Oculus Rift Kickstarter Funded in Less than a Day

<p><iframe src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kickstarter&period;com&sol;projects&sol;1523379957&sol;oculus-rift-step-into-the-game&sol;widget&sol;video&period;html" frameborder&equals;"0" width&equals;"480" height&equals;"360"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Oculus Rift—a virtual reality headset currently in development—intended to raise &dollar;250&comma;000 within a month via a <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kickstarter&period;com&sol;projects&sol;1523379957&sol;oculus-rift-step-into-the-game">Kickstarter campaign<&sol;a>&period; As of writing this&comma; one day after the campaign was launched&comma; a very impressive &dollar;723&comma;043 had actually been raised&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So what exactly is this newest gadget in development&quest; Being developed by Oculus&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s a virtual reality headset specifically designed for video games to grant a much greater gaming experience&comma; but looks to improve ten-fold upon less impressive VR headsets of the past&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Oculus Rift is a new virtual reality &lpar;VR&rpar; headset designed specifically for video games that will change the way you think about gaming forever&period; With an incredibly wide field of view&comma; high resolution display&comma; and ultra-low latency head tracking&comma; the Rift provides a truly immersive experience that allows you to step inside your favorite game and explore new worlds like never before&comma;&&num;8221&semi; states Oculus on it&&num;8217&semi;s Kickstarter page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The Rift takes 3D gaming to the next level&period; There are a number of VR headsets out there&comma; but none that deliver a truly immersive gaming experience&period; Most products either lack the technical features required for believable immersion or sit at a very high price-point &lpar;&dollar;20&comma;000&plus;&rpar; reserved for the military or scientific community&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We set out to change all that with the Rift&comma; which is designed to maximize immersion&comma; comfort&comma; and pure&comma; uninhibited fun&comma; at a price everyone can afford&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some big names are supporting the project including&comma; Gabe Newell of Valve and Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games&period; Those who pledge &dollar;300 will receive a developer kit and <em>Doom 3 BFG&comma; <&sol;em>this game being<em> <&sol;em>the first title out for Oculus Rift&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;g4tv&period;com&sol;thefeed&sol;blog&sol;post&sol;726550&sol;oculus-rift-virtual-reality-headset-earns-more-than-400000-in-under-24-hours-on-kickstarter&sol;">G4TV<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;