{"id":4750,"date":"2016-03-29T09:55:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T23:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=4750"},"modified":"2016-03-29T09:55:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T23:55:21","slug":"oculus-rift-reviews-start-pouring-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/oculus-rift-reviews-start-pouring-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Oculus Rift reviews start pouring in"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Verge – Oculus Rift Review<\/a><\/p>\n

The high cost of buying and running high-end VR headsets makes them inaccessible to many people, and the Rift in particular is relentlessly focused on gaming. Within these limitations, though, the Rift makes a good case for seated VR, and it lays a solid foundation for what\u2019s to come. The headset you can buy today is not Oculus\u2019 most ambitious vision for virtual reality \u2014\u00a0but it\u2019s a vision that Oculus has successfully delivered on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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C|Net – Dream vs Reality<\/a><\/p>\n

You simply must try the Oculus Rift. It\u2019s breathtaking. I just wouldn\u2019t buy one right now — and there\u2019s no reason you should feel the need to, either (especially with its archrival, the HTC Vive, also just days away). The longer you wait to buy, the better it will get. This is just day one for Oculus — and for the future of virtual reality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Wired – Review: Oculus Rift<\/a><\/p>\n

And this is where we get to the crossroads. This is an astonishingly well-made device. It delivers rock-solid, comfortable VR, and it does so\u00a0easily. You\u2019ll be able to put this thing on anyone and show them the magic. You\u2019ll have friends coming over just to go through the Dreamdeck. (Seriously, you will.) But you\u2019ll have to make your peace with the idea that your $600\u2014or realistically, $1,500 or more, if you need a PC to go with it\u2014is an investment. It\u2019s an investment in the things you\u2019ll be able to do in the Rift, the places you\u2019ll be able to go.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Wallstreet Journal –\u00a0VR\u2019s Rising Star Isn\u2019t Ready for the Mainstream<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s Day One for the Rift, and I\u2019m already ready for Version Two.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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New York Times – A Clunky Portal to a Promising Virtual Reality<\/a><\/p>\n

The Rift\u2019s graphics, sound and head tracking, which is the device\u2019s ability to follow where the viewer looks, do feel like something out of science fiction. While the system\u2019s setup is somewhat complex, the smoothness of the graphics and the high-quality design of the headgear make virtual reality feel ready for prime time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"    The Verge – Oculus Rift Review The high cost of buying and running high-end VR headsets…\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":4751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"reckoner_social_message":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}