New Oculus Rift Now Available for Developers

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the 2014 Game Developers Convention soon coming to a close&comma; the New <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Oculus Rift" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;oculusvr&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage noopener noreferrer">Oculus Rift<&sol;a> is the talk of the internet for gamers&period; By going to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oculusvr&period;com&sol;order&sol;"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;800000&semi;">Oculus VR website<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; developers can purchase the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 for &dollar;350 and will most likely be shipped in July 2014&period; The new features of the Oculus Rift are positional tracking&comma; low persistence OLED display and a built-in latency tester&period; This is the list of what is included in the box&colon; headset&comma; 2 pairs of vision lenses&comma; external camera meant for positional tracking&comma; a camera usb cable&comma; <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"HDMI" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;HDMI" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia noopener noreferrer">HDMI<&sol;a>-DVI adapter and a sync cable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Oculus Rift Developers Kit is intended for developers only&period; According the the <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;800000&semi;"><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;support&period;oculusvr&period;com&sol;hc&sol;en-us&sol;articles&sol;201835987"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;800000&semi;">Oculus Rift FAQ<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;span> page&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Minimum requirements&colon; a computer running a <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Windows 7" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;windows&period;microsoft&period;com&sol;windows-7" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage noopener noreferrer">Windows 7<&sol;a> or higher&comma; <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"OS X Mountain Lion" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;apple&period;com&sol;osx&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage noopener noreferrer">Mac OS 10&period;8<&sol;a> or higher&comma; or <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"List of Ubuntu releases" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;List&lowbar;of&lowbar;Ubuntu&lowbar;releases" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia noopener noreferrer">Ubuntu 12&period;04 LTS<&sol;a> operating system&comma; 2 <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Universal Serial Bus" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Universal&lowbar;Serial&lowbar;Bus" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia noopener noreferrer">USB ports<&sol;a> &lpar;at least one powered&rpar;&comma; and a <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Digital Visual Interface" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Digital&lowbar;Visual&lowbar;Interface" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia noopener noreferrer">DVI-D<&sol;a> or HDMI graphics output&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recommended specifications&colon; A desktop computer running a dedicated <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Video card" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Video&lowbar;card" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia noopener noreferrer">graphics card<&sol;a> with DVI-D or HDMI graphics output&comma; with capability of running current generation 3D games at 1080p resolution at 75fps or higher&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you are a developer looking to create a game for the Oculus Rift then now is the time to pre-order your Development Kit because there is a limited supply&period; For all the gamers reading this if there is a feature you are most looking forward to from the new Oculus Rift leave a comment below and tell us&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;the-new-oculus-rift-is-very-cool-and-you-can-get-one-t-1546773756&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Socialflow&lowbar;Kotaku&lowbar;Facebook&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;Kotaku&lowbar;Facebook&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;Socialflow">Kotaku<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"zemanta-related-title" style&equals;"font-size&colon; 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0&semi; margin&colon; 0&semi; border&colon; 0&semi; display&colon; block&semi; width&colon; 80px&semi; max-width&colon; 100&percnt;&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;258266713&lowbar;80&lowbar;80&period;jpg" &sol;><&sol;a><a style&equals;"display&colon; block&semi; overflow&colon; hidden&semi; text-decoration&colon; none&semi; line-height&colon; 12pt&semi; height&colon; 83px&semi; padding&colon; 5px 2px 0 2px&semi; background-image&colon; none&semi;" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;legitreviews&period;com&sol;oculus-rift-development-kit-2-now-available-pre-order&lowbar;137820" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 Now Available To Pre-Order<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li class&equals;"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style&equals;"padding&colon; 0&semi; background&colon; none&semi; list-style&colon; none&semi; display&colon; block&semi; float&colon; left&semi; 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