Despite the fact that many gamers defiantly turned their noses, barely learning that Oculus vr For some two billion dollars, a social network was sold Facebook*, Sales of her branded helmet of virtual reality from this, it seems, was by no means injured.
According to the Gamasutra Internet resource, until February 2014, when the production of Oculus Rift DK1 was stopped, about sixty thousand sets of the first generation went home to their new owners.
After that – since March this year – the developers began to implement an improved prototype, DK2, and users around the world rushed to buy it even more actively than before. As a result, at the moment, forty -five thousand preliminary orders are waiting for their turn.
Start shipping an updated virtual reality helmet Oculus vr He plans this month, hoping to attach the first ten thousand Oculus Rift DK2 before the beginning of August.
As for a full-fledged consumer version of the device, it has an official release date, alas, still does not. On this occasion the head of the company Palmer Lucky (Palmer Luckey) hinted as vaguely as possible, saying that if it does not appear on sale until the end of 2015, then "we are clearly problems".
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That’s really not to fuck?(it seems that sales gave an answer), I personally have a purchase of rift oculus (a release option, I see no reason to buy not completed firing of the DK2 type) is in second place after updating the computer for it;), this is now the only device that can really give completely new sensations from the games, True Neksten.
* The activities of the parent organization META are recognized as extremist and prohibited in the Russian Federation
Just in this helmet a completely different perception of the game.You seem to be completely immersed in the game.Even the banal opportunity to move your own head in the game of a lot affects.
Yes, and it was unlikely that they would be without Facebook (or* of another large company) would be able to finish the okulus and put it into production.
* The activities of the parent organization META are recognized as extremist and prohibited in the Russian Federation
Why did not understand?, I do not see the point for just a user like me now to take an unfinished version of the device, because then you can buy a version better and much cheaper.
We are waiting.If the raw version is well sold, then the consumer version will also be well sold. And this is how much a significant step for the entire gaming industry will be!
It is strange that you did not understand what the meaning of the purchase DK2 and DK1. This is necessary for developers who decided to sit on a wave of the evolution of computer devices and do something masterpiece and new first of all. Although this is only part of the meaning of his purchase. There are also impatient fanatics, reviewers and journalists who also “catch a wave” and try to tell about it.
For example, sales are important and interesting to me. All the same, the possible evolution in computer devices, this is not a small business and the more money, the cooler it will be:/
That’s just such an immersion will absorb reality even more. If it is easy to break away from the monitor, then you will come off from the helmet of FIG due to elementary laziness or the same immersion.
I wanted to buy DK2, by the way, but it turned out that they did not deliver to Russia to Russia. Eh, I hope that at least the consumer version will reach us.
Damn, but I’m alive in the southeast of Ukraine near the sea. Here we are in resorts and in water parks are purchased Oculus rift And they make an attraction out of it (the game there, by the way, is some kind of American slides; I don’t know for sure).
Full immersion is a connector in the head, this I understand how unity with the game.
And the helmet is two monitors in front of the eyes with a gyroscope, headphones and all kinds of crap, such as imitation of movement with a mouse. And step forward in games then how to do? Holy Wasd+Space did not go anywhere because. ) So, in purely my conservative opinion, they did not invent anything new and super-revolutionary.
Absolutely not a fact.But what if everyone who wanted to buy a okulus, they already bought it? Such startups that looked very promising, but after the start they were not needed and forgotten – millions.Of the latter – where is the brilliant idea of Newella Steam Mashines?
She has not yet been released, but it has already been sold, and everyone has forgotten about her, because it is not at all clear who needs her.
Virtual reality will never gain great popularity, in fact.Among gamers, there are already those who say that they are becoming bad.There will also be those who are just too lazy to move during the game, then those who buy and abandon this business after a couple of times will appear.
Plus – the device needs games.Not just adapted to BP, but created exclusively under the BP.Otherwise it will be the same with the kinekt.He was also actually awesomely promising device, and there is.It just changes?
There was still hope that they would release the finished version this year, even planned the purchase. EEH, I will tighten the belt and I will continue to torment the TV.