Oculus Rift Virtual Reality googles now available

[FLPanhandle]

Industry analysts—even Oculus founder Palmer Luckey himself—know that most of the folks willing to spend the money on VR will be gamers and tech enthusiasts for the next couple years. In addition to the headset, buying a PC capable of running Rift’s VR software could easily set you back a grand on its own.

Gaming is the most logical arena for VR to first conquer anyways, which is why Rift comes bundled with a video game, Lucky’s Tale, a cartoony platformer, as well as another one for free with preorders: a space dogfighting game called EVE: Valkyrie.

Other tech companies, besides the Facebook-owned Oculus, are looking to enter the virtual-and-augmented reality video game space, too. Microsoft’s HoloLens has introduced gamers to holograms: Put on the headset and zap flying holographic baddies that look like they’re bursting through the wall and swoop around your living room.

While VR will most likely find its footing in gaming, it’s also expected to completely change the faces of several industries, from education to engineering to Hollywood. That’s why other tech giants like Sony and HTC are expected to roll out their own VR headsets sometime this year.

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Games, education, Hollywood. Bah. We all know that porn will drive this technology!

[packman]

1. We all know that porn will drive this technology

And cats, don't forget the cats

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Yep.

I'm sure the puritan crowd will flip out, but fuck em.

[zappaman]

8. It always does...

[edhopper]

3. Google Cardboard

is a lot cheaper

https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/

[corkhead]

4. I'm going to have to goggle this to find out more

[backscatter712]

5. When I actually have money to work with, I'll get one.

Right now one of the games I play is Elite angerous, which supports VR headsets, including the Oculus Rift.

Just the idea of being able to look around as if you were actually inside your spaceship, piloting it, instead of just looking at a computer screen of a spaceship cockpit just sounds damned cool.

[RandiFan1290]

6. I'm looking forward to this

I've been watching the youtube videos for a few years.

This thing just keeps getting better

[bhikkhu]

7. From what I've heard, tylenol or dramamine might be recommended

I can't even watch 3d movies in the theater myself, though I expect the technology to get better quickly.