"Total Recall" may be getting creamed by critics but fans of VR headsets are firmly behind the Oculus Rift.
The Oculus Rift is a head-mounted display with a few features that make it ideal for gamers; impressive head-tracking capabilities; stereoscopic 3D rendering; a wide field of view - 110 degrees, compared to around 40 degrees for most headsets —so you don’t see the screen. And multiple inputs (DVI/HDMI and USB). When wearing the Oculus, each eye gets close and personal with a 640x800 LCD screen for a total resolution of 1,280x800 in 720p.
Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus VR, thinks they have broken the usability (no latency issues, they say) and cost barrier for virtual-reality headsets and the public agrees - when the Oculus Rift project landed on Kickstarter, it only took a few hours for the project to shatter its original $250,000 goal and then hit $1.19 million with 27 days to go.
Oculus Rift. Credit: Oculus
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Gamers go ga-ga over Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset by Christopher MacManus, CNET
Virtual reality headset amazes users by Todd Kenreck, MSNBC
