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Speculation: Unreal Engine 4 May Soon be Free for Oculus Rift Dev Kit Owners
Just last week we reported that Oculus Rift support would be made available for developers using the free version of Unity, the 3D game engine, previously only available with Unity Pro costing $1500 or $75 per month on subscription....
Oculus Confirms Mobile SDK Launch in October, Gear VR Release Date This Fall
At Oculus Connect last weekend I spoke with the company's Head of Mobile, Max Cohen, who confirmed that Oculus plans to release its Android mobile SDK in early October. Gear VR, which runs virtual reality games and experienced built...
Interview: Oculus Head of Mobile – Gear VR is ‘Designed for 5 to 20 Minute Experiences’
At Oculus Connect 2014 last weekend in Hollywood, CA, I spoke with Oculus VR's Head of Mobile, Max Cohen, about his work on the Android SDK and Samsung's Gear VR. Among other topics, Cohen noted that Gear VR is...
John Carmack’s Brilliant Oculus Connect Keynote Goes ‘off Message from the Standard PR Plan’
There are two sorts of people in this world: those that have listened to John Carmack talk and those who are unenlightened. One of the key minds behind Doom and Quake is a most unlikely orator, but one who...
Oculus Shares 5 Key Ingredients for Presence in Virtual Reality
Having open-sourced the design and software that powered their first VR headset, Oculus shares 5 key ingredients that it believes are the baseline for achieving Presence in virtual reality.
See Also: Oculus Open-sources Rift DK1: Mechanical Designs, Firmware, and More All...
8 Photos of Internal Gear VR Prototypes Revealed by Oculus
At Oculus Connect, CEO Brendan Iribe took to the stage to talk about the company's recent work, including their collaboration on Samsung's Gear VR headset. During the presentation, Iribe showed photos of 8 previously unseen Gear VR prototypes.
Samsung Gear...
Oculus Connect: Elevating Your VR – Live Blog @ 4:45pm PDT
"How to recognize what elevates VR from good, to breathtaking, and practical steps on how to get there. In this presentation, we explore how to recognize the levels of excellence to aspire to in VR, and how to take...
Oculus Connect: Learnings from UE4 Engine Integration and Demos – Live Blog @ 3:30pm PDT
"We’ll give a high-level overview of how we integrated the Oculus Rift hardware into Unreal Engine 4, with a focus on tricks we used to reduce latency and optimize the engine. Additionally, we’ll go through the successes, failures, and...
Oculus Connect Begins Tomorrow, Live Stream Details, Schedule and Speculation
It's upon us. Oculus Connect, probably the most eagerly anticipated event this year (at least for the VR community) and perhaps Oculus VR's most important event in it's young life, kicks off at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood, CA tomorrow...
News Bits: Oculus SDK v0.4.2 Beta Released – New Firmware, Chromatic Aberration Fix, and More
Oculus VR has released an updated version of their SDK, the Oculus SDK v0.4.2 Beta. The update includes new firmware, with a fix for the Rift DK2's built-in latency tester, a chromatic aberration fix for headsets using the minimum...
Oculus CEO: ‘You’ll See A Lot of Devices Powered By Oculus on Mobile and PC’
Following the Samsung Gear VR announcement and the official reveal of the "deep and integrated partnership" with Oculus, the company's CEO, Brendan Iribe, confirms that Gear VR is but one of many 'Powered by Oculus' devices to come.
Yesterday's announcement...