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Oculus VR booth at GDC 2013

The Oculus Rift is sure keeping a lot of people on hold. The upcoming virtual reality headset “that won’t make you barf” (our words) isn’t nearly ready for consumers — the development kits just started shipping out. And at last week’s Game Developers Conference, attendees waited up to two hours to get their hands/eyes on a working demo just to see what the fuss is about.

Parent company Oculus VR, however, did have a simple plan to make the long wait at GDC a bit more tolerable. “We felt bad,” said senior product manager Joseph Chen about the developers waiting in line, “so we let them draw on our walls. We just provided the markers.”

Check out the gallery below to see what they ended up writing and drawing to help pass the time.

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Oculus VR booth at GDC 2013
Adventure Time’s Jake and Finn make an appearance.
Oculus VR booth at GDC 2013
Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey is getting his head chewed on by one of his “fangirls.”
Oculus VR booth at GDC 2013
A small warning about some cake.
Oculus VR booth at GDC 2013
Everyone’s feet probably felt the same way.
Oculus VR booth at GDC 2013
There’s that warning again.
Oculus VR booth at GDC 2013
Wolverine’s tired of waiting in line, too.
Oculus VR booth at GDC 2013
That’s the third warning! Should we be worried?
Oculus VR booth at GDC 2013
Taking a peek inside the virtual world of the Oculus Rift.

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