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Oculus Raises $75 Million To Make VR Headset
An anonymous reader writes "The company making the VR headset that has John Carmack and many others in the gaming industry excited has just received another $75 million in funding to make it happen. Netscape founder Marc Andreessen is joining the company's board, along with fellow investor Chris Dixon. Dixon had seen a prototype earlier this year, but it wasn't good enough to spark his interest. After recently seeing how the device has progressed since then, he was blown away, comparing it to early demos of the iPhone. 'The dimensions where you need to improve this kind of VR are latency, resolution and head tracking, and they have really nailed those things.' Now that the device is in good shape, Oculus is going to work on turning it into a product they can produce and ship for gamers."
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
--C.S. Lewis
Un bon mot ne prouve rien.
As a nerd, I game.
The majority of nerds I see wielding 3DS systems seem to be the type wearing jean jackets with MLP and Poke' patches on 'em.
My two young teen kids grew out of their assorted DS systems over the last two years. If you're still using a DS as an adult, you're likely just waxing nostalgic.
The new next-gen consoles are all a bit lackluster, if you ask me. And Oculus Rift, though probably usable with existing games and GPUs, would really benefit with a big raft of new games and hardware made just for it. Sony, or Microsoft, or Nintendo, should have partnered with Oculus Rift and built their new generation of consoles around it.