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Team Fortress 2 now supports the Oculus Rift

Team Fortress 2 to Get Oculus Rift ‘Virtual Reality Mode’ (Update: Confirmed, Video)

Valve Software’s hugely popular, free-to-play online FPS, Team Fortress 2 (TF2) is to get Oculus Rift support! Oculus Rift users will also be gifted a unique in-game hat. A news release provided by an anonymous source details Valve's first...
Doom 3 BFG not shipping with Oculus Rift

Doom 3 Won’t Be Ready for Oculus Rift Launch, Dev Kit Shipment Imminent

In a recent update to Kickstarter backers, Oculus VR Inc. has announced that the much anticipated Doom 3: BFG, the game that John Carmack used to help catapult the Oculus Rift's fame, will not ship alongside the Oculus Rift...
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Build Your VR Hardware with 3D Printing — USC Launches Open Source DIY VR Website

The University of Southern California's 'MxR' Lab today launched an 'open source' DIY virtual reality website. The lab is making freely available many of their innovative virtual reality hardware and software projects. Users can download schematics to 3D print...

Watch the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Panel at SXSW

The first Oculus Rift developer kits are but a few weeks away from landing in the hands of eager developers. Oculus continues to build excitement for the release; this week they were at the annual SXSW and held a virtual reality...

Guide: Build Your Own Oculus Rift VR Headset

Thanks to Rod Furlan, we've got a great DIY Oculus Rift guide to share with you. Inside you’ll find a parts list and all of the steps necessary to build your own Oculus Rift head mounted display / VR...

First Videos of Google Glass Interface Emerge from SXSW, Early Third-party Apps Previewed

The Google Glass interface has been detailed on video at the annual SXSW event for the first time. The company also showed off early native and third-party Google Glass apps including Gmail, Evernote, New York Times, and more. SXSW Interactive...

Today Only: Razer Hydra for $40, for Use with Oculus Rift

While virtual reality control schemes are still being explored, many developers have turned to the Razer Hydra as an effective input for use with the Oculus Rift. The Hydra uses magnetic tracking to determine the absolute position and orientation...

100 Google Glass Pictures

Can't get enough Google Glass? After combing the depths of the web, I bring you a Google Glass gallery of 100 unique pictures for your enjoyment. Ok maybe it's not every Glass photo, but definitely all of the good ones! I painstakingly...
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Oculus Rift Support Could Be on the Way for Battlefield 3, Future DICE Titles

Battlefield 3 could be getting Oculus Rift support along with future titles from EA-owned developer DICE. According to a recent internship posting, EA and DICE are looking for someone to “investigate and implement support for Occulus Rift SDK in...
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Oculus Rift News Bits: On Schedule for March Delivery, Secret Partner Preview, and More

Oculus Rift developer kits will soon be leaving the Chinese factory and making their way into the hands of eager developers. What's happened since our last news bits update? Oculus says that shipping is going according to schedule. They've...
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Oculus Latency Tester Announced, Reserve Yours Today

Oculus VR Inc announced the Oculus Latency Tester in the company's latest update. The device, which Oculus has been working on in the background, will allow developers to rapidly iterate during development of their virtual reality games and software by making latency...

Everything We Know About Google Glass

Google Glass could be the first product to take augmented reality into the mainstream. The forthcoming minimal head mounted display promises to make our interaction with technology more seamless and natural. There are many who will welcome it. There...
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Oculus Rift support for Crysis added by Community Modder [Video]

Oculus Rift developer and community VR enthusiast Nathan Andrews has managed to port his Half Life 2 Oculus Rift for Crysis and has released a video showing how this classic PC shooter might work in tandem with the Rift. One of...

John Carmack Talks Virtual Reality Latency Mitigation Strategies

John Carmack, the famed developer who helped put the Oculus Rift on the map, has been doing plenty of virtual reality research as of late. Carmack is particularly interested in latency. Specifically, he's interested in reducing latency to a...

The Verge Goes Hands-on With Google Glass [video]

Google Glass is an exciting wearable computing project that the company hopes will be ready for consumers by the end of 2013. The Verge's Joshua Topolsky recently got to demo Google Glass for himself -- something that only a...
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