Oculus Rift is a discontinued line of virtual reality headsets developed and manufactured by the virtual reality company Oculus VR, credited with reviving the virtual reality industry.
It was the first virtual reality headset to provide a realistic experience at an accessible price, utilizing novel technology to increase quality and reduce cost by orders of magnitude compared to earlier systems.
Oculus Rift support for the hangar module was a 12 Million US$ stretch goal.[1]
Chris Roberts stated that as Star Citizen already works in stereoscopic 3D there was almost no extra work needed to support the Rift.[2]
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"If anyone's ever played my games they'll know that immersion is like one of the biggest things for me in anything, and i can't think of anything more immersive than being in a virtual reality environment, and of course in wing commander style or in the star citizen game you sit inside a cockpit, so looking around is exactly what you need to do to be able to do to have a better immersive and playable moment."
Chris Roberts[3]
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- ↑ SxSW Virtual Reality: The Holy Grail of Gaming, VR Adventure, YouTube, 9 mars 2013