That 640x480 is going to look pretty hideous on something with a 90° FOV. Sit a normal distance from a normal telly and it takes up maybe 30-40° of your FOV. I think resolution will be an issue with these for some time to come, even "full HD" is going to look a bit sketchy.

No one's going to buy these, people just don't like wearing silly shit on their heads.

Ask 3D telly.

Yeah, they haven't sold any 3D tellys. And nobody goes to see films in 3D either.

Cinema doesn't count, very few people will want to sit in their own houses with an Oculus Rift strapped to their head.

I think there is a huge difference between TV watching, which is just as much social activity and entirely passive, to actively playing a single player game, which is what the Oculus is all about.

Yeah, they haven't sold any 3D tellys. And nobody goes to see films in 3D either.

My telly does 3D, and I couldn't give a shit - much like most (sensible) people who also own a 3D TV, I expect.

Well I can't imagine anyone clamping an Oculus Rift to their head if there's anyone else in the house with them because it's so stunningly anti-social, and anyone with children is probably a non-starter too.

You're probably going to have a percentage of people who feel motion-sickness or get a headache too, or just can't 'see it' like with 3D. (I couldn't see the 3D effect on the 3DS for eample, I could just about get it focused for a short period of time then it made my head hurt and it went, something to do with defective stereoscopic vision or something.)

The actual market for the thing is very small IMO.

Well I can't imagine anyone clamping an Oculus Rift to their head if there's anyone else in the house with them because it's so stunningly anti-social, and anyone with children is probably a non-starter too.

Anti-social? So when you're playing Borderlands the whole family gathers round to watch you yeah? Don't be a tit.

You honestly can't see a difference?

Between sitting in a room on your own playing a game no one else in your house is interested in while (a) looking at a monitor or (b) wearing a head piece? Well, no; what is the difference exactly?

I look forward to creeping up on people that are totally immersed in this and making them jump.

You're really arguing about the lack of difference between sitting in a chair in front of a computer which comes with a 100% ability to immediately pause/talk/look/interact/react/etc to anything that's going on around you, to wearing a fucking mainframe on your head?

It's not a question of 'No one else in the house is interested in Borderlands 2' (which isn't even entirely true because I'll do 'non-violent' stuff whilst AE Jnr is around, she knows her way around Sanctuary pretty well and all the characters and suchlike), it's a question of 'When I've got a computer wired into my brain and attached to my head I effectively become unavailable to my wife and child whatever may be going on in their world.'

"Wearing a mainframe"? "Having a computer wired into your brain"? Dude, this isn't the fucking Lawnmower Man you're reenacting here; you're being somewhat hysterical there. As others have said its not going to be massively different from being particularly engaged in a game while wearing headphones. And I'm not arguing there won't be times when you wouldn't want to use it but the idea that there's never a time when you're gaming purely solo and could indulge isn't true.

I'd have one today if I could justify the expense.

A haircut? I suppose it's a larger than normal area to deal with.

Invite me over when you get one

Will do

Good for all the Kickstarter backers who are suddenly rich, right?

It'd be amazing publicity if they chipped them a grand each, and they could certainly afford it.

I don't get it. Why won't they just get whatever they were buying when they backed it? If they wanted to buy shares in something then they should have bought shares in something.

He's cancelled the OR version of Mincraft? That seems a bit knee-jerky (and a lot dickish).

"I definitely want to be a part of VR, but I will not work with Facebook," the Minecraft creator said. "Their motives are too unclear and shifting, and they haven't historically been a stable platform. There's nothing about their history that makes me trust them, and that makes them seem creepy to me."

He further added, "I did not chip in ten grand to seed a first investment round to build value for a Facebook acquisition."

"I have the greatest respect for the talented engineers and developers at Oculus. It's been a long time since I met a more dedicated and talented group of people. I understand this is purely a business deal, and I'd like to congratulate both Facebook and the Oculus owners. But this is where we part ways."