Oculus Rift (Platform)

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Oculus Rift (Platform)
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Information
Type Virtual Reality
Subtype Head-mounted Display
Creator Palmer Luckey
Developer Oculus VR
Devices Development Kit 1
Development Kit 2
Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition
Samsung Gear VR
Consumer Version 1
Website Oculus.com
Oculus Rift is a series of Virtual Reality head-mounted displays developed by Oculus VR. As a Virtual Reality platform, Oculus produces not only hardware but also an SDK, App Store, Portal, software, accessories and most importantly a passionate community of developers and enthusiasts. Oculus Rift has released 2 development kits, DK1 in March 29, 2013 and DK2 in July, 2014. The first 2 versions, called Development Kits, are intended for creators and hardcore enthusiasts of VR content. The third version of Oculus Rift will be a consumer version scheduled for Q1 2016 release.

Devices

PC Series

Consumer Version 1: Rift also known as Consumer Version 1 or CV1

Development Kit 2: Development Kit 2 or DK2

Development Kit 1: Development Kit 1 or DK1

Mobile Series

Samsung Gear VR: Samsung Gear VR - First consumer version

Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition: Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition

Accessories

Input Devices

Oculus Touch

Platform

Oculus Home - Official portal and community page.

Oculus Store - Official curated App Store of Oculus Rift

Oculus Share - Official app distribution platform and database for Oculus Rift.

Oculus Concepts - allows developers to distribute content that is in the early stages of development.

Other app stores - Oculus Rift is an open platform that allows apps to be distributed on other locations outside of official ones.[1]

Apps

Oculus Medium - VR sculpting tool used with Oculus Touch.

Developer

Oculus SDK

Oculus SDK

Oculus Mobile SDK

Oculus Audio SDK

Touch SDK

Technology

Positional Tracking

Constellation is a positional tracking system developed by Oculus VR for Oculus Rift CV1 and Oculus Touch.

History

References

  1. http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/12/oculus-app-store/