Project:OculusRIFT

This is a $500 ish VR helmet, supposed to be being kickstartered soon:

• http://oculusvr.com/
• http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=120&t=14777&sid=ee01ff454facac2677b958a1f7766472

John Carmack and the Rift:

• http://www.giantbomb.com/e3-2012-john-carmack-interview/17-6164/
• http://kotaku.com/5916210/carmack-being-carmack-a-dozen-minutes-with-one-of-video-games-smartest-people
• http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/30/3052191/doom-3-bfg-edition-announced-for-the-fall-we-try-it-with-john

Status

This is a place for planning what we do with the display(s) and thinking about things like 3d printing custom made-to-fit-your-face adaptors for the display(s).

Pledge here: Pledges/OcculusRift

Pledge complete. The kickstarter has been funded. The rift is due in the space in December.

Possible projects

• Welcome to Mars - With Curiosity due to touch down soon, wouldn't it be nice if you could walk around mars alongside it?

• The Horror - Film willing space members playing "Amnesia: The Dark Descent" in immersive VR. Stereoscopic drivers are available.

• Lawnmower man window manager. "This is Unix, I know this". Herp.

People

• --JasperWallace 22:56, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
• Oni
• Tom is excited apparently...
• CaptainTerrible