Oculus Rift dev kits are starting to make their way onto the workbenches of makers around the globe. Some are even going so far as to tear open the hardware and see how they can improve it.

The Oculus Rift Patch is an update by Oculus to fix ... enables users to enjoy the VR experience without additional software or hardware. Nevertheless, it may not support all VR headsets and ...

[WayneKeenan] wrote a proof-of-concept virtual reality system that used a Raspberry Pi and an Oculus Rift. It was about a thousand lines of Python and with a battery pack it was even portable.