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Oculus Update Adds Room-scale ‘Guardian’ Feature, Async Spacewarp and User Reviews

In readiness for the imminent launch of Oculus' 'Touch' motion controllers, the company have rolled out the new 'Guardian' feature, their version of SteamVR's Chaperone VR boundary system for room-scale VR. The update also brings anti-judder tech Asynchronous Spacewarp...
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Oculus Chief Scientist Predicts the Next 5 Years of VR Technology

The annual presentation at Oculus Connect by Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist at Oculus, is always a highlight of the company's annual developer event, projecting a forward-thinking and ever inspirational look at the future of virtual reality. This time, at...

Oculus on Platform-exclusive VR Content: ‘it’s the only viable way to jumpstart the market’

Earlier this month we saw a slew of new Oculus Touch game announcements. Many of these new VR titles, which benefit from funding or publishing (or both) by Oculus, will launch exclusively for the Rift and Touch. And while...

Oculus Touch Will Support 360 and Room-scale Tracking With Extra Cameras

Long a point of contention, Oculus last week announced a welcome new stance: the Rift will be officially supporting 360 degree tracking and room-scale as part of the forthcoming Touch launch. At the company's 'Connect' developer conference it was finally...

Oculus Connect 3 Highlights, Questions About New Min Spec & Room-Scale Claims

In this episode of the Voices of VR podcast, I recap some of my highlights from Oculus Connect 3, but also dive into some of my biggest concerns and questions coming out of this year's big developer conference. My...

Oculus Will Cover Unreal Engine Developer Fees Through First $5M in Revenue, Per Game

Oculus covered a lot of ground during their opening keynote at Oculus Connect 3 this week; among many exciting announcements, one of interest for Unreal Engine developers might be how Oculus says that they’ll cover the royalty fees for any...

Getting Social – Oculus to Offer Persistent Avatars Across Multiplayer Games

Up until now, multiplayer games on Oculus Home have relied on their own individual avatar selectors, meaning you couldn't have the exact same avatar in two different apps. In an effort to socialize the entire platform, Oculus is introducing...

Oculus Announces $49 Earphones Accessory for Rift, Launching December 6th

At today's Oculus Connect keynote, a number of new hardware announcements were made, including the reveal of a new pair of Oculus 'Earphones' that replace the removable headphones that come with the Rift. Releasing on December 6 with pre-orders on...

Oculus Connect: Talk “Designing Touch” Live Blog @6pm PST

Oculus Touch is almost with us, but as launch day now approaches, how exactly did the unique half-moon VR controllers come to be? This talk from Oculus' Industrial Designer Peter Bristol looks to explore the challenges and decisions that...

New Oculus Render Tech Cuts Entry Level VR PC Costs to $499

Keeping games chugging along at 90 frames per second (fps) while rendering modern graphics is a tall order, which is why building a VR-ready computer is pretty much impossible with less than $600. Well, now the minimum spec—at least...
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Hands-on: Oculus’ Wireless ‘Santa Cruz’ Prototype Makes Standalone Room-scale Tracking a Reality

On stage at Oculus Connect 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased that Oculus is developing a new, standalone, wireless VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. Following the keynote, I was whisked away behind closed doors to see the so-called...
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Hands-on: ‘Arktika.1’ is a Sci-Fi Gun Fanatic’s VR Dream

Today at Oculus Connect 3, 4A Games publicly debuted their first VR FPS title for Oculus Touch, titled Arktika.1. Previously, they had teased the game leading up to the reveal and was met with anticipation, as the high quality assets, as...

3 Ways to Watch Oculus Connect Keynote Presentations in VR

Connect, Oculus's annual developer conference, is already in full swing, but if you didn't manage to book the flight and hotel to San Jose, CA, you can still pop your head in to see what this year's hubbub is...

Oculus Connect 3 Schedule Posted, to Be Streamed in Virtual Reality via NextVR

With the Oculus Connect 2016 developer conference just around the corner, the company has finally posted the full schedule of sessions and confirmed that the conference will be livestreamed in VR thanks to NextVR. Oculus' developer conference is being held...

Oculus Founder Issues Statement After Developer Backlash to Polarizing Politics

Eyes have been on Palmer Luckey, the founder of Facebook-owned Oculus, following an article linking him to 'Nimble America', a polarizing political group that's been described as part of the fringe 'alt-right'. Following developer and community backlash, Luckey has issued...
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