Progress on the Oculus Rift

          The Oculus Rift has definitely been one of the fastest growing pieces of gaming equipment in the entertainment industry. It has rapidly gain fame and recognition throughout the world. It is quite a popular technology surely because it is the latest and most advanced virtual reality device that is in the market. It is a fact that is the newest fashion in the gaming industry because a second kit is already being manufactured and distributed. The author states in this article that this “prototype” as “virtual reality’s recent rebirth”, meaning is the technological development responsible for putting virtual reality back on the radar or map in the gaming and visual arts and graphics industries.

          From the first developer kit, back in 2012, there have been small adjustments to the product, but very essential and relevant to it. The charging mechanism is now a USB port and the visuals got upgraded to high definition (HDMI). There are still a couple of promises about the product’s cordless situation; still nothing yet has been made. The physical appearance of the outer case for the device is slightly different from the first one; slimmer and with round edges instead of squared. Every business should definitely worry about competitive businesses. What would qualify as competition for Oculus VR? In order to find competitors to a brand, product, service or business in short, some research should be done of what the business’s interests are and where are they headed.

          Virtual reality can be a match in the visual effects or graphics and the gaming industries. Meaning that any company within that wide range and variety of businesses in the entertainment industry would definitely qualify as competition. Sony is definitely developing competitive technology really similar to this one named Project Morpheus. Have a closer look, in the video below, into this competitive device from Sony, Project Morpheus. 
 It is a fact that the man behind this creation and company’s owner, Palmer Luckey has already made various deals and contracts to gain from social networks, like Facebook, and big known names in the entertainment industry like Samsung and even Sony, which is considered a high value competitor to Oculus.

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