Oculus Rift

**epmode** · 15 Jan 2013, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by Joust Williams

I am this close to getting a dev kit.

Should anything stop me? Mirror's Edge in VR would be apeshit

The creator guy recommends against the dev kit for most everyone in this neat video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gaqQdyfAz8

I think I'm just going to wait for the consumer version.

edit: This might also be interesting:

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/15/38...onference-2013

Valve apparently created a port of Team Fortress 2 for virtual reality (presumably Oculus Rift) and they're going to talk about it in March at GDC. Still no word on whether it will ever be released. Judging from the title of the presentation, it might not have worked very well!

**Joust Williams** · 15 Jan 2013, 11:13 PM

Seems like the dev version is less glasses-friendly, so that's a wait for me

**James** · 15 Jan 2013, 11:16 PM

Thankfully the glasses issue won't be a problem for me, for once. I take my glasses off for reading almost 100% of the time nowadays. One of the articles covering the developer units said they could feel their eyelashes brush up against the screen when blinking, and while that's a way closer than I'd ever hold anything for reading, it's still a range where I'd just take my glasses off.

James

**Frogacuda** · 15 Jan 2013, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by epmode

Valve apparently created a port of Team Fortress 2 for virtual reality (presumably Oculus Rift)

Valve has been working with their own proprietary VR tech, although I do believe they've also been working with the Rift as well.

TF2 seems like a silly game to start with. Portal's more relaxed, exploratory pace and crazy flying through the air make it seem like the game that would both work and be a lot more fun in VR.

**AaronChance** · 16 Jan 2013, 12:22 AM

Yeah, but they give away Portal for free on a regular basis. With TF2, they can lure more users into the ecosystem, and make them buy keys for crates.