Nirav Patel
Nirav Patel

Those of you who’ve followed the Oculus story from the start may recall Oculus hiring a young engineer who’d produced a high performance “9 DoF” tracking sensor – a version of which eventually found it’s way into the first Oculus Rift Developer Kit (DK1).

Now, Nirav presents a retrospective talk on what it took to build that very first device, one that set the ball rolling on what has become something of a VR revolution.

Join Ben Lang as he Live Blogs from the event. Posts should appear below automatically, no need to refresh your browser.

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Paul James
Based in the UK, Paul has been immersed in interactive entertainment for the best part of 27 years and has followed advances in gaming with a passionate fervour. His obsession with graphical fidelity over the years has had him branded a ‘graphics whore’ (which he views as the highest compliment) more than once and he holds a particular candle for the dream of the ultimate immersive gaming experience. Having followed and been disappointed by the original VR explosion of the 90s, he then founded RiftVR.com to follow the new and exciting prospect of the rebirth of VR in products like the Oculus Rift. Paul joined forces with Ben to help build the new Road to VR in preparation for what he sees as VR’s coming of age over the next few years.
  • Altares13

    Nice of you to live blog the event!
    Can you see if they are 360-degrees-recording the sessions for later VR-viewing?

  • Thanks for this, missed it live but it was a good read now :D it feels almost like getting to a backstory-section of a show :3