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"Oculus Rift is being used by the Norwegian military to aid soldiers in tank driving. The military has fitted some of its tanks with external cameras to beam a 360-degree video feed to the headset, which is worn by the driver.      Using Oculus Rift has proven more cost effective than conventional military cameras, but the picture quality is not yet high enough to use in the field. &amp;quot;It is a partial success,&amp;quot; project leader Maj Ola Petter Odden told BBC News. &amp;quot;The concept is sound, but the technology isn&amp;#039;t quite there yet.  &amp;quot;The picture quality is good for 10 to 15 metres - but after that it is difficult to distinguish details, for example whether an opponent is carrying a weapon.&amp;quot;  Now owned by Facebook, Oculus Rift has yet to see a commercial release, with the latest headsets available to pre-order this summer for developers. While a final release date or price has yet to be confirmed, Oculus VR said the technology would be affordable for the average consumer. Watch a video introducing Oculus Rift below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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