If your own ambitions don't stretch that far, you can still build the VR2GO viewer, which uses iPhones and iPod touch players as the eyepieces, as well as mods for the Oculus Rift developer kit that add stereo cameras or increase the field of view.

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With the above, an average viewer can watch free broadcast content with high quality picture and still potentially save money compared to average pay-TV subscription service.

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But, for the most part, the movie induces in the viewer an eerie, suspended feeling that mimics the time-stands-still monotony of a long airplace journey.

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