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Oculus Rift OS
Hey forum, It is my intention to persuade, influence and inspire you guys to think, imagine and discuss the possibility of an on board 'Oculus Rift' operating system. Graphical User Interface D...
I'd gladly save 50 eur on the Rift for not having any built-in bloatware.
bloatware is such a negative word. In my humble opinion a built in OS would make it much easier for the common users to discover, and manage all the amazing experiences that developers are creating for Rift, through the Oculus Rift.
Standalone Rift would probably need builtin audio (which I do not want for peripheral Rift, as my own headphones are de facto better), as you wouldn't want to run a headphone cable to the rift, then for the controller you pretty much will also need to bundle a wireless controller, as those things aren't very standardized either, and so on.
I agree with you about audio playing a big role in gaming experiences. I do not intend to argue with you on this point but rather pose the question; "Perhaps Rift should have two product lines then?"
1) Stand Alone Rift with a built in fully functional OS for common usage
2) The high end peripheral Rift with just a lightweight built-in settings menu for the hardcore gamer.
I'm willing to bet that the "stand alone" outsells the "high end" by a large margin :P
the Rift OS is SteamOS
SteamOS + Oculus Rift = Perfect
Hmm Interesting. Honestly I'm not sure which way the OS should go at this point. I would need to run tests and see how each variation "feels" to make that call with any kind of certainty. Should it be menu based? or should it be something else? Are there any screen-shots available for the 'Steam OS'? I would imagine it to be primarily menu based, considering that they are creating it for the "living room".
With that said I'm not sure "a virtual world" based GUI would be adequate either. That would be more adequate for specific applications that dial in themed experiences. A virtual world wouldn't be ideal for a GUI at the OS level. In that I just want to launch an application instantly and easily without having to move around in a virtual world to find a virtual button or door to launch an application...
Keep in mind I am an aspiring UX designer :)