Oculus Raises $75 Million To Make VR Headset

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 13, 2013 @09:04AM from the go-big-or-go-home dept.

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."

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Re:But will it give me a headache? by mythosaz · 2013-12-13 09:15 · Score: 5, Funny

Being an adult ruined it for me.
*shrug*
Re:But will it give me a headache? by i+kan+reed · 2013-12-13 09:20 · Score: 5, Insightful

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
How about for work? by PeterM+from+Berkeley · 2013-12-13 10:03 · Score: 5, Interesting

Forget about gaming, how about a HUGE virtual desktop for work?
--PM