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VR Expert to Oculus Rift Devs: Make Sure You’re Doing 3D Right

It turns out that rendering stereoscopic 3D images is not as simple as slapping two slightly different views side-by-side for each eye. There's lots of nuance that goes into rendering a proper 3D view that properly mimics real world...
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Second Life Developers Confirm Oculus Rift Support is on the Way

Second Life will soon be added to the list of Oculus Rift games, according to a report from New World Notes. A spokesman from Linden Labs, developer of Second Life, has confirmed Oculus Rift integration and promises "strong support"...

Leap Motion Hand Tracking Integrated with Oculus Rift and Positional Tracking [video]

If you haven't heard of the Leap Motion, you've got some catching up to do. It's an $80 motion sensing peripheral, designed to sit on your desk, that boasts ultra low latency and ultra high accuracy for tracking hands and other...
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Half-Life 2 Gets The Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra Treatment, Mod Now Available for Download

Last time we checked in on Nathan Andrews, he was working on a Half Life 2 VR mod to support independent head and gun tracking. Andrews has continued his work on the mod which now supports the Oculus Rift...

10 Tips for Safety and Success When Demoing the Oculus Rift to the Public

Christer-Andrew (aka Namielus) shares his 10 step illustrated guide on how to demo your Oculus Rift safely and effectively to your friends, family, colleagues or customers. Originally started as a post on the MTBS3D forums, this expanded and now...

Watch Palmer Luckey’s Oculus Rift GDC Presentation and Q&A Here

At GDC 2013, Oculus VR Inc. gave a series of presentations on virtual reality. The company has now posted Palmer Luckey's talk, 'Virtual Reality: The Holy Grail of Gaming' online for your viewing pleasure. Palmer Luckey's Oculus Rift GDC 2013...

Google Glass News Bits: Online Manual Reveals New Features, Glass Goes Go Karting

Google Glass videos are starting to pop up as the AR glasses reach early adopters. One video shows a cool perspective on a go kart race. Google has published the Glass manual online which reveals some official Google Glass...

First Google Glass Unboxing Video Appears as Early Adopters Begin Receiving Units

Google Glass Explorer Dev Kits are being delivered to developers – and following suit are the first unboxing videos that show the device's great production quality. Last year at Google’s I/O conference, the web behemoth offered an exclusive look into...

Latest Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Video Shows Intense TF2 Gameplay With Oculus Rift and New Prototype

A new video of the Virtuix Omni omnidirectional treadmill shows the latest prototype unit being used to play TF2 with the Oculus Rift. As expected, using your entire body to move inside of the game looks significantly more immersive...

Gallery Kickstarter Ends With 127% of Goal, New Rift/Hydra Video Shows Tantalizing Early Gameplay

CloudHead games, developers of the forthcoming Oculus Rift game The Gallery: Six Elements, have just closed a successful Kickstarter funding round with $82,937 of their $65,000 goal. A new video reveals some early gameplay which makes use of the...

Oculus Rift USB Power Hack Eliminates Need for a Wall Adapter

The Oculus Rift developer kit is driven by an external power source – but a resourceful modder has found a way to power the unit through USB, making the wall plug obsolete. As detailed in a blog post by Michael...

Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Headed to Kickstarter: Walk, Jump, and Sprint in Virtual Reality

The Virtuix Omni is a passive omnidirectional treadmill that looks like it could fill one of the last major missing pieces of the VR puzzle. The Omni, which is soon to hit Kickstarter, allows players to walk, jump, and...

Mechwarrior Online Oculus Rift Support On the Way?

The developers of MechWarrior Online, the latest title in the long-standing mech franchise, tried out the Oculus Rift at GDC 2013 and seem very impressed. Their report from GDC teases heavily that Oculus Rift support for MWO could be...

How to Add Positional Tracking to the Oculus Tuscany Demo with the Razer Hydra

Tony Bowren recently shared his rather ingenious solution to the problem of the Oculus Rift Development Kit's lack of positional tracking using the Razer Hydra on YouTube. He talks to us about this project, a little of himself, and...
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Oculus Rift Teardown Reveals Good Modding Potential, High Repairability

Ever wondered what the inside of the Oculus Rift dev kit actually looks like or how it scores when it comes to reparability? If you have, be sure to check out iFixit's extensive Oculus Rift disassembly. The writers take...
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