The alpha version of Elite Dangerous now includes support for Track IR, 3D TVs, and the Oculus Rift VR headsets, reports Rock, Paper, Shotgun, where they offer first-hand impressions of playing Frontier's upcoming space combat sequel using the Oculus Rift. VR support is still a work-in-progress with the key element of cross-hairs still missing, for instance, but they came away impressed. Here's a recent gameplay video they link (which does not show Oculus Rift support) and here's word:

All the impressive, immersive tricks the HUD needed to pull to help you to track a target aren’t needed when you can just move my head. It changed everything. I tracked the ship for a little bit, watching it slink through the asteroids. I could still see the jets burn as he twisted away in front of me, though in the confines of the Rift he now felt further away. I boosted to keep him close, but instead of locking on to keep track, I just watched, tilting my head as he swam to the left of my view and then following with the ship’s controls. If you think about that for a second, you’ll realise it reverses a lot of what’s true in dog-fighting situations without head-tracking: I’d have had to keep up with it before to keep it in view, constantly adjusting to keep it in sight. Now I knew exactly where I was turning to, which enabled me to adjust my speed a lot more accurately. The ship was never out of my view, though the missing crosshair did cause me some trouble with aiming. I won’t be ending this piece with a triumphant final blast of my weapons.