Oculus Rift VR Headset Kickstarter QUICKLY meets goal. Valve and Epic Support.

The VR headset has had a very popular and successful kickstarter. It met it's own goal of $250k in less than 12 hours after Kickstart launch. 0.0

Valve and Epic games have shown support for the headset as well.

• "What I've got now, is, I honestly think the best VR demo probably the world has ever seen"
  John Carmack, id Software

• "Needless to say, I'm a believer... We're extremely excited here at Epic Games to get the Unreal Engine integrated with Oculus"
  CliffBleszinski, Design Director Epic Games

• "I think this will be the coolest way to experience games in the future. Simply that... that big"
  David Helgason, CEO Unity

• "Im really looking forward to getting a chance to program with it and see what we can do.
  Michael Abrash, Valve

• "It looks incredibly exciting, if anybodys going to tackle this set of hard problems, we think that Palmers going to do it. So wed strongly encourage you to support this Kickstarter.
  Gabe Newell, President and Owner Valve

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game

Now at 400k+. Hope they're able to produce enough for demand :D

Looks pretty awesome. This is the thing John Carmack has been working with right? I had watched an interview with him and Brad Shoemaker from Giantbom and he was talking about a VR device.

Is it optimized for people who wear glasses like me?

First japan makes mech suits and now this? THE FUTURE IS HERE PEOPLE.

Looks nice ... I'm cautious however, because I was disappointed by current 3D tech ...

Imagine playing DayZ in stereo 3d with this.

This should of been the industry's focus as a "different" way to play games all along over motion controls. Merex760

This ^. Kinect is a kinda cool concept but the tech is just not there right now, or too expensive to actually make it DECENT.

[QUOTE="Merex760"]This should of been the industry's focus as a "different" way to play games all along over motion controls. Blake135

This ^. Kinect is a kinda cool concept but the tech is just not there right now, or too expensive to actually make it DECENT.

Wow no posts from System Wars? I am sad. This is going to be the next big thing and people rather talk about dumb troll topics about crap we already know.ShadowDeathX

Who else can say consoles lead the market with gimmicks now? :P

This is an awesome idea. VR has been around for years but it's always been so crappy.

$300 plege gets a dev kit and a game. Hopefully that means retail will be under $300. I'm very interested in such a product.

Is it optimized for people who wear glasses like me?

NoodleFighter

I'm certian they could have a setup phase similar to screen width and brightness settings in games now.

Number 1, number 2, number 1, number 2, number 3... lol

Is it optimized for people who wear glasses like me?

NoodleFighter

Contact lenses, problem solved.

Really Excited for this, hopfully it becomes big.

Is it optimized for people who wear glasses like me?

NoodleFighter

John Carmack also wears glasses, so I imagine there is some effort towards your needs.

Not my kind of thing,really,but a solid idea,can understand the appeal.Best of luck to them :)

More Blind People!

But dang it! I want one and the freakin' $275 one is sold out. :x

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Is it optimized for people who wear glasses like me?

HAZE-Unit

Contact lenses, problem solved.

not everyone can wear them and some find them uncomfortable.

Very excited for this. 8) Would definitely be a day 1 buy for me!

All these developers saying they support it...

Why didn't they fork up their f'n money for the project then?!

All these developers saying they support it...

Why didn't they fork up their f'n money for the project then?!

amaneuvering

It is sitting near $800000 in one day, I assume they bought maybe a *few* for themselves. Why would they spend thousands of their own money if they have the confidence that it would reach its Kickstarter goal which clearly it is destroying.

All these developers saying they support it...

Why didn't they fork up their f'n money for the project then?!

amaneuvering

The fact that they got their hands on the device already implies (at least to me) that they already gave their money to the guy.

Now the Man is Reaching out to us the Gamers and Other Indie Developers or Would be Developers to try the Device out themselves before the Final Product.

Oh man, this definitely excites me!

That means Sword Art Online will be sooner than we think (as someone said already :P)!

More Blind People!

But dang it! I want one and the freakin' $275 one is sold out. :x

LegatoSkyheart

This is for developers, not consumers. It'll probably be cheaper when they produce it for us :D

Wish I could afford to pledge 300 for a devkit.

All these developers saying they support it...

Why didn't they fork up their f'n money for the project then?!

amaneuvering

They did.Notch pledged 10000$ already.

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All these developers saying they support it...

Why didn't they fork up their f'n money for the project then?!

bogorad

They did.Notch pledged 10000$ already.

Love how *Notch* has money to burn now...

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More Blind People!

But dang it! I want one and the freakin' $275 one is sold out. :x

ChubbyGuy40

This is for developers, not consumers. It'll probably be cheaper when they produce it for us :D

dude, Anyone can get their hands on the DevKits they're handing out through Kickstarter. Just as long as you actually paid for it.

You don't have to be a developer to get an early version. I'm sure the consumer version will be cheaper, just like how version 2.0 will be better and version 4.0 will be the best version.

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[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

More Blind People!

But dang it! I want one and the freakin' $275 one is sold out. :x

LegatoSkyheart

This is for developers, not consumers. It'll probably be cheaper when they produce it for us :D

dude, Anyone can get their hands on the DevKits they're handing out through Kickstarter. Just as long as you actually paid for it.

You don't have to be a developer to get an early version. I'm sure the consumer version will be cheaper, just like how version 2.0 will be better and version 4.0 will be the best version.

This should of been the industry's focus as a "different" way to play games all along over motion controls. Merex760