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OcculusVR is dead. Can someone make a new Oculus VR that focuses on video games and not enabling Facebook to control everything you see. Get on it.

codezero 13y ago
This sounds like what Valve and Sony are working on.
skymt 13y ago
Sony's "Project Morpheus" is supposed to be on par with the current Oculus kit and it's explicitly intended to pair with the PlayStation 4.
- seth1010 13y ago
  With the current Oculus kit? You mean the dev-kit 1? Because I have one of those and aside from playing around developing games on it for when a real version is shipped, I wouldn't pay $25 for it. Now I'm super worried that Sony is going to ruin VR by giving us a shitty version that makes everyone hate VR again.
  - skymt 13y ago
    What I heard was that the display is on-par with the second dev kit. (My mistake calling it their current kit; that was misleading.) 1080p, smooth head tracking, no noticeable lag.
- devbug 13y ago
  Too bad Sony is chucking everything not in their core business model overboard so they don't sink. That includes gaming.
- DonGateley 13y ago
  People who have had the opportunity to see both the DK2 and the Morpheus have almost all thought the Morpheus a better device. I think Luckey et. al. saw the handwriting on the wall and sold for the best deal they could while they still could into a market where they won't need to compete with Sony, MS, and Google directly. They have no magic and they know it. Sony will trounce them technologically. Not getting to market before Sony is a fatal shortfall. I think they knew all along that they'd fall short going toe to toe with the big guns. There is something about Luckey that has always said huckster to me. On the other hand, games are but the miniscule tip of the tip of the VR iceberg and the new placement with respect to the larger market could benefit grownups like me why could give a rat's a about games and social but see endless passive entertainment possibilities. Of course, Sony is there to beat in those domains as well.
  - OWaz 13y ago
    >"People who have had the opportunity to see both the DK2 and the Morpheus have almost all thought the Morpheus a better device." Do you have any reputable links to support this?
evo_9 13y ago
http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/18/5524058/playstation-vr-ps4-virtual-reality http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/18/5524058/playstation-vr-ps4-...
higherpurpose 13y ago
Sony is doing that, and Valve should really be doing their own VR headset now. They already have all the research they need.

codezero 13y ago

This sounds like what Valve and Sony are working on.

skymt 13y ago

Sony's "Project Morpheus" is supposed to be on par with the current Oculus kit and it's explicitly intended to pair with the PlayStation 4.

seth1010 13y ago
With the current Oculus kit? You mean the dev-kit 1? Because I have one of those and aside from playing around developing games on it for when a real version is shipped, I wouldn't pay $25 for it. Now I'm super worried that Sony is going to ruin VR by giving us a shitty version that makes everyone hate VR again.
- skymt 13y ago
  What I heard was that the display is on-par with the second dev kit. (My mistake calling it their current kit; that was misleading.) 1080p, smooth head tracking, no noticeable lag.
devbug 13y ago
Too bad Sony is chucking everything not in their core business model overboard so they don't sink. That includes gaming.
DonGateley 13y ago
People who have had the opportunity to see both the DK2 and the Morpheus have almost all thought the Morpheus a better device. I think Luckey et. al. saw the handwriting on the wall and sold for the best deal they could while they still could into a market where they won't need to compete with Sony, MS, and Google directly. They have no magic and they know it. Sony will trounce them technologically. Not getting to market before Sony is a fatal shortfall. I think they knew all along that they'd fall short going toe to toe with the big guns. There is something about Luckey that has always said huckster to me. On the other hand, games are but the miniscule tip of the tip of the VR iceberg and the new placement with respect to the larger market could benefit grownups like me why could give a rat's a about games and social but see endless passive entertainment possibilities. Of course, Sony is there to beat in those domains as well.
- OWaz 13y ago
  >"People who have had the opportunity to see both the DK2 and the Morpheus have almost all thought the Morpheus a better device." Do you have any reputable links to support this?

evo_9 13y ago

http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/18/5524058/playstation-vr-ps4-virtual-reality http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/18/5524058/playstation-vr-ps4-...

higherpurpose 13y ago

Sony is doing that, and Valve should really be doing their own VR headset now. They already have all the research they need.