After enough pent up work stress and a malfunctioning moped being the straw that broke the camel's back, causing me to accidentally break a few cosmetic things on it in a couple fits of rage (didn't have power, and I had to manually jump start it from work, and a second time returning from work, and it barely had any power to start again, and I almost broke my toe trying to manually start it again (it put a permanent dent on my boot where my toes could have been), basically, I had enough crap for the season and nearly fell into a depression spiral so bad, I didn't even feel like drinking beer to soften the pain, mostly because it felt pointless by that point.). But then, after a decent bundle investment,
I came across an article that caught my eye, and
learned of this.
I wish him the best of luck, and I want one. Dude sounds passionate enough in his project to keep tabs on; as for other companies that might work on their own (*cough*Microsoft and Sony*cough*), I don't think they'll give much a crap, and just render it as another gimmick item once Oculus takes off, unless they feel like copyright/patent trolling or some other standard industry/corproate practice BS that is borderline illegal to pull, and make Oculus look like a foolish endeavor, and restrict innovation just to keep their crown by releasing their own passionless money-machine that vaguely resembles the competition product they killed off and are wearing the skins of. Godspeed man, and don't let these guys demolish a VR system that actually looks promising and not lame.
As bonus points, his attention is on PC users more, and he's also backed by John Carmack (Doom), and even Cliffy B (Unreal) is excited about it; which makes me look even more forward to what can be done with it (especially since it's visual range even reaches the peripheral sighted with a generous 110-degree FOV). Also, upon realizing that despite having 2 eyes, I tend to lack depth perception sometimes (unless wearing glasses, or am really drunk or stoned), and that it's a real medical condition, with doing some development work with Oculus himself (different guy),
a possible cure is abound. I feel even more
optimistic about this, and that a properly developed VR system can actually help me out, and I get to have fun using it while at it. I also appreciate that it's bound to be released around Q3 or Q4 of next year. YAY! I want one, and damn the expense.
Now, while I'm back in Happy Mode again (compared to how I was a few moments ago, that was a long-shot in the dark to even happen); I wonder how long before Sword Art Online becomes a reality. I can care less if it becomes a Death Game, and I get trapped in it. Better than Reality by a significant margin.
EDIT:
Forgot link to article.
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