A commercially available model "Crescent Bay" of Oculus Rift allows 3D surround playback

VR (virtual reality) headset "Oculus Rift"Before marketing prototype"Crescent Bay"Has been released. With this Oculus Rift, head tracking of 360 degrees and 3D surround play full of presence are possible.

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Oculus Rift's first developer conference "Oculus Connect" was held on September 19th and 20th, 2014, and the latest model "Crescent Bay" near the market was announced to 1,000 developers who participated.


Crescent Bay has headphones on the left and right, so you can immerse in the virtual reality world.


Furthermore, "360 degree head tracking" is possible by mounting a sensor not only on the front side of the headset but also on the back side.


A longtime partner game companyEpic GamesAnd is developing a VR game jointly.Unreal Engine 4We also did a demo using.


Oculus VR is also a new game engineUnitySigned partnership with the community.


The VCR game for Oculus Rift using Unity will be greatly increased in the future.


In addition, Crescent Bay is equipped with headphones, the immersive feeling is improved more. Developed by the University of MarylandRealSpace 3D audioWe also decided to develop content called "Oculus Audio" which introduced technology. This seems to make it possible to appreciate the orchestra at home using Crescent Bay.


In addition, Oculus VR forecasts that "We will announce a lot of audio related information within the next few months".