Game companies are having a blast with Oculus Rift

Oculus Rift, the immersive virtual reality headset, has potentially innovative uses in a number of genres and disciplines, but gamers are the first community to engage with it in a concentrated way. They were out in force today as Oculus presented the first view of its upcoming device in San Francisco, in advance of the E3 Expo next week. Oculus Rift will not be out until the first quarter of next year, but the general consensus is that the hardware specs are mostly within the reach of mainstream users. Today saw demos of dedicated virtual reality games — those made specifically for immersion from the beginning. Good VR can take…

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