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Oculus Rift: When the illusion begins to erode reality people's relentless pursuit of virtual reality (Reality), I am afraid, is the entertainment field from 2D to 3D era of the deep power; now with the development of virtual reality technology, people finally begin to touch on the original dream. The rift of Oculus VR is clearly a milestone that cannot be overlooked in this process. Oculus VR, which landed on the Kickstarter platform in August 2012, quickly attracted nearly million funders with the concept of "virtual reality", exceeding 10 times times the expected fundraising of $2.4 million. Then Oculus aroused the concern of the capital market, as at the end of 2013, a total of 91 million dollars in financing. This is a staggering number for a start-up. The smooth sailing of the capital is undoubtedly the guarantee for the successful launch of the product. After the launch of the first generation of the development version at the end of March 2013, Oculus VR has now begun to accept the development version of the second generation (DK2) bookings, which are expected to be shipped this July. At the same time its not more than 350 dollar pricing strategy to some extent to ensure the competitiveness of products. Unlike traditional 3D-head devices such as Sony hmz-t3w, the Rift, known as "immersive virtual reality head-wearing devices", has never been more immersive to users. Through the binocular parallax formed by the lens, create a strong sense of the three-dimensional, at the same time, through the Rift built-in sensors, the user's head movement in real time perception, and timely switching perspective, to avoid the vision stagnation brought about by the feeling; In addition, the 110-degree perspective provided by Rift is also more consistent with the visual perception of people, Deepen the integration of the virtual scene. "The incredible thing about virtual reality is that it makes you feel like you're in another place, with other people," Zuckerberg said of Rift's virtual technology. Those who tried the technology said it was an experience they had never experienced in their lives. "and Oculus VR CEO said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, virtual reality equipment, is a new medium, not a device so simple," with the advent of virtual reality, you can change the vision, replace the eyes, comfortable to use, this is the final platform you can see. " "At present, with the introduction of Rift, more and more game team and hardware manufacturers began to create the ecological rift platform." The Rift community now has new games or demo launches every day, and Oculus and Virtuix's Omni treadmills also make people more aware of the practical value of rift. It is reported that with rift and Microsoft body Sense Equipment Kinect omni, can be achieved through the footsteps of the game to control the role of the movement, and on the treadmill to complete the game run squat jump and so on, almost completely in the virtual world of real simulation. However, rift is still very far from maturity, the Rift DK1 has been available to stay in the prototype stage. Its apparentThe significant particles in the visual field are widely criticized by users, while wearing rift for a long time will also cause severe vertigo symptoms. For Oculus, there is much more to be done. But all is just the beginning, through the virtual reality platform constructed by Rift, the fantasy world begins to erode to the reality, many things will change accordingly. The future of Oculus VR, with Facebook's power, is also expected. Dream God Program: Sony Black Technology or triggered the "Zhuolu war" however, Oculus VR is not the only player in the field. Or, if the VR field is only a Oculus start-up, the story is much more tedious. A week before Facebook announced the acquisition of Oculus, Sony, the Japanese consumer electronics giant, known for its "black Technology", unveiled its virtual reality device program at the US Games Developers ' Conference: Project Morpheus (The Dream God Program) and demonstrated prototype equipment. Compared with Oculus Rift, Project Morpheus Excellent design has a very futuristic look. According to reports, Project Morpheus for its own game host PS4 Design, resolution has reached 1080P, the quality performance is very good. Candy at the same time, Project Morpheus will be integrated with Sony's mature motion sensing system PlayStation move depth, compared to rift only to recognize the positive simple head movements, the dream God program with the PS camera will bring more excellent recognition capabilities, Even a 360-degree turn will not cause the picture to be messed up, which is the problem that Oculus Rift users. In addition, Sony's equipment and peripherals are more like a mature consumer products, and not like the controller PC needs additional rift like that, give a small crowd geek plaything feeling. The most important thing, of course, is that Sony has an ecosystem that will upset the "players" in the field or about to enter the field. As one of the world's largest gaming platforms, PlayStation, Sony's technology once mature into the promotion period, its influence will undoubtedly let Oculus such players blush. Compared to the technology-driven Oculus team, Sony's engineers are no less good than the other, and the excellent equipment platform, no game and application support is just the concept of how difficult it is to really business. Although the current Oculus has been supported by many game manufacturers, but the total people think this and rift is the market almost only one by one virtual devices, once the "big players" strong entry, the situation will undoubtedly change----a more popular mature platform, obviously more attractive, a larger user base, More technical support and a better profit model are the reasons. "Combining this head-wearing device with Sony Playstation's other devices is Sony over OculA big advantage for us, but it also means that you have to buy more things to play more deeply. One developer, in an interview with the Guardian, lamented. It can be foreseen that Sony's advance, will take the virtual reality equipment commercially important step. With Sony's platform influence, virtual reality devices will attract the attention of mainstream users, and Sony has always been excellent research and development capabilities, but also let people have a new generation of "black technology" is coming to a premonition. Sony has been looking for the next Walkman. This thing is. "A designer who has developed a series of virtual scenarios for Oculus Rift said. As far as Sony Project Morpheus is concerned, Rift still has a product experience advantage. And getting on Facebook, the Gold Lord, is not all negative about Oculus's future. Sometimes the winner is not the strongest, but the one with the best luck and the best sense of smell------and Oculus does not seem to lack it. But as the industry heats up about Sony's potential for a "Zhuolu battle" with Facebook in the future in VR, Microsoft, who has watched enough, has raised his hand----"Inside ... In fact, we are also doing ... "Well, Sony's old friends in the game field, let the situation become" Three Kingdoms hegemony "also perhaps. At the same time, the new giants are also very likely to join. After all, no one wants to miss the future. Virtual reality: Subversion is not just a game in fact, the virtual reality can bring, and not only the subversion of the game. "Oculus will first bring immersive games, and after the game we will take Oculus to more platforms." Imagine watching a game on the side of the court, sitting in a classroom with teachers and students from around the world, or consulting with a doctor face-to-face, and doing this requires only a single device at home. "Zuckerberg said. Zuckerberg bought with 2 billion is not a game peripherals manufacturer, as a wise businessman, he understands what VR equipment means to the future. The game is not spoken. In the near future, through VR equipment, we can contact our friends and relatives who are far away from afar----yes, really real face. We don't have to be a little bit of a compliment, because in the new world of virtual reality, it's going to happen. Changing our social networks will be transformed by virtual reality, which in turn affects the lives of each of us. "Oculus has the opportunity to create the best social platform ever and change the way we work, play and communicate." Zuckerberg said. At the same time, Zuckerberg hopes to develop virtual reality into a multifaceted experience platform. Mature VR technology, not only can be used to watch movies, after all, this kind of thing Sony's HMZ series has been done; it is not just for students to accept teacher guidance in the virtual reality world, of course, the new model of education is likely to be established; including our medical, tourism,The status of shopping and other fields will be reshaped by virtual reality technology. It's not alarmist. Close your eyes, everything can be imagined. Rift and other equipment just let us once imagined the unreachable dream of a step closer. It can be said that virtual reality technology will open, not only a new door to the virtual world, but to the technological transformation of the new World door.