Oculus Rift review

Virtual reality headsets are the device to fool your senses into seeing something that’s not there. It makes the unreal real.

Oculus VR formed a virtual reality head-mounted display and named it as the rift. Oculus VR, during its period as an independent company, raised US$2.4 million for the making of the Rift. The consumer version of the product got released in Q1 2016.

The technology has been percolating in fits and starts for the past 20 years. Now, it’s not only here, but it's also the next verge, and companies from Facebook to Google to Microsoft know that VR is likely the next step up from phones, tablets and computer screens. They’re all managing to command the next big computing platform.

 It's well developed and effortless to set up, and there are already a few games and apps that'll perform VR disciples out of the truest naysayer. The only problem is that it costs $600 and needs a sturdy gaming PC. Just as with every new technological breakthrough, it has the latent to change the world. But at this early stage, only a few can manage to get it.

The Oculus Rift is primarily a head-mounted box containing two OLED displays (one for each eye) working 1,200 by 1,080 pixels at 90Hz. There are a combined gyroscope and accelerometer. Also, the virtual reality headsets operate collectively with the merged IR sensor for 360-degree head tracking. Oculus has even put built-in headphones, and there's a microphone installed as well. However, possibly more significant than all of that technology, the Rift is also light in weight (around 0.8 pounds) and simply flexible.

Certainly, after making use of the second Oculus development kit for over a year, the customers of Rift senses like a principal step ahead. It even feels weightless than a Gear VR with a phone associated (no surprise, since the Rift, does not require much hardware on the headset.) There's merely one main cable starting from the virtual reality headsets, and it breaks into USB 3.0 and HDMI cables. It's very less cumbersome than the Vive Pre, which is massive and has four long cables coming out of its headset.

Advantages of the virtual reality headset:

•         It's proficient of fully involving you in virtual world

•         The headset is light in weight and comfortable to use

•         Presents a stable ecosystem of VR apps and games

Disadvantages of the VR headset:

•         It's too costly for many people, and needs a powerful gaming PC

•         Those having spectacles will have to deal with some slight trouble

•         Motion controller not accessible at launch

•         Might lead to motion sickness

As a first-generation VR headset, the Oculus Rift gives an effective amount of immersion. The big short fall is its cost, and also the fact that it demands a PC gaming rig. For most people, it might be sensible to keep waiting till the price comes down for high-end VR.