According to multiple source, Oculus VR could begin rolling out their Oculus Rift VR headset for consumers starting next summer.
Supposedly, a beta model will be released in limited quantities as early as April.
Currently, there have been tens of thousands of Dev Kits released including those sent to backers of the crowdfunded company.
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They should have stereoscopic cameras on the front of the unit facing outward. Then, imagine a software program that can simulate the effects of LSD or Pot without actually taking the drug (while wearing this unit)...
Originally posted by ivymike: They should have stereoscopic cameras on the front of the unit facing outward. Then, imagine a software program that can simulate the effects of LSD or Pot without actually taking the drug (while wearing this unit)...
There's a lot more than visual effects. You just can't simulate being high...
Actually you can get pretty close. There are such things as Light-Sound machines and while they're not for getting high, it is plausible to feed back the same brain frequencies a person experiences while high.
I grabbed a Google Cardboard variant of a VR headset the other day off Amazon for $30. Although the build quality is a lot less than what I imagine the Oculus to be, I need to start playing around with it to see what it can do. From what I understand you can view YouTube videos as if they were on a giant screen, so that's what I'll start with... ;)
