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Mark Zuckerberg on Oculus Toybox and Touch “The Craziest Oculus Experience”
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of social media giant Facebook, has become more and more vocal around the company's virtual and augmented reality plans of late. He took to the stage at Oculus' recent developer conference 'Connect' and now he's waxing...
Oculus Video Hands-On: Twitch, Vimeo, and Movies Come to Gear VR
Oculus Video received an update today for Gear VR, which delivers the much awaited integration of streaming content from Twitch, Vimeo, and purchasable movies.
In preparation for the consumer launch, Oculus is filling out the Gear VR platform with a...
Facebook Founder Confirms Work on Augmented Reality
Faceboook's move to position itself at the forefront of immersive technologies with the acquisition of Oculus VR last year, may have implications beyond Virtual Reality. During a talk at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in San Francisco, Mark Zuckerberg...
Oculus May Have Something in Store for Their 2012 Kickstarter Backers as the Consumer Rift Launches
At Oculus Connect 2015 I sat down with Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey to learn more about the latest at the conference and the impending launch of the consumer version of the Oculus Rift. Although the company's 2012 Kickstarter seems...
The First Oculus Rift Has Rolled off the Production Line
At Oculus Connect 2015, key members of the teams responsible for designing and manufacturing the consumer Oculus Rift took to the stage to talk about the process of creating a headset for mass production. It was revealed that the first...
Palmer Luckey Explains Why the Oculus Rift Will Cost “More than $350”
As we approach the Rift's Q1 2016 consumer launch, Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey has given us a new minimum for the still unannounced Oculus Rift price.
In the humble beginnings of Oculus, the company sought to create an affordable consumer VR...
‘Henry’ Realtime VR Trailer Hits Oculus Share, A Glimpse at the Evolution of Storytelling
Oculus Story Studio, the VR headset company's in-house production team, has released an immersive trailer of their animated VR short featuring a lovable little hedgehog, Henry.
Henry is Story Studio's second film, but really shows the company's Pixar DNA which they acquired from several of...
‘Shipping Hardware: The Evolution of the Rift’ Liveblog @ 5:30PM PT
Oculus' Caitlin Kalinowski, Product Design Engineering Manager, and Stephanie Lue, Hardware Program Management Manager, will take to the stage at Oculus Connect to talk about the challenges of designing virtual reality hardware. We'll be liveblogging the session which begins at 5:30PM PT (check...
Oculus Founder Affirms “We won’t be launching Rift preorders” at Oculus Connect
In a move seemingly designed to diffuse mounting expectations of VR enthusiasts everywhere on the eve of Oculus' Connect developer conference, Palmer has quelled any hopes of Oculus Rift CV1 pre-order at the show. However, seems like we may...
‘Oculus Social SDK’ Slips Out in Connect 2 Schedule
Details of Oculus' second 'Connect' VR developer conference are now out and hints at a new 'Social SDK' which it's presumed is designed to help developers to create applications designed to being people together in VR.
There are many examples of disruptive...
Oculus Announces Connect 2 Schedule, 3 Days Full of VR Knowledge-building
Oculus Connect, the company's developer-focused VR event, heads into its second year come September 23rd. The company has revealed the schedule of speakers and presentations to be held throughout the three day conference.
Oculus Connect 2 will be hosted at...
New Oculus Touch Documentation Reveals Capacitive Buttons and Recognizable Gestures
While the Oculus Touch controller is largely designed to tell the computer where a user's hands are, the controller also has an idea of what a user's fingers are doing. New documentation adds to our understanding of the controller's hand-tracking capabilities,...
How to Win an Oculus Touch Demo at PAX Prime
While Oculus has a booth full of their Rift CV1 headsets for PAX attendees to try out, the company's new 'Touch' motion input controller is behind closed doors. But that doesn't mean they're off-limits entirely. A few lucky PAX-goers...
Oculus SDK v0.7 Beta is Released With ‘Preliminary’ Windows 10 Support, Multiple Enhancements
The latest v0.7 release of Oculus' Software Development Kit and Runtime Driver is now here, bringing with it multiple enhancements alongside preliminary Windows 10 support.
As we detailed a couple of weeks ago, Oculus' latest and much anticipated SDK release is...
Oculus CEO “We’ll have a new demo or prototype or dev kit to show every year”
In an interview with the Wired UK, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe alluded to the kind of lifecycle we can expect with the consumer Oculus Rift.
The Oculus Rift is here - or it will be soon. But how long will...
















