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Oculus PC SDK 0.7 is a Major Overhaul, New Direct Driver Mode Made with NVIDIA &...

Oculus have given developers a heads up on their forthcoming PC SDK release, due August 20th. The release brings with it major overhauls, not least of which include a new Direct Driver Mode, developed in conjunction with NVIDIA and...

Oculus Recommends Rift Users Wait to Update to Windows 10

Despite a recently announced partnership between Microsoft and Oculus, the VR headset maker recommends that Rift users wait for official compatibility before updating to Windows 10. Windows 10 is now rolling out and many folks are excitedly updating. But if...

Hands-on: Oculus’ ‘Henry’ is a Glimpse at Cinema’s Interactive and Immersive Future

Oculus Story Studio revealed their second made-for-VR cinematic creation Henry to the world today. Noah Nelson reports for Road to VR from the Hollywood premiere where he got to watch the short film in its entirety on the Oculus Rift CV1. Beyond this invite-only...

Oculus Acquires Pebbles Interfaces, Computer Vision Hand Tracking- Breaking

Oculus today announced the acquisition of Pebbles Interfaces, an Israel based firm focused on depth sensing technology and computer vision for the purpose of hand tracking. According to Oculus' blog post, Pebbles Interfaces will officially be joining "the hardware engineering and computer vision...

2nd Round Winners of ‘Render the Metaverse’ VR Panoramic Contest Announced, Available Now on Gear VR

Oculus and OTOY have today announced the winners of the second round for Render the Metaverse, a three-month long contest to find the most compelling 360-degree stereo-panoramic still images rendered by OTOY's OctaneRender software. OTOY and Oculus have named the winners of this month's...
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24 Minutes with Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey on Rift CV1, Touch Controllers, Fresnel Lenses and More

E3 is over for another year and on this, the final day of the show, we caught up with Oculus founder and inventor of the Rift Palmer Luckey for an interview that covers everything from the Rift CV1's hybrid...

Oculus’ Palmer Luckey Explains Present and Near Future of VR at E3

During his many rounds of E3 interviews, Founder and inventor of the Oculus Rift Palmer Luckey discussed the present and near future of virtual reality. Here's a quick recap of our favorite bits: Luckey, donning an engineering sample of the...

Oculus Earmarks $10 Million for Indie VR Devs in Biggest Content Investment Yet

Oculus announced at their pre-E3 'Step into the Rift' event that they would be committing more than $10 million to accelerate indie VR developers. The investment fund signifies the largest amount of money ever publicly earmarked by Oculus for third-party content...

Oculus Reveals More than 175,000 Rift Development Kits Sold

At yesterday's Oculus 'Step into the Rift' event, Oculus listed some stats about the spread of the Rift DK1 and DK2 development kits, showing that more than 175,000 units have been sold. The Oculus Rift DK1 dev kit was the...

Oculus ‘Step into the Rift’ Event Recording Now Available

Missed Oculus' pre-E3 event today? Reading the coverage not quite the same as seeing the real deal? Good news for you, you can now watch the entire event recording right here. After weeks of anticipation, Oculus' pre-E3 press event went...

Oculus ‘Home’ Brings VR Enabled Games Portal to the Consumer Rift

Oculus showed off their solution for virtual reality enabled software delivery platform today when they gave us a glimpse of the latest version of Oculus Home. Oculus' press event in San Francisco today may have been short, but it was packed...

Oculus Touch VR Controller Launches 1st Half of 2016, Pre-orders Open Alongside Rift

The Oculus Touch VR controller will ship in the first half of 2016, says founder Palmer Luckey. The units will be available for pre-order at the same time as the Oculus Rift. After revealing the Oculus Touch 'Half Moon' prototype...

Oculus Reveals ‘Oculus Touch’ Half Moon Prototype VR Input Controller

Today at the company's 'Step into the Rift' pre-E3 event in San Francisco, Oculus revealed what they're calling 'Oculus Touch', the company's VR-specific input controller. The prototype revealed at the event was dubbed 'Half Moon' by Oculus and uses the...

Oculus ‘Step Into the Rift Event’ Livestream Starts in 2 Hours (10am PT) – Watch it...

Today is the big day for Oculus. The company's 'Step into the Rift' pre-e3 press event kicks off in 2 hours (at 10am PT), and you can join us right here, or meet up with the VR community inside...

Oculus Rift Press Event to Be Livestreamed Tomorrow at 10am PT – Here’s What We Hope...

Oculus has announced that their forthcoming 'Step into the Rift' press event will be livestreamed for all to see. The action starts at 10am PT on Thursday (tomorrow!). After recently revealing that the consumer Oculus Rift VR headset would launch...
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