Unfortunately, however, there's still no public release date. Here is how it all stands at the cusp of VR’s maturation. I think that VR can (and will) be as widely used as Facebook or Twitter, and the societal implications will be far greater!' 06-22-15 Virtual Reality Is Finally Growing Up At E3 2015 last week, several companies made pitches for their vision of VR. It has the potential to drastically alter the way we play, communicate, and learn. 'Virtual reality will be one of the most significant technologies of the 21st century. And it allows us to build a badass, consumer VR gaming platform, the likes of which the world has never seen,' founder Palmer Luckey wrote on Kickstarter. It lets us experiment and prototype with more cutting-edge tech. It helps us hire the best and brightest minds in VR from around the world.

'As I mentioned before, the funding opens up all sorts of doors for Oculus. Now Oculus, the company behind Rift, has raised a whopping $16 million in private funding to help bring the headset to market. The HD version shown to some at E3 this year.Ĭurio became conviction that this could be the future of gaming. Game support sprouted left, right and centre.

People began to believe, their number growing as Oculus Rift appeared at game shows - like Rezzed this weekend in Birmingham - and as dev kits shipped around the world. Days later, the Rift headsetwhich was streamlined after Oculus acquired the Carbon Design Group last yearand a Touch prototype were on the floor for demos at E3. Inside The Growing Rift Between Valve And Oculus, Ian Hamilton uploadvr 2016.

Virtual reality invention Oculus Rift sought $250,000 on Kickstarter roughly a year ago - a target it trampled as it pelted towards the £2.5 million it eventually raised. Around 70 of users who have dedicated VR headsets such as HTC Vive, Sony PlayStation VR, or Oculus Rift have purchased games on. So we ended up with Oculus digital storefront, Oculus hardware, and Valve doing the same.

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