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Oculus Rift Headset, Control Box, And Carrying Case
This is a Headset, Control Box, and Carrying Case. It was designed by Palmer Luckey and manufactured by Oculus VR. It is dated 2013 and we acquired it in 2017. Its medium is molded plastic, infrared-transparent fabric, led lights, glass, foam rubber, electronic components. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Launched in 2012 via Kickstarter, the campaign for the Oculus Rift raised $2.4 million, almost ten times more than its original goal of $250,000. This headset, shipped to backers of the Kickstarter campaign at the level of $300 or more, alerted the gaming world to the potential of this new technology. The virtual reality experience broke the boundaries of flat screens and is now becoming an entirely new communication platform.
This object was
donated by
Robert Greenberg.
It is credited Gift of Robert M. Greenberg.
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![An offset lithograph on paper poster showing a heat-sensitive photograph of three soldiers, masked and carrying guns, whose bodies radiate heat visible in red, orange, yellow, and green tones. Underneath the words [U.S. Out of the Middle East] are printed in white. In the lower left corner lilac text reads [From the people who brought you the war in Vietnam, the contras in Nicaragua, death squads in El Salvador, the occupied West Bank and Gaza, the invasions of Panama and Grenada, the invasion of Lebanon, the bombing of Libya…]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/329349_d55f020dcf96234d_n.jpg "Poster, U.S. Out of the Middle East")
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- offset lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs.
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Its dimensions are
H x W x D (headset): 12 × 17 × 28 cm (4 3/4 in. × 6 11/16 in. × 11 in.) H x W x D (control box): 2 × 10.5 × 10 cm (13/16 × 4 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.) H x W x D (carrying case): 33 × 31 × 14.5 cm (13 in. × 12 3/16 in. × 5 11/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Oculus Rift Headset, Control Box, And Carrying Case; Designed by Palmer Luckey (American, born 1992); Manufactured by Oculus VR; molded plastic, infrared-transparent fabric, led lights, glass, foam rubber, electronic components; H x W x D (headset): 12 × 17 × 28 cm (4 3/4 in. × 6 11/16 in. × 11 in.) H x W x D (control box): 2 × 10.5 × 10 cm (13/16 × 4 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.) H x W x D (carrying case): 33 × 31 × 14.5 cm (13 in. × 12 3/16 in. × 5 11/16 in.); Gift of Robert M. Greenberg; 2017-51-10-a/h
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Bob Greenberg Selects.
