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IGN- Hands-On: New 1080p Oculus Rift with Unreal Engine 4

IGN:The very first official morning of E3 2013 brings the announcement of a new, higher resolution prototype of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. One of the biggest concerns expressed by early developers is the relatively low resolution found in the current kit. Oculus is now showing off a 1080p prototype in Los Angeles.

Loki863971d ago

The epitome of next-gen right here.

papashango3971d ago

This is when next gen starts.

We've had 1080p and over 60fps for years already

Tacklebait3971d ago

Agree 100%. New consoles are great and all but this is what i'm truly excited for. My dev-kit should be here within the next 2-3 weeks. Been waiting since January.

Number-Nine3971d ago

waste of technology. i cant imagine anyone ever playing with that seriously

Shadonic3971d ago

Think of it like this it takes the negatives of looking stupid playing Kinect to add some sort of immersion in games by flailing and replaces it with huge mechanical glasses that makes you look stupid while playing anygame plus it dosent require you to flail around to looks stupid it does that for you on installation.

Really though it looks cool from what Ive seen, I would love to give it a try.

fr0sty3971d ago

Judging by the reactions of the people I know who have the devkit, it's far from a waste.

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SniperControl3971d ago

I have a high-end PC, also looking to get the PS4, hopefully this little bad boy works on both.

Pandamobile3971d ago

It'll be PC only for a few years at least.

Tapani3971d ago

Sony should buy Oculus and the rights to it and make this their next-gen "Move" peripheral and test the market. Suitable move to the new bold Sony, where corporate strategy seems to embrace creativity and money-making at the same time.

That would challenge M$ further and inspire them to become a better company, and Sony needs good competition to stay on its toes (think of what PS3 taught to them). We already saw Ubisoft and EA reactions to Sony's customer-centric approach, also applauded by the developers community.

I am yet to try Oculus, but as a gamer I'm always open for new ideas and ways to play. I have read about it a lot, and people who actually try it say it's truly amazing, truly something new and innovative.

I can imagine already an RPG game made Oculus in mind: first person and relatively open-world, where you can walk in the world and the battle can sort of have "sides" as you can peak to the left and right. This could bring interesting strategic elements to games. Or in a horror game you could look into the mirror and see a ghost standing next to you, and you look left and it's gone! You look back in the mirror and it appears to be on your right side a knife on your throat etc.

So yeah, I think this thing is innovative as it inspired me to write about it this much in terrible hangover.

Letros3971d ago

Sony has a large investment in their own VR Visor, I'd expect to seem them try to implement their own solution.

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Check out this Incredible Batman 1989 Fan Project

Tim Burton’s vision of Gotham brought to life by passionate fans.

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Gridknac1088d ago

Wow! That is badass. WB needs to make this happen now.

WoodsRatesGames1088d ago

Right? Thanks for checking it out!

Minute Man 7211086d ago

Fans??? This is done by one person

WoodsRatesGames1086d ago

Someone else was commissioned to do the music and another person modelled the batmobile. Links to all involved are included in the article.

Gaming4Life19811086d ago

They should have been made a batman game for the best batman movie. This looks amazing and now I must watch the movie.

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Star Wars Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight Unreal Engine 4 Remake recreates Rimmer's Rest

YouTube's 'ackehallgren' has recreated the Rimmer's Rest from Star Wars Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight in Unreal Engine 4.

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Unreal Engine 4 RTX Tech Demo available for download

NVIDIA and Epic Games have released an official Unreal Engine 4 RTX Tech Demo.

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Magog1107d ago

Am I crazy or is there an Unreal Engine 5 now? Why promote old tech?

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waverider1107d ago

I really dont understand either? isnt the Unreal Engine 5 already available for studios? arent they already working with it?

masterfox1106d ago

UE5 Is for PS5 only, deal with it! :D

***runs away from this thread with pride!**

Tacoboto1106d ago

UE5 is not released yet and developers for years will still make UE4 games because that's where their tools and customizations are.

Mortal Kombat still uses UE3. Mass Effect Legendary Edition is also still UE3.

Magog1106d ago

That more of an embarrassing indictment of those devs than a reason to promote old software.

Tacoboto1106d ago

Embarrassing indictment? You know nothing of software development then.

Spenok1106d ago (Edited 1106d ago )

Because a ridiculous amount of the industry still uses 4, and because no, 5 is not out yet. They said it would launch later this year.

AuraAbjure1106d ago

Companies still use Unreal Engine 3.

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Tghood851107d ago

Really impressive tech but I don’t even notice all of these benefits in real life, never mind being chased by zombies in a video game. Rather devote resources to resolution and frame rate.

Magog1106d ago

If you suddenly stopped casting reflections in a mirror I think you would notice.

Amplitude1106d ago (Edited 1106d ago )

Edit: i misread this.
N4G really needs a delete comment button lol

Einhander19711105d ago

Yes after seeing the Unreal 5 ps5 reveal, I thought that's where we were heading. But saying that I have read various articles that suggest its easy for developers to still work on Unreal 4 and carry everything over to Unreal 5 when needed, we shall see.