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katherinetkey
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13 years ago

Oculus Rift Preview: 'It's Not Revolutionary

It's easy to get suckered into new, so-called "revolutionary" hardware. The biggest, most recent example is the Wiimote, a motion sensitive controller from Nintendo which, when it launched in 2006, was set to change the world. Consumers, developers and even Microsoft and Sony flocked to it; now, less than seven years later, it's dead. Nintendo's credibility is on the wane and the Kinect and Move are both leftovers.

On paper, the Rift by Oculus looks similarly ill-fated. It's ambitious, it's novel - like lightguns, dancemats and Guitar Hero before it, it looks like something that might inspire a few years' of gold rush before petering out forever. That's until you actually use it.

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  • well for those of you who are really let down because of the screen. They already said (and its posted in many many previews) that the screen is low res.. it will get better in the next versions!
  • Actually, let me be the first to say that I agree the OR is NOT revolutionary. However, the OR + omni (or whatever) is.
  • "blazespinnaker" wrote:
    Actually, let me be the first to say that I agree the OR is NOT revolutionary. However, the OR + omni (or whatever) is.


    VR is not really revolutionary ... afforable VR is. :D

    My kit is PROCESSING and i can't wait!