Tuesday, March 26, 2013

I played 'Hawken' on the Oculus Rift and it made me a believer

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On a breezy, sunny day in San Francisco, I joined the team behind the Oculus Rift at a private room in a restaurant a few blocks from the 2013 Game Developers Conference. They’re showing off Hawken, a game that hasn’t been seen on the Oculus Rift until now. I’m expecting the fireworks and punchy mech-combat shown off in Hawken trailers, along with a unique 3D twist from the Rift, but I got something else entirely: the gift of flight.


In less than a year since the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset made its debut on Kickstarter, the device has been wrapped in a cloak of hype, despite the fact that most of the big questions about the Rift are still unanswered. Will the developer kit actually ever ship? Will a refined prototype ever...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/26/4147702/hawken-oculus-rift

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