Yesterday, I was looking over the Oculus Rift minimum spec requirements and comparing. It will probably require an upgrade for the majority of users. I put together a budget build to meet the specs, because I am going to have to upgrade to pull it off. You might want to think twice before buying more games and stuff with Christmas money and what not, and or start saving. Oh and this does not included the device rumored to 350-400.
Meh, oculus rift isn’t virtual reality or even a step in the right direction for virtual reality IMO.
Stuff like: This
and This
are more in the right direction, and honestly something that is much bigger to look forwards to. The oculus can basically be emulated by a smartphone with a cardboard cutout holding it in front of your face, so not really “wow” in my book.
Virtual boy wasn’t so bad if you went in with low expectations. My childhood gaming before VB was NES and PC only, so it was pretty cool to 6-10yo me. I don’t even remember how long ago it was when I had that thing.
I’m more concerned with the possible physiological and psychological side effects. There was evidence at the time that it had a deleterious effect on depth perception, with at least anecdotal evidence of injuries (I’m still trying to find the references) caused by attempting to navigate certain tasks in the real world after too much time spent using the Virtual Boy. The OR wouldn’t keep that from happening again.
RAM is a bit less (my 32Gb have 90% a lot of times) but the rest is cool