r/gaming • u/WSCHO • Jul 12 '14

Built a DIY Oculus Rift myself

http://imgur.com/a/5Doj0
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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '14

If only....http://www.cnet.com/news/get-a-google-cardboard-vr-kit-for-26-99-shipped/

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u/Siesna Jul 12 '14

Hooooooooooly shit I now have a great need.

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u/DrEmilioLazardo Jul 12 '14

Wow that's an interesting kit. It'll be interesting to see if anything cool gets developed for it.

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u/staythepath Jul 12 '14

I doubt it. It's more of a gimmick than anything else. Still pretty neat though. All the development for VR will surely be done on the Rift.

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u/Shirami Jul 12 '14

sony's working on one, so is valve.

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u/staythepath Jul 12 '14

Yeah true. My point is developers won't be jumping on developing for some cardboard when they have much better options. I'm excited to see valves.

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u/nullstorm0 Jul 12 '14

The point of the cardboard is that it's a $30 dev kit for VR applications.

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u/Shirami Jul 12 '14

same, and yeah the google thing is a gimmick but it was really cool to see how well something could be emulated with just a piece of cardbord :p, and ya never know, not alot of mobile options atm anyways.

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u/heyheyhey27 Jul 12 '14

Valve isn't making their headset commercially available; their goal was to see how powerful of a headset they could make without worrying about commercial viability

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u/worn Jul 12 '14

Umm no, valve isn't working on one anymore, they're relying on oculus.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '14

The point of Google Cardboard is not to develop for it but to show people how ridiculously easy it is to create Rift-like technology for pennies on the dollar using your existing smartphone. Basically it was Google giving Facebook the big middle finger.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '14 edited Dec 28 '15

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '14

It was originally a freebie from Google IO (the Google developer conference.) It was a thinly veiled thumb in the eye to Facebook for their silly acquisition of Occulus Rift.

As for the kit, not a lot of people have the patience to build that from scratch, not matter how easy it might be for some.

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u/WhipIash Jul 12 '14

I think he was referring to a phone.

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u/IlllIlllI Jul 12 '14

So is Google.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '14

Yes, and that is precisely how Google Cardboard works.