Oculus announces the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift

Today Oculus, a company that belongs to the Facebook, launched its first headset de virtual reality for games that will be sold to the final consumer public. Until then the company only had an exclusive version for developers and they finally announced today the final version, which comes along with a Xbox One and a small desktop camera to track player movements.

A partnership with ecosystem will allow its use in Windows 10 natively, in addition to allowing to play titles of Xbox One No. headset. The Rift is light enough to be held in one hand, which is good news as it won't cause discomfort when used for an extended period of time.

It contains adjustable lens controls that allow you to change the lens distance to be more comfortable on faces of different sizes. It also has removable earcups and is designed so that you can keep wearing your glasses inside. units of headset will be available for testing at E3 2015, which starts on the 15th in Los Angeles. However, orders can only begin to be placed at the end of the year and will begin to be delivered in early 2016.

Oculus Touch

Besides the headset of virtual reality, the company also presented a prototype of the OculusTouch, a gaming controller that mixes a conventional control on motion sensor, like that of Nintendo Wii, but which is used in both hands.

The innovation of this control is on account of him putting his hands inside the virtual reality, after all, the degree of immersion is so great that one of the first things you do when using a Oculus Rift is to look at your hands, with the Oculus Touch, you will be able to see them and that's not all. Using it you will be able to pick up objects, fire a weapon and so on.

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Source: TC