Oculus Rift provides a great virtual reality experience and sustainable presence. A video has gone viral on social media showcasing the Oculus Rift's capabilities. In order to have a great virtual reality experience and sustainable presence, Oculus Rift requires a combination of the proper virtual reality hardware, the right content, and an appropriate system.
Oculus Rift has presented on its blog the recommended specifications for the system. Here's the list:
- NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater
- Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
- 8 GB+ RAM
- Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output
- 2x USB 3.0 ports
- Windows 7 SP1 or newer
Oculus Rift wants to deliver a great experience on this configuration and believes that presence is the first level of magic for a great Virtual Reality experience, so users could really feel they have teleported somewhere.
It has probably provided incredible experience to the users that rhere are lots of video uploaded online showcasing the unmistakable feeling of being teleported in a game. The biggest challenge in creating realistic virtual reality is getting the image change with your head movements, precisely and without any perceptible lag. The Oculus Rift fuse readings from a gyroscope, accelerometer, and magnetometer in order to evaluate head motion, as explained by Wired.
Also, a prank video uploaded on Facebook has garnered more than three million views. On the video, the guy wearing the Oculus Rift is on a roller coaster ride. As the said gamer reaches the downward loop of the ride, his friend pushed him and the guy reacted like he's really falling out of the ride. This is somehow scary but truly realistic but it can also be a traumatic experience to the user.
Oculus Rift seemed to be in the game area and even if it's only a virtual reality game, it doesn't limit the sense of immersion that users can feel in playing with the VR device.
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