what is it?
Man: A virtual headset for games
Wife: OVER MY DEAD BODY

or..

Man: I want to buy an oculus rift for 350 bucks
Wife: sounds expensive what is it?
Man: a gadget from facebook
Wife: oh, ok. Can I try it too?

DAMMIT mine knows too much about it for that to work because I mentioned it a while ago...

Wiley.

[Vulcan]

Even if the hardware is absolutely spectacular, I wouldn't trust getting drivers from Facebook to not spam ads at me while I was using it and I can think of nothing more immersion killing that trying to fly a WWII airplane or a far future spaceship than having ads splashed in my face.

So much derp in this thread it's not funny.

Most drivers for the OR are third party - a few are open source and free, Hitech has said he has the code for the distortion (and possibly tracker) done - it's just QA/QC time vs demand that keeps it from being in game.