The document discusses the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. It describes how the Rift works using a screen and lenses to provide virtual reality experiences. It outlines the developer versions that were released and the expected features of a future consumer version, including improved resolution and tracking. Problems with early versions are mentioned like low resolution and motion sickness. The document compares specs of versions and lists some games that support the Rift.

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2. Overview
• What is Oculus Rift
• How Oculus Rift woks
• Versions
o Developer Versions
o Consumer Version
• Comparison
• Adoption
• Problems
• Conclusion
• References

3. Oculus Rift
• Oculus Rift was invented by a virtual
reality enthusiast named Palmer
Luckey.[1]
• The Oculus Rift is an upcoming virtual
reality head mounted display, being
developed by Oculus VR, a division of
Facebook.[2]
• The Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset
that lets players step inside their favorite
games and virtual worlds.[2]

4. How it works
• It uses a 7 inch LCD display screen with a
resolution of 1280 by 800 pixels.
• Screen is divided into 640 by 800 pixels
per eye, with a fixed distance between
lens centers.[3]
• User can view the screen through two
lens cup.[4]

5. How it works[continued]
• Back view of Oculus Rift.
[5]

6. How it works[continued]
• A control box is used to hook the headset
up to your computer.
• Control box includes HDMI port, mini USB
port, DVI pot and DC power connection
port.
• Control box also contains five buttons for
controlling contrast, brightness and
power.[3]

7. How it works[continued]
• Control box.
[6]

8. Developer Version
• In August 2012, Oculus announced the
"dev kit" version of the Oculus Rift.
• In March 2014, Oculus announced the
upcoming Devkit 2 (DK2) which they
expected to begin shipping in July 2014.

9. Consumer Version
• A consumer version of the Rift is in
development, which will be aimed at a
general market and feature improved
components.
• Improved positional tracking, higher
resolution, and wireless operation are
some of the features under
consideration.

10. Comparison
DEVELOPER KIT 1 DEVELOPER KIT 2
CONSUMER
KIT(expexted
specifications)
Used a 5.6 inch screen. Used a 7 inch screen. 7 inch screen.
Resolution 1280x800 Resolution 960x1080 Resolution 1920x1080
250 Hz reality tracker 1000 Hz reality tracker 1000 Hz reality tracker
Weight: 289 g Weight: 379 g
High persistence Low persistence Low persistence
High Latency Low latency Low latency
LCD display OLED display

11. Adoption
• Several titles are playable on the Rift.
• Games currently with full or partial
support include:
• Skyrim
• Portal 2
• Half Life 2
• Bioshock

12. Problems
• Resolution is currently too low.
• Not glasses friendly yet.
• Heavy weight design.[7]
• Users experiences motion sickness.[8]

13. Conclusion
• Oculus Rift enhance the gameplay
experience of the users.
• Oculus Rift helps user to experience
games in 3–d.

14. References
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_Rift
2. http://mms.ecs.soton.ac.uk/2013/papers
/yavb1g12_25879847_finalpaper.pdf
3. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/15
23379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
4. http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/oc
ulus-rift2.htm
5. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c
ommons/2/26/Oculus_Rift_-
_Developer_Version_-_Back.jpg

15. References
6. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/
commons/5/5e/Oculus_Rift_-
_Developer_Version_-_Control_Box.jpg
7. http://oculusrift.com/advantages-and-
disadvantages-of-oculus-rift-t1119.html
8. http://blog.games.com/2014/03/14/dev
elopers-discuss-oculus-rift-problems/