3D glasses from John Carmack caused a stir on Kickstarter

On the very first day of its appearance on Kickstarter, the project of virtual reality glasses, developed by John Carmack, has already collected more than $ 800k out of the required $ 250k.

The authors of the project promise that Oculus Rift "will forever change the way users see games." It is assumed that the device will have a resolution of 1280 × 800 pixels (640 × 800 pixels for each eye), and the viewing angle will be 110˚ diagonally (90˚ horizontally). 6 degrees of freedom when tracking head rotation with a very short delay. DVI / HDMI and USB interfaces will be present; The weight is approximately 220 grams. All developer kits include access to the Oculus Developer Center, which provides technical support to the Oculus developer community. For $ 300 or more, the developers promise to send a kit with Oculus Rift glasses for developers, as well as a DOOM 3 BFG Edition shooter. For $ 5k, the guys promise to bestow a donor with a T-shirt, a poster with the team’s autographs and drive him all day around the Oculus laboratory, let him play different games and entertain in every way ...

The commercial version of the novelty, apparently, will appear no earlier than 2013.
PS For those who do not know who John Carmack is and how he relates to virtual reality glasses and computer games, here are some links:
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Article alizar about the history of these points