VR was hailed and failed in the 90s,but could the oculus Rift gaming headset make it matterthe second time around?
LOW_RENT FILMS SUCH AS THE LAWNMOWER MAN-SEE RIGHT-AND a succession of disappointing arcade games in which you put a bucket on your head and shot down low-res aeroplanes killed virtual Reality(VR) headsets at birth in the 1990s.Now ,tech firm oculus's Rift aims to right that wrong.putting a pair of commercial units-these goggles promise to bring unsurpassed immersiveness to at this year's E3,the device has been championed by such gaming titans as Doom creator John Carmack and valve's Gabe Newell.A successful Kickstarter has subsequently netted 2,50,000 for dev kit production,putting ultra-real first-person shooters and "virtual sex" with watery,matallic women within reach of us all
TBC, OCULUSVR.COM
LOW_RENT FILMS SUCH AS THE LAWNMOWER MAN-SEE RIGHT-AND a succession of disappointing arcade games in which you put a bucket on your head and shot down low-res aeroplanes killed virtual Reality(VR) headsets at birth in the 1990s.Now ,tech firm oculus's Rift aims to right that wrong.putting a pair of commercial units-these goggles promise to bring unsurpassed immersiveness to at this year's E3,the device has been championed by such gaming titans as Doom creator John Carmack and valve's Gabe Newell.A successful Kickstarter has subsequently netted 2,50,000 for dev kit production,putting ultra-real first-person shooters and "virtual sex" with watery,matallic women within reach of us all
TBC, OCULUSVR.COM
