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Oculus Home on the Samsung Gear VR is a VR Content Portal Backed by Oculus Store

As more and more information piles in on the long rumoured Samsung Gear VR Headset announced at Samsung's special event today, it's becoming clear just how integral Oculus are to not only the hardware but also content and the...

HTC’s New ‘VR Ad Service’ Can Tell If You’ve Looked at an Ad or Not

In-game advertisement (IGA) is a pretty divisive issue; on one hand it provides needed incentive to developers who otherwise wouldn't have the funds, on the other hand its ... advertisement, something most people try to avoid on principle. Now...

Samsung Gear VR is ‘Powered by Oculus’

Early photos of the Samsung Gear VR smartphone adapter firm up Samsung's partnership with Oculus showing a 'Powered By Oculus' logo on the side of the new headset. Engadget got an early look at Samsung's Gear VR smartphone adapter for...

My Unopened Oculus Rift and Why the Vive Stole My Heart

I have a confession to make: my Rift CV1 arrived two weeks ago and I only just opened it. You see... I was busy the night it arrived, and then the next day the Vive arrived, and it has...

‘Sword Art Online’ Fan Prototype Brings Bullet Dodging and Blocking to VR with the Razer Hydra

Sword Art Online is a popularly acclaimed modern action-anime based around virtual reality. It's proven inspiring enough for one fan to create an Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra prototype which allows players to dodge and block bullets while firing...

NewRetroArcade Version 2 is Out, Now With Support for SNES, NES, and MAME

Version 2 of the '80s inspired NewRetroArcade is out, now offering an even wider selection of '80s and '90s emulated titles. The developers, DigitalCyberCherries, haven't just swapped a few cabinets in the reminiscently dingy virtual arcade though, but have actually added support for...

Oculus Wants You to Talk With ‘Parties’ and Play in ‘Rooms’

Remember that friends list you made back when you got your Samsung Gear VR or Oculus Rift? Yeah. It's been pretty useless. Today Oculus announced that they'll soon be turning on social with the help of two new social...

‘Everest ’53’ Will Take Viewers on a Historically Accurate Journey of Mountain’s First Summit

In 1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to successfully summit Everest, the world's tallest mountain at 29,029 feet. Now, VR content house CGO Studios is teaming up with descendants of those first summiteers to recreate the momentous...

CNN Launches New Immersive Journalism Initiative, CNNVR

CNN has officially launched CNNVR, a new immersive journalism unit and virtual reality platform with CNN Digital. Capturing major news events in 360 video, the global team will produce weekly virtual reality experiences and live streams. News organisations have tested...

Oculus Touch Global Backorder Has New Orders Shipping 10 to 15 Days After Launch

The long anticipated Oculus Touch controllers launch on December 6th. If you're just putting in your pre-order with Oculus today, you may not have your hands on the device until later in the month. Other retailers may still have unordered...
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Hands-on: Rhythm Game ‘Audio Beats’ is a Hidden Gem That Plays to VR’s Strengths

At SVVR 2017 this week in Silicon Valley, Chinese VR developer organization VRCore brought a range of content to the show representing some of the VR work happening in the West. Among that content was Audio Beats by developer Famiku,...
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First Look: Inside Oculus ‘Arcade’ Beta – New Tech Brings Back Games of a Bygone Era

Oculus has today released their much awaited Arcade app, which lets you play a number of original classic arcade titles from Sega, Midway, and Bandai Namco. While you won't need virtual quarters to try out the games for a limited time,...

Gear VR Will Soon be Able to Livestream VR Gameplay to Facebook

Oculus plans to bring livestreaming to Gear VR, letting users stream their gameplay to Facebook allowing friends to watch and interact with comments and reactions. One of the common problems with Gear VR and mobile VR in general is that,...

Digital Combat Simulator (DCS), the DK2 Enabled Flight Sim That Flew under the Radar at E3...

Guest writer Kevin Williams lifts the lid on a game which missed the glare of the media spotlight at E3 2014—Digital Combat Simulator. During E3 2014, there was a crowded assortment of demonstrators on the Oculus VR booth. One of...

Hands-on: Killing Zombies with the Survios Prime 3 Prototype is a Blast [video]

Survios, formerly Project Holodeck, continues to work to create a fully immersive virtual reality environment. I got my hands on their latest prototype hardware, dubbed the Prime 3, to slay Zombies on the Holodeck once again. The last time I...
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