The future of virtual reality might be here sooner than you think.. lots of companies tried their best in creating innovative VR headsets that can actually transport the user into a different world for a complete immersive experience. The problem is that technologies of the time created boundaries, and fell short of the supposed immersive experience that they were trying to portray.
Back in the 90's Nintendo released its Virtual Boy system... It was virtual but not in the way you would imagine.. The headset didn't have any secure straps to actually wear it, and it came with a small stand. The screen was black and red, far from reality, but nonetheless it was a bit immersive. I used to own one, and had my fun with it.. but all and all it was a complete gimmick.
The Oculus Rift is another VR headset that promises a fully immersive experience utilizing advance stereoscopic lenses that literally fools the brain into believing that you are in the virtual environment. The new Oculus Rift has a higher frame rate and better latency in synchronizing the actual VR display with the movement of the user. So far the Oculus Rift is geared towards gaming, but has the ability to interact with various virtual elements. The cool aspect of the Oculus Rift, is that it's still in development, and open to the hacker space community to help troubleshoot the product in various virtual settings. I believe that we will be seeing this product in the market very soon because Mark Zuckerberg recently acquired the Oculus Rift for $2 Billion, and is currently pursuing all avenues of its functionality with consumers.
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