Virtual reality gaming is coming "this year," Facebook's chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer said on stage at day two of the social network's F8 Developer Conference in San Francisco on Thursday. He also said people would be able to game in VR on "something" shipped by Oculus.
Schroepfer showed off what appears to be an advanced version of Eve: Valkyrie, a game that puts users in the cockpit of a spaceship.
"Why is VR going to work now, when it didn't work in the '80s and '90s?" asked Schroepfer. Because the technology is more advanced than before and ready for primetime, he said: "Each one of these core tracks of technology had to hit a minimum core viability...to get to that sense of presence to sense that you're truly there." Read more...
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