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‘VR Karts: Sprint’ Comes to Gear VR with Mario Kart-Style Online Multiplayer

VR Karts: Sprint, the Gear VR adaptation of VR Karts, is now on the Gear VR store. With the addition of online multiplayer, you can now race around the game's cartoony kingdom against competitors from all over the globe. Indie studio Viewpoint Games has released...

Oculus Reveals More than 175,000 Rift Development Kits Sold

At yesterday's Oculus 'Step into the Rift' event, Oculus listed some stats about the spread of the Rift DK1 and DK2 development kits, showing that more than 175,000 units have been sold. The Oculus Rift DK1 dev kit was the...

Oculus Will Demo 9 Rift Games at E3, Book Your Session Now

Oculus is now taking Rift demo appointments at E3 through their app. If you'll be at E3 and want to get your head into the Rift consumer version for the first time, jump in and sign up! You'll get...

Oculus ‘Step into the Rift’ Event Recording Now Available

Missed Oculus' pre-E3 event today? Reading the coverage not quite the same as seeing the real deal? Good news for you, you can now watch the entire event recording right here. After weeks of anticipation, Oculus' pre-E3 press event went...

Consumer Oculus Rift to Ship with Xbox One Wireless Controller

At Oculus' special press event today, CEO Brendan Iribe announced that the consumer edition of the Oculus Rift VR Headset will ship with an Xbox One controller as standard. It seems Oculus and Microsoft have gotten quite close over the...
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A Glimpse at the Oculus Rift Launch Games Lineup

Here's a glimpse at the Oculus Rift's consumer edition launch line up as announced at Oculus' special press event in San Francisco today.  

More Optimization Tips from Oculus for Unity-based Gear VR Projects

Chris Pruett, Oculus’ head of developer relations and co-founder of Robot Invader, elucidates more about the technical knacks for optimizing Unity-based works intended for the Samsung Gear VR mobile platform. See Also: Oculus Shares Optimization Tips for Unity-based Gear VR Projects In...

VR Developer Reload Studios Picks up $2 Million Investment

Reload Studios, a VR development studio formed by former Call of Duty developers, has announced that they've received a $2 million investment from World Innovation Lab. World Innovation Lab is a tech investment firm based in Silicon Valley and Tokyo....

1 Million Cardboard Headsets Shipped, Google Says

The latest public data point on the number of Google Cardboard viewers shipped shows tremendous growth for this inexpensive entry point into virtual reality. A week after Google launched Cardboard as an experiment at I/O 2014, the company told us they'd...
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Watch 2 Players Take on GTA V with Cyberith Virtualizer Treadmills in Virtual Reality

Cyberith are well known for their fun and irreverent gameplay videos, demonstrating their omni-directional treadmill the Virtualizer. The team are back with this new video, showing 2-player Grand Theft Auto V hilarity as they career around San Andreas in...

Google Developing Custom Optics for VR Headsets, New Job Listing Hints

As part of Google's growing virtual reality developments, the company is seeking an Optical Design Engineer for Cardboard and Virtual Reality. The job listing says that the employee will "Drive the design of novel optical designs...". The full-time job listing, posted...

Samsung Gear VR for S6 Retailing Through Amazon and Prime

If you're a VR enthusiast and one of Amazon's more than 200 million active online shoppers, you may like to know that Samsung's headset will soon be officially available for online purchase from the online retailer, and even 'Primable'...

EVE:Valkyrie Alpha Build Now Available to Selected Players

EVE:Valkyrie, the virtual reality space combat title from CCP Games, is now available in alpha form to selected, registered players. One of the first titles to be announced from a major publisher to be built from the ground up for...

FOVE Passes Kickstarter Goal in Under 4 Days

FOVE, the eye-tracking VR headset, has reached its crowdfunding goal in less than 4 days time. Stretch goals have yet to be revealed. After having quickly blown past the Kickstarter goal in the course of 96 hours, the landmark VR headset has come ever closer to...
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‘Courage’ is a Beautiful, Co-op VR Game Made in 12 Weeks by Students

A group of students at designed and developed this stunning looking 2 player co-op game in just 12 weeks with a team of 11. The title was created as part of a Game Design module at the University of...
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