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The First $100 You Should Spend on Oculus Rift Games

Oculus Rift pre-orders have been hitting doorsteps in limited quantities for the past few days (the first pre-order got hand-delivered from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey himself), but today marks the official launch of both the headset and the headset's software platform,...

OSVR Will Offer HDK 2 Display Upgrade for Older Headsets

OSVR's newly announced HDK 2 packs a new display which brings a significant improvement in resolution and performance. The organization says they will make available a display upgrade allowing older HDK headsets to swap for the improved display. When OSVR...

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to Testify in Oculus Vs ZeniMax Lawsuit

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been ordered to give a deposition in the long-running dispute between virtual reality company Oculus and games publisher Zenimax media after the latter claimed its intellectual property was used to improve the former's Oculus...

Insider Notes from the HTC Vive VR Jam at London’s Playhubs

The HTC Vive came to London recently, courtesy of Valve and PlayHubs, to form the centrepiece of a dedicated VR Jam. Mike Algar charts his room-scale developer adventures for us in this guest post from inside the event. Mike Alger is...
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Oculus Rift Teardown Offers Glimpse of Unique Lenses, LEDs, and More

The folks over at iFixit have taken the shiny new Oculus Rift consumer VR headset and pulled it apart to find out exactly what's inside. Among a look at the headset's IR LED placement and circuit boards, we get...

Ethereon Launches Kickstarter – A VR Adventure Game Inspired by the Classics

An ominous, desolate world awaits, and you, the silent explorer, must traverse the remains of a once great civilization and unlock its secrets to escape the clutches of puzzle-induced insanity. Did you see someone over your shoulder? It couldn't be....
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VRLO 7 Brings Latest in VR and AR to London from Epic Games, HTC, Rewind, and...

VRLO, the UK’s leading meetup for virtual reality practitioners and enthusiasts, had its seventh edition on March 20th. Hosted by Rewind, in association with Advertising Week Europe, VRLO 7 attracted 350 attendees who glimpsed the present and future of...
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CCP Games’ Adam Kraver on How VR Labs are ‘Getting Players into the Game’

Adam Kraver, Architect at CCP's recently unveiled VR Labs, speaks to Ben Lang at Fanfest 2015 about how his team is experimenting with virtual reality to "bring people into the VR space". CCP's VR Labs is only around a year...

Oculus Founder: “pre-orders are going much better than I ever could have possibly expected”

With the Oculus Rift's seemingly high $599 price tag coming as quite a surprise to the VR community, one might be tempted to think that it would put a major dent in pre-orders. Indications from Oculus suggest it may...

DriveClub VR Will Launch With the PlayStation VR, Leak Suggests

According to leaked information on a Japanese PlayStation blog post, Sony will indeed bring one of their biggest franchises DriveClub VR to market alongside PlayStation VR when it launches on October 13. Evolution Studios' DriveClub has had a troubled history, with...

HTC Partners on $1.5 Billion VR Investment Fund with Shenzhen Municipal Government

HTC and the Shenzhen Municipal Government announced plans to set up a joint China VR Research Institute, creating a 10 billion RMB (~$1.45 billion USD) Shenzhen VR Investment Fund to accelerate the development of the VR industry in China. China’s third...

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...

Jaunt Reveals “NEO”, 360 Degree Light Field Camera for “Professional-Grade” Cinematic VR

Jaunt VR, the cinematic VR company, has today announced its 5th generation of cinematic VR cameras, codenamed 'NEO', built using Light Field technology. Jaunt has sure been busy recently. The company recently announced that it had become a 'preferred partner'...

Oculus Rift DK2 Includes Integrated Latency Tester

Oculus VR has opened the doors to pre-orders of their new Oculus Rift DK2. A new video from the company highlights the improvements they've made over the DK1 and an official FAQ answers some important questions. Hidden away on...

My First Paid Experience with the Gear VR Store

I've got everything I need to kill time at the airport: Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Gear VR headset, my last bag of American Cheetos before I leave the homeland for who knows how long. I've even managed to work up the self...
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