Oculus Rift is a PC gaming peripheral, meaning you need a pretty serious gaming PC to plug it into. It's meant to be tethered to your gaming system. But the new Rift headset not only looks sleeker, it's significantly lighter than previous prototypes. It still houses a 2,160x1,200-pixel display, lenses, removable earphones with positional 3D audio and surface-mounted sensors that allow motion tracking, via a small IR camera-stand that sits on your desk or TV.
This is similar to previous builds of the Oculus Rift, but the new design is easier to take on and off, and feels more invisible. There's also a new dial that adjusts the lens distance between both eyes, to accommodate different faces.
Unlike other times I tried the Rift, I didn't stand: I played while sitting in a chair, with an Xbox One wireless controller. The Rift will be packaged with an Xbox One controller and adapter when it debuts next year. Luckey thinks it's the best gaming controller around: I'm inclined to agree. It's also a controller that's already made to work seamlessly with PCs.
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