Gadgetory

this is Shawn Hollister with the verge of GDC 2014 we're about to put on the game face it's an Android based virtual reality headset that doesn't require a PC or ps4 to use because it's got the guts of five different smartphones inside instead it's got a 1080p screen and lenses similar to the oculus rift they're actually the exact same lenses right now but the company is working on turning this into a virtual reality platform of its own we tried Shadowgun an existing Android game we sped through a space tunnel shooting up bugs watched a 360 degree video of balloons flying through the sky and tried the original Tuscany demo for the oculus rift ported over to Android from PC with few flaws it's a ridiculously early alpha with loads of issues right now it's uncomfortable where it makes you a little bit sick after using it because the tracking isn't very good right now the company promises that all of these issues we fix soon with the new tracker a new Tegra k1 processor to power games more quickly and a new screen to make things more crisp and clear we're looking forward to seeing how this turns out in the near future