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Oculus Rift Shipping to Select Developers This Week with SDK 1.0

Oculus has announced via their official blog that "early builds of final Rift hardware" are shipping this week to developers alongside the Oculus SDK 1.0. According to Oculus, developers will start getting their hands on near-final Oculus Rift headsets this week....

Crytek and Oculus on How VR Made “The Climb” Possible

Crytek just announced its new virtual reality rock climbing game The Climb, coming exclusively to the Oculus Rift platform next year. We sat down with Crytek and Oculus to discuss the new title. At a special event in California this...

Oculus Founder Says Rift “Works fine” for Room-scale VR

Over the weekend, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey "Threw Oculus Sensors in opposing corners of this room for the hell of it," replicating a 'room-scale' VR setup like the HTC Vive. The result? "Works fine," he says. The notion of 'room-scale'...

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...

Oculus Remains Silent on 2015 Rift & Touch Pre-orders in Wake of Vive Delay

Following the HTC Vive delay which pushed the headset just into Q2 2016, eyes turn to Oculus to see if they can deliver on the Rift's Q1 2016 release date window. While Valve and HTC's initial Vive shipping target of...

Oculus Wants to “work with other hardware vendors,” Founder Reaffirms

Responding to criticisms about the potential for Oculus Rift game exclusivity, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey reaffirms that the company is interested in working with other hardware vendors through the Oculus platform. While the Oculus Rift may be the first desktop...
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‘Rock Band VR’ Announced by Oculus and Harmonix

At The Game Awards 2015, Oculus has announced Rock Band VR, a new title in partnership with Rock Band creator Harmonix. Taking to the stage after a comedic promo involving the band DragonForce, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey announced that Rock Band...

Watch The Game Awards Livestream Right Here Starting at 9PM ET for Oculus “Special Announcement”

https://youtu.be/x4WXkKQiEw8 Earlier this week it was announced that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey would take to the stage at The Game Awards 2015 to make a "special announcement." If you'd like to tune in to the show live, you can catch...
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Oculus Founder to Make ‘Special Announcement’ at The Game Awards on December 3rd

Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey is set to take the stage of The Game Awards this Thursday, December 3rd to make a 'special announcement'. The Game Awards 2015 marks the second year for the ceremony, produced by game journalist and host Geoff...
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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,...

Oculus Arcade Beta Now Available With 21 Coin-op Classics on Gear VR

With the reveal of today's pre-order for the first consumer Gear VR, Oculus has launched the beta version of Arcade, the company's first-party title currently featuring 21 classic arcade games from Sega, Midway, and Bandai Namco. Oculus Arcade beta is...

Facebook Expects First Year VR Headset Shipments in Line with Early Smartphones, in the “Hundreds of...

During today's Facebook Q3 2015 earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg set measured expectations for first year shipments of VR headsets. The consumer VR industry has been in an R&D phase for the last few years but the beginning of the...

Facebook-like ‘Code of Conduct’ Governs Voice Communication in Oculus Social Alpha

Oculus released their first social platform to the world last week, a Gear VR app called Oculus Social that currently connects up to five people to watch shared viewings of Twitch and Vimeo streams. And like Facebook, Oculus' parent...
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Oculus Social Alpha Now Available Worldwide

Oculus quietly released their first foray into virtual reality interaction last week when Oculus Social appeared for the Gear VR. However, the initial release was region locked to North America. Oculus has now announced that it has now launched...

Oculus Releases PC SDK 0.8 with “Improved Support for Windows 10”

As the company drives toward releasing SDK 1.0 alongside the consumer Oculus Rift they've now released SDK 0.8 with "Improved Support for Windows 10." Until SDK 0.7, the Oculus Rift didn't officially support Windows 10. With SDK 0.8, the company...
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