It's been available as a "development version" for almost two years.[1] The price was $1000, and anyone could buy it on Amazon. This is a 40% price cut, which is nice, but not a mainstream price.
Is there a killer app for this yet? The roller coaster simulators are fun for about ten minutes. Second Life now works with the Oculus Rift [3] but few people care.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 is pretty damn good. I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, but people are more than happy to put scores of hours on that game. And the VR really improves it.
Well, I liked it at least. It enhances the game in the same way jumping from 16bit to 64bit makes a lot of stuff nicer. It doesn't fix fundamental deficiencies, but it makes the good stuff gooder. Being able to just look at the mirror instead of pressing a key feels way better and is far more natural.
But you gotta give 'em points for mapping the FOV control to the 'seat position' (or something close).
Is there a killer app for this yet? The roller coaster simulators are fun for about ten minutes. Second Life now works with the Oculus Rift [3] but few people care.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGIIQf3krMM [2] http://www.amazon.com/Oculus-Rift-Developers-Kit-Dk2/dp/B00F... [3] http://secondlife.com/destinations/oculus