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Linden Lab has just announced that the Oculus Rift integration is going into its Beta Test phase:
The Oculus Rift offers exciting possibilities for Second Life – the stereoscopic virtual reality headset brings a new level of immersion to our 3D world, making Second Life a more compelling experience than ever before.
Though a consumer version of the headset isn’t available yet, we’ve been working with the development kit to integrate the Oculus Rift with the Second Life Viewer. We now have a Viewer ready for beta testers, and if you have an Oculus Rift headset, we’d love to get your feedback.
If you have the Oculus Rift development hardware and would like to help us with feedback on the Viewer integration, please write to sl_oculus_beta@lindenlab.com to apply for the limited beta.
First place to go for the Beta testers should of course be the Oculus Rift & Real Scale Test Area!
Jo Yardley's Second Life 
Even if only a few will use it, if LL acknowledges the fact that camera angle of view needs to be corrected and builders will start to create environments more in scale, that is already a win for SL!
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i tried to enter to the program but i received this: 😦
“Hello camian.suarez@gmail.com,
We’re writing to let you know that the group you tried to contact (sl_oculus_beta) may not exist, or you may not have permission to post messages to the group. A few more details on why you weren’t able to post:
* You might have spelled or formatted the group name incorrectly.
* The owner of the group may have removed this group.
* You may need to join the group before receiving permission to post.
* This group may not be open to posting.
If you have questions related to this or any other Google Group, visit the Help Center at http://support.google.com/a/lindenlab.com/bin/topic.py?topic=25838.
Thanks,
lindenlab.com admins”
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Did you get that after emailing them?
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I got the same. It appears the google group behind that address is bouncing non-members.
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Google group?
Don’t you just have to send an email?
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Yeh i want in but i got a ‘Delivery Status Notification (Failure)’ from the email. I guess sim just no kool enough.
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It appears that the email address is the address of a google group. When you send an email to that address, the group decides you’re not a member, and bounces you. Looks like the Lindens are doing something about it:
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Sorry about that – there was a mistaken setting on that email alias that was causing it to bounce like that. It sounds like that issue has been resolved, and it should be working properly now. Thank you for your interest in joining the beta!
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OK 🙂 thanks for the prompt reply!
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Thanks for the update, Jo!
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