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Kotaku - Played the Oculus Rift for Five Hours Straight

Kotaku - As a gamer, I rarely play in short chunks. I'd rather play hours at a time. So ever since I learned of Oculus Rift, I've been consumed by one burning question: will playing the Oculus Rift for long stretches make you sick? Well this week I got the chance to test this out on the only willing guinea pig I could find: me.

JunioRS1013945d ago

Went from 20:20 to 20:40, poor little mole man

adorie3945d ago

I think I'll pick up a dev kit towards the end of the year. It looks fascinating!

Clover9043945d ago

Why! Just wait. The 1080p (not finalized, but Oculus is demoing it now) consumer model is coming out in 2014, hopefully early 2014.

Lol, or buy one. I can't talk. I'm just BARELY able to resist the urge of buying a dev kit now.

There's both the ps4 and Xbox one coming out, yet Gamespot declared the Oculus Rift the best hardware at, I believe, comic con. And watching people's reaction to trying it for the first time is priceless.

GreenRanger3945d ago (Edited 3945d ago )

Sounds like the side effects could be dangerous for certain people.

Still though, Oculus Rift + Elder Scrolls = goodbye life.

starchild3945d ago

When games aren't configured right for the Rift they can cause nausea and headaches. But I have played for hours with certain titles and never had a single problem.

Most of these games are retrofitted for the Rift anyway. Games made for the Rift are going to be significantly better.

Dr Pepper3945d ago (Edited 3945d ago )

Every time I hear about this device, I'm always wondering how using it for extended periods of time would irritate/affect your eyes. While part of the solution may involve upping the resolution to take some of the strain away (as the author suggests), I doubt that will solve the issue as a whole.

starchild3945d ago

It actually causes less eyestrain than a flat 2D display. Most of what causes eyestrain is focusing at the same depth for extended periods of time. With the Rift your eyes are relaxed and focusing at different depths within the simulated 3D space.

Software_Lover3945d ago

This is just something that I couldn't get into. Maybe, Maybe for a racing game for a "somewhat" truer first person driving experience but other than that......

JP13693945d ago (Edited 3945d ago )

Learn how to use quotation marks properly.

GUYwhoPLAYSvideoGAME3945d ago

im so excited for the rift, so i really hope people figure out ways to fix things like he mentioned, or else maybe his final statements may come true for most people

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ApocalypseShadow376d ago

That's fine. GT7 would overshadow it anyway at it has open wheel and regular cars.

Should have been spending their time updating Squadrons with better resolution, frame rate, haptics, etc as there isn't a game like that on PS VR 2 yet.

But it's EA. They don't think.

Babadook7375d ago

I agree. It would sell better on PSVR2 right now.

Knushwood Butt376d ago (Edited 376d ago )

A wasted opportunity, but I don't buy EA / Codemasters stuff anyway. Grid Legends just came out on Plus and I haven't touched it. Why would I when I have GT7 and PSVR2?

Abnor_Mal376d ago

Not into F1 racing, but still a missed opportunity.

ApocalypseShadow376d ago

That's where opportunity presents itself that they could offer something else that other developers haven't offered yet. Yeah. There's No Man's Sky. But a space game with a story would be great. Like the old days with Colony Wars.

Abnor_Mal376d ago

Exactly, they could have possibly lured more players just from the inclusion of a vr mode.

I miss Colony wars and G-Police, Low-Fi I hope will scratch that itch when it releases. We also need a vr War/Starhawk game.

Knushwood Butt375d ago

Just watched the trailer of Low-Fi. Most definitely on my radar.

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Babadook7396d ago (Edited 396d ago )

Although I never owned an oculus, I played the demo for this at an electronics store. Pretty impressive in an early goings of VR title.