Do you think oculus rift will support motion simulators?

I want to build a motion simulator to use with oculus rift when it is released, but I have heard no news about it supporting motion simulators. Do you think it will be possible, even if not officially supported?

Well as long as we support the game with a motion plugin and the game dev's have supported the rift then you will have motion in the game.

Im presently using Elite Dangerous and have a mate in the UK on 3DOF rig also play it with the rift, we go hunting and mining , with skype for communication too. All good fun.

mmm Interesting I wonder what they are actually doing ? Be good to find a bit more info.

Well the SDK would tell us something about access to that, Man I need to find a cheap one on EBAY or GUMTREE.

Yes, I think it will be possible at some point in time, but probably never officially supported.

If I were financially involved in the rift and had a say in its development I would be asking, “If we officially support motion simulation with the rift and someone gets injured or dies while using this combination, will we have any liability?” By supporting motion on a device that covers your eyes and doesn’t normally allow you to see your surroundings while using it seems like a prime candidate for a lawsuit if someone is injured. Especially in the USA where we don’t have a loser pays all system. So if someone gets injured (or even if they don’t) they could file a lawsuit claiming they got hurt because, “ they didn’t see it coming”. Even if the company wins, they still loose because they still have to pay their own cost defending themselves. There is probably little financial gain (relatively speaking) in supporting motion in the first place so why open yourself up to possible legation. At least, that is my thinking.

There are a lot of clever people out there though so even if it’s never officially supported I expect there will be solutions eventually.

I had a bit of a problem using pots to cancel motion. I believe it's still possible by using a lookup table (due to the non-linear nature of frame angle ratio to pot position). But, I got a bit frustrated.

I ended up getting a pair of high resolution encoders (2400 pulse per rotation). They were cheaper than the darn pots, go figure.

Anyway, my goal is to affix them to a pair of pillow block bearings mounted to the frame (borrowing from an idea in this simulator: posted by cyberxu here http://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/new-update-for-my-2dof-simseat.6100/#post-66840). If it works the way I believe it should, it will provide the exact angles to cancel out from the Rift's IMU, at the correct time (even a rigid frame has some lag, but as positioned, it should experience the angle at the same moment as the player). Despite the cheap price, these encoders appear to be insanely durable, and no A/D noise issues. I'm really tempted to see how well they could replace the pots, if only I had a better way to do the power-up calibrations.

Anyway, there are a ton on e-bay from china. The ones I got all came bundled with free flexible shaft couplers, how cool is that?

I have been running my motion sim with a DK2 since it was released, while not perfect (camera off sim) since upgrading my computer - i7, SSD, 980 etc it rarely losses track. Basically works fine for me, just would like more pixels.

Here's hoping Yes, motion cancellation with the camera remote from the sim - long day....

What is motion cancellation?

VR headsets are eventually aimed at consoles, so motion will not be needed. The percentage of people whom use motion on rides is incredibly small , and even motion arcades may have to write a side program of some sort to get it to work right, or restrict the games list.
As @BlazinH says, liability from country to country will vary, so each country will have to deal with it separately.