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Oculus Rift sparks Ts and Cs storm over sharing data with Facebook

Oculus Rift users can expect to share their “physical movements and dimensions when [using] a virtual reality headset” with Facebook and pals.
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Mozilla takes the Web 3D with Oculus Rift VR experiment

With WebGL and fast JavaScript, the browser is becoming a viable gaming platform. Mozilla has been promoting it as capable even of graphically rich 3D gaming. A new Mozilla experiment is making that 3D a little more real.

Mozilla developers are working on experimental support for 3D virtual reality within the browser. The initial prototype supports the Oculus Rift Developer Kit to provide stereoscopic 3D output and lets scripts use the headset’s orientation sensors for input.

The work is only in its early stages, and there’s no relevant specification—yet—for how browsers should expose this kind of VR hardware. However, the developers working on it plan to integrate it into the mainline Firefox codebase and are using this early experimentation to guide the design of the API.

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DARPA Is Using Oculus Rift for Cyberwarfare – Mashable


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DARPA Is Using Oculus Rift for Cyberwarfare
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is using the Oculus Rift headset to create a prototype network tool for cyberwarfare agents, Wired reports. Instead of seeing a flat representation of a computer network, a wearer would be able to …
DARPA using Oculus Rift to open a new front in cyberwarfareSiliconANGLE (blog)
DARPA uses Oculus Rift technology to prep military for cyberwarfareTech Times
DARPA To Use Oculus Rift In Cyber OperationsKotaku Australia

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siliconANGLE » DARPA using Oculus Rift to open a new front in cyberwarfare – SiliconANGLE (blog)


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siliconANGLE » DARPA using Oculus Rift to open a new front in cyberwarfare
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DARPA is apparently trying to weaponize Oculus Rift for cyberwarfare purposes, but does that mean US Navy Seals are about to unleash a 'virtual' attack on China's PLA Unit 61398? Sadly no, not anytime soon, but it's still an interesting development for
DARPA To Use Oculus Rift In Cyber OperationsKotaku Australia

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