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with an array of infrared lights built into the headset itself, this allows the position of the Rift to

be tracked, as long as it is within view of the camera.

Beyond the hardware, the Oculus SDK includes support for taking the raw messages from

the hardware and coalescing them into a single head pose.

The end result is that as you render each frame in your application, you’re able fetch the

pose of user and then use that input during the rendering process to ensure the viewpoint that

appears inside the Rift corresponds with the direction the user position in 3D space and the

direction in which they are looking (boxes 1, 2, and 3 in Figure 1.17).

Figure 1.17: Render process for each frame: from head movement to new image on the headset

Let’s now look at rendering for the Rift.

1.4.2 Rendering an immersive view

The second way the Rift increases immersion is rendering a more immersive view by accurately

mimicking the way actual vision works with a wide field of view and different images presented

to each eye.

HOW THE RIFT ACHIEVES ITS FIELD OF VIEW

The Rift hardware offers a much wider field of view than a typical monitor (see Figure 1.18).

Even a 30-inch monitor will typically only occupy about 50 degrees of your field of view,

depending on how close you sit to it. Ideally the Rift provides a field of view of over 90 degrees

or more vertically and a remarkable 100 degrees or more horizontally. The exact field of view

experienced is dependent on a variety of factors, including how the Rift hardware is configured

and the physical characteristics of the wearer.

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