The Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset developed by Oculus VR. It has a high resolution display and tracking sensors that allow for fully immersive VR experiences. To function, it must be connected to a powerful gaming PC. The Rift is targeted at gaming, media consumption, and professional applications. Oculus is releasing motion controllers called Touch to provide hand presence in VR. Custom software handles rendering and allows content to be accessed through the Oculus Home environment. However, virtual reality still has limitations in audience popularity, developer support, health and safety issues, and comfort of prolonged use.

1. OCULUS RIFT
SUBMITTED BY-
ANKIT BHANDARI
MBA (M&S)

2. "The art challenges technology. Technology inspires the
art."
—John Lasseter

3. WHAT IS OCULUS RIFT?
 The Rift is a virtual reality head-mounted display developed by Oculus VR
 Oculus has described it as "the first really professional PC-based VR headset".[4]
 It has a resolution of 1080x1200 per eye, a 90 Hz refresh rate, and a wide
field of view.
 It has integrated headphones which provide spatialised audio. The Rift has
full 6 degree of freedom rotational and positional tracking. This system allows
for using the Rift while sitting, standing, or walking around the same room

4. RIFT WORKING
 In order to work, the Rift must be connected by a cable to a PC running
Microsoft Windows that will run the software (it is not a standalone device)
 This computer should be equipped with a powerful GPU and CPU
 The Rift uses an OLED panel for each eye, each having a resolution of
1080x1200.

5. Applications
 Gaming: As a result of a partnership with Microsoft, every Rift sold will
include an Xbox One Wireless Gamepad

6.  Media: Oculus is including Oculus Cinema as a free application , which will
allow the Rift to be used to view conventional movies and videos from inside
a virtual cinema environment, giving the user the perception of viewing the
content on a cinema sized screen. Oculus announced a deal with Canadian
film company Felix & Paul Studios to produce 360° 3D videos for the Rift.
 Industrial/Professional: As well as consumer uses, the Rift has attracted
significant interest from industry and professional spheres for productivity
enhancement, visualization, and advertising. A number of architecture firms
have been experimenting with using the Rift for visualization and design. With
the right software, the Rift allows architects to see exactly what their
building will look like, and get an understating of the scale that is impossible
on a traditional monitor

7. Oculus Touch
 Oculus is also releasing a pair of controllers to be
used with the Rift, called Oculus Touch. The
controllers are sold as a pair, and are mirrors of
each other- one for each hand. They are
lightweight, wireless, handheld motion
controllers featuring a joystick, buttons, and two
triggers- one for grabbing and one for shooting or
firing. The controllers are fully tracked in 3D
space by the Constellation system, so that the
user sees them in virtual reality responding to
their real world counterpart, giving the user the
sensation of their hands being present in the
virtual space.

8. Software
 Oculus Home: When the user puts on the Rift, as detected by an internal
proximity sensor, and no other content is being outputted to the headset,
they are presented with Oculus Home. This is the default environment of the
Rift, allowing the user to launch VR applications they own, see if their friends
are using the Rift, and purchase virtual reality content on the Oculus Home
store, all without ever taking the headset off
 Runtime/Drivers: The Rift does not appear to the user's operating system as a
typical monitor. Instead, custom Oculus drivers and a runtime service are
used to allow applications to output directly to the Rift, bypassing the
operating system and allowing for high refresh rates and low latency
regardless of the user's setup
 SDK: Content for the Rift is developed using the Oculus PC SDK, a free
proprietary SDK available for Microsoft Windows. This is a feature complete
SDK which handles the difficult aspects of making content for a virtual reality
headset for the developer, such as the optical distortion and advanced
rendering techniques

9. LIMITATIONS
 Virtual Reality is still not popular with all the audience
 Less companies interested in developing products and softwares for rift (till
now Samsung has only developed and its owner facebook)
 Virtual reality may cause seizures or epilepsy to some people
 It is quiet bulky in size and may cause strain for prolonged use