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Welcoming Dominic Eskofier to the Road to VR Team

Hey there VR fans. A bit of meta-news today. I'd like to welcome Dominic Eskofier to the Road to VR team. Dominic joins in as a news contributor. He's well versed in the world of online journalism, works in the...

Oculus Rift Shipping Update — All Kickstarter Orders Delivered by End of May

Palmer Luckey, creator of the Rift and founder of Oculus VR Inc, stopped by reddit the other day to give an update on Oculus Rift shipping. According to Luckey, the company is on track to deliver all Kickstarter orders...

Half Life 2 Gets Early Official Oculus Rift Support

Gordon Goes Virtual Oculus have just announced via their Developer forums, that they've 'shipped' support for Half Life 2 in beta form at least. The update can be obtained via Steam, and you need to follow the below instructions in...

Cliff Bleszinski on the Oculus Rift: “..they’re porting Skyrim..”

Skyrim in VR In an interview with Engadget's Billy Steele, Cliff Bleszinski (aka Cliffy B) seems to confirm that Bethesda's hugely successful RPG 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' is indeed receiving official Oculus Rift support. The fact of the matter is...

Oculus Rift on the Cover of This Month’s Edge Magazine

We're happy to see the Rift on the front of one of the world's biggest gaming magazines. Congratulations to Oculus VR Inc! There were some nice insights into Oculus VR's journey; from Brendan Iribe [CEO Oculus: When we launched the kickstarter, I got...

Unofficial Mod Adds Oculus Rift Support to Minecraft

An update on something I've been eagerly looking forward to -- Oculus Rift Minecraft support. While the game's creators have hinted at official support, one modder is taking things into his own hands and has released an early mod. In...

Fancy an Execution? Step in a Virtual Reality Guillotine with Disunion

Disunion is an experimental Oculus Rift game which puts the player through a first-person execution via the infamous Guillotine. The game was created by Erkki Trummal, André Berlemont, and Morten Brunbjerg in two days as part of the Exile Game Jam in Denmark which...
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Exclusive: Zombies on the Holodeck Trailer, Alpha Download Now Available [Gameplay Video]

The latest game out of Project Holodeck is Zombies on the Holodeck, a noir-styled zombie game for the Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra. In addition to an exclusive trailer, we've links to the alpha so that you can try...

Experimental VR Interfaces in Dave Buchhofer’s Oculus Rift Playground [video]

Recently I had a chance to meet with Dave Buchhofer, a 3D artist and developer, who has been working to find intuitive VR control schemes. Part of this requires a functional user interface, and I got to see some...

Oculus Rift News Bits: 3,700 Units Shipped, Oculus Visits DICE, VR Roller Coaster Reactions, and More!

Time again for another segment of Oculus Rift News Bits! What's happened lately? Oculus says they've officially shipped 3,700 units. VP of Product Nate Mitchell was seen in Stockholm, Sweden visiting Battlefield 3 developer, DICE. And we've got a...

EVR Oculus Rift Demo Steals Thunder at Eve Online Fanfest [Video]

EVE Online Oculus Rift support is a dream for many players of the space MMORPG epic. That dream might soon be realized; CCP Games was one of the earliest backers of the Rift Kickstarter and has shown strong support...

Android/iOS Infinite Runner Game Adapted to Oculus Rift — Works Surprisingly Well

Developer Marcelo Oliveira, Kickstarter backer #117, is working on an 'infinite runner' game for the Oculus Rift -- the genre seems to fit surprisingly well! Oliveira hopes to release the game for free in the near future. In the 'infinite runner'...

Would You Take Your $1500 Google Glass in the Shower? This Guy Did.

Google Glass currently costs a cool $1500. And while Google built the unit to be water resistant, so that the wearer wouldn't have to worry about the rain, one man took things to the next step... the shower. Robert Scoble...
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Cymatic Bruce Plays Doom 3 with the Oculus Rift

Cymatic Bruce joins us again for another Rift gaming session, this time it's Doom 3 BFG! Inside you'll find the game in action, how to set up Doom 3 BFG for the Oculus Rift, and recommendations for an optimal playing experience. The...

ImmerSight Brings Positional Tracking to Any HMD, Makes You Look Like an Alien

ImmerSight is a positional tracking system, that can be used with any head mounted display, being produced by a company in Germany. Notably, this could be a solution for the Oculus Rift developer kit which currently lacks positional tracking....
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