Oculus Rift CTO John Carmack has described the experience of first trying out his company’s take on virtual reality, and he's pretty confident that you'll love it once you try it.
In a newly-published interview with Fortune, Carmack explained what it is about Oculus in particular that attracted him, and what makes it different from the ill-fated virtual reality projects of the past.
“Oculus really started popularizing a new approach using cellphone screen technology, a wide field of view, and super-low-latency sensor tracking,” Carmack said.
“It’s not crappy stuff that doesn’t work and makes everybody sick. When you experience Oculus technology, it’s like getting religion on contact. People that try it walk out a believer.”
Carmack said that the “core” of virtual reality is “being freed from the limitations of actual reality”.
“Experiencing mobile VR is like when you first tried a decent desktop VR experience. There is a sense that you are glimpsing something from the future. This is science fiction made real, and it’s only just the beginning,” he said.
