gaming Most anticipated releases for the Oculus Rift!

[AstralDrip 67]

So, the dev kits are already out and tons of people around the world are testing out what will likely be the future of gaming! Developers have already started to make games for the oculus rift, as well as modding pre-existing games for compatibility and working on ways to improve the oculus rift, itself.

 

I really can't explain to you how excited I am for this. These are the VR games we expected in the 90's but never had (remember virtual boy?). This is seriously a huge leap in gaming and technology, and it feels like things are already moving along at a good pace. The oculus rift will be released commercially sometime next year and hopefully by then some of the games I anticipate will be released. So far, the selection is really sparse.

 

For those of you that don't know, the Oculus Rift is a virtual reality head mount/visor thing with stereoscopic vision and it actually works. It's truly, truly immersive.

Here's the promo video:

 

Here's some things people have done with it:

 

 

 

 

 

And here are some games in development that I'm practically salivating over (I love survival horror games, btw):

 

(What I always wished EVE was really like)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQgVj9tBQG0&sns=em

 

 

 

What you need to know about this ^ game. One you die, you're dead. That's it. It's game over. Also, there won't be a health bar or any other stats/menu options in view. There will be very few health packs. It also has a really cool vibe that reminds me of the movie Moon.

 

For some reason not all of my links are showing up not sure what to do about it

Edited May 15, 2013 by AstralDrip

[Throwaway19573639385 764]

The Oculus Rift seems interesting but I wonder how it stacks up really. I haven't used it and to be frank I don't get any excitement from watching videos of people using it. I guess it's something you'd have to experience for yourself. The developers seem to know what they're talking about so I guess the hardware n software'll be fine and dandy. The thing I'm afraid about is the games though and their compatability. Even when that's fine there're still problems like screen tearing and lag. If I would be using it myself things like lag and screen tearing would instantly destroy the experience for me, even the smallest amount of problems would. While I'm definitely confident about my PC running the latest games and software, I'm still skeptical if the Oculus wouldn't produce some forms of problems.  

 

Still, I'd love to try it out, especially with horror games.