With the official launch of the Oculus Rift today, the age of virtual reality gaming has begun. I’ve only had a few days with the final product so far, so I’m still working on our full review of the Rift VR headset, but here are my detailed thoughts so far on this revolutionary new way of experiencing video games and virtual environments.
It’s tough to relate the experiences the Rift can give you with words and two-dimensional video and images, because this is unlike anything most people have ever seen. To give you an idea of how powerful it is to fully immerse yourself in a virtual world: it can not only make you forget where you really are, but fool your brain into thinking you’re moving (or falling) when you’re actually sitting still, creating a real sensation you can feel in your stomach. It’s hard to believe this technology exists – and that it works – but it does. It is, in a word, amazing.
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It’s tough to relate the experiences the Rift can give you with words and two-dimensional video and images, because this is unlike anything most people have ever seen. To give you an idea of how powerful it is to fully immerse yourself in a virtual world: it can not only make you forget where you really are, but fool your brain into thinking you’re moving (or falling) when you’re actually sitting still, creating a real sensation you can feel in your stomach. It’s hard to believe this technology exists – and that it works – but it does. It is, in a word, amazing.
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