Will Oculus Rift Be 2015's Biggest Gaming Story?

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Will Oculus Rift Be 2015's Biggest Gaming Story?

Added: 25.01.2015 22:10 | 6 views | 0 comments

WDC: "What sets the Oculus Rift apart from countless failed tech innovations we were promised would be the future? Two billion dollars is a lot of money for a passion project. Thats the price that social giant Facebook paid for Oculus VR, the company behind the Oculus Rift headset. $2 billion to bring Palmer Luckeys dream of consumer-level VR to commercial reality. Its not the worlds first attempt at virtual reality, but it is the one that seems the closest to achieving mass-market penetration. Vuzix launched the Forte VFX-1 back in 1994. Sony has had a few different head-mounted displays, including 1997s Glasstron, 2011s HMZ-T1, and the upcoming Project Morpheus for PlayStation 4. Nintendo even tried to fake it with the Virtual Boy. Each device has found a limited niche audience, not the massive backing behind the Oculus Rift. Why?"