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Oculus Mobile VR Jam Winners Announced, Taking Home $1 Million in Prizes

Oculus today announced the winners of the Mobile VR Jam, a contest that saw some of the most innovative games and experiences targeted at the Gear VR platform. Divided among two tracks—Games and Apps/Experiences—more than 300 entries made exclusively for the...

Watch Oculus Connect Keynote Live Commentary with TWiT TV Gang and Road to VR’s Ben Lang...

Respected and longstanding tech news media network TWiT.tv (This Week in Tech) has kept a watchful eye on virtual reality's growth over the years and tomorrow will live stream coverage of Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe's opening keynote address at the...

Sony HMZ-T1 HMD Still Scarce Worldwide in Sony Stores and Online, Demo Units May be Available

The other week I reported that Sony's HMZ-T1 HMD, which 'launched' on 11/11/11, had been backordered and pushed back to an estimated availability date of 1/17/12. All store stock was going to be diverted to those who had pre-ordered...

Google is Creating a “Next-generation” 3D VR Camera “From Scratch”

A slew of new virtual reality job listings from Google hint at projects the company may have up their sleeve, including the creation of a stereoscopic 3D VR camera. Two new job listing from Google seek a Hardware and Software...

‘Elite: Dangerous’ to Get HTC Vive Support this Year, Play it on SteamVR at EGX 2015

Elite: Dangerous is getting support for Valve's flagship VR headset the HTC Vive later this year. What's more, if you're in the UK and heading to this week's EGX 2015 show, you'll have a chance to try it out. Elite:...

GDC Spins VRDC Into Standalone VR Industry Conference with Expanded Scope

Under the umbrella of GDC 2016 in March, GDC event organizer UBM hosted its first dedicated VR event, the Virtual Reality Developers Conference. After the successful pilot run, the organizers have decided to spin the event out into a standalone...

Oculus Rift Raffle Raises $2,367 for Charity — Interview with Omnithon’s Kyle Owsen

Last week, gaming charity drive group Omnithon raised $2,367 for the Child's Play charity. The event was a 48-hour Oculus Rift gaming marathon that was streamed live to viewers -- at the end, the team raffled the Oculus Rift...
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‘Psychonauts VR’ Experience Coming Exclusively to PlayStation VR – Breaking

Taking to the stage at PlayStation Experience, developer Double Fine has announced a Psychonauts VR experience which will be exclusive to PlayStation VR. Having recently announced a sequel to cult-classic Psychonauts (2005), Double Fine has just announced that the studio is also working...

Oculus Adds Video Capture Function to Gear VR SDK

Gear VR users are still waiting for Oculus to officially open video capture for the masses, but according to a recent update in the documentation section for the Mobile SDK, app developers will now be able to capture "live, full resolution,...

10 Oculus Rift Demo Reactions from GDC 2013

At GDC 2013, people waited upwards of two hours in line to try the Oculus Rift developer kit. Was it worth the wait? Did it live up to the hype? I interviewed 10 people right after they stepped out of the...

MATTER VR Signs with EEVO for Streaming VR Content Distribution

MatterVR, a VR content house founded by film industry vets, has announced a distribution deal with Eevo, a streaming platform for curated VR video. MatterVR may be relatively new to the VR scene, but they bring with them decades of...
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Oculus Touch Shooter ‘Bullet Train’ Publicly Debuts at SEA VR Oct 28th, Register to Try it...

Connect 2, Oculus' developer conference held last month, witnessed a focus on their new VR input system Oculus Touch, including a flagship title built from the ground up for the devices from Epic Games named Bullet Train, a virtual...

Road to VR Named ‘Official Partner’ of VRDC 2016

Today we're proud to announce that Road to VR has been selected as the official partner of VRDC 2016, the VR-centric event complementing the forthcoming GDC 2016. As the destination of some of the most important reveals in the history...

Preliminary Oculus Rift DK2 Support Comes to Second Life and OpenSim

David Rowe, the developer behind the unofficial CtrlAltStudio Viewer for Second Life and Open Sim, has released a preliminary build to give Oculus Rift DK2 users their first glimpse into the popular virtual world. David Rowe developed the first unofficial...

SDC 2014: Oculus Launches Mobile SDK for Android Development on Gear VR—Breaking

Oculus has just released their long awaited mobile SDK for Android development on Samsung's forthcoming Gear VR headset. Oculus Mobile SDK 0.4.0 Now Available for Download The 868MB Oculus Mobile SDK can be downloaded in the Oculus developer portal here. Oculus...
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