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here are currently lots of virtual reality lenses in the market from Microsoft Hololens to PlayStation Morpheus and several others but when I first started using virtual reality in late 2012; there was only Oculus Rift available in the market. I went to various Microsoft events and was able to test the Oculus Rift device and see the functionality. After testing Oculus Rift, I realised it would be good to use it for the game, ‘Fear’, I was creating for my final dissertation as it was apparently better to experience the game in virtual reality mode because it felt more real than just playing from a television screen. I tested the game with Oculus Rift and also without the device and came to a firm conclusion that playing the game with the Oculus Rift device was a far a better option as it actually put the feelings intended for the game in the player.
There were a lot of tutorials and forums available through the Oculus Rift website for people to get started with the device. It is very easy for anyone to use Oculus Rift as a component in their using Unity3D game engine. As of now, not many games can be played via the virtual reality platform but there is no doubt that in the future, Oculus Rift or virtual reality will be the major platform to play a lot of games.
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