Oculus Rift
Hands On: Crytek Unveils Oculus Rift Exclusive Title ‘The Climb’
Crytek is widely known for best-selling titles like Crysis and the Far Cry series, but today they’re announcing an exciting new VR-exclusive game called The Climb. When coupled with previously-announced VR games Robinson: The Journey and Dinosaur Island, it...
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'...
Oculus Audio SDK is Out of Beta, Includes Over 500 Free Sound Effects
Oculus' Audio SDK is now officially out of beta, giving developers a range of audio spatialization plugins for Unity, Unreal Engine, and audio middleware along with a free library of over 500 high-quality sound effects designed by Oculus specifically for use...
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...
EVE: Valkyrie Will Ship With Every Oculus Rift at Launch
CCP Games have announced that their made-for-VR online, multi-player space shooter EVE: Valkyrie, will ship free with every consumer Oculus Rift VR headset at launch, some time in Q1 2016.
Today, CCP Games have announced that their first made-for-VR title...
Valve Adds Support for Latest Oculus Rift SDK in SteamVR Update
Amidst ongoing development of Valve's SteamVR platform, a recent update has brought support for the latest version of the Oculus Rift SDK and Runtime.
Apparently in an effort to ensure continued support for the Oculus Rift through SteamVR, a November...
Oculus to Talk Rift “Family Screen Time” at CES 2016
Oculus' Head of Display Technology is set to talk at CES on the subject of how the Oculus Rift VR Headset, due for launch in Q1 2016, might just be the "The Family Friend" when it comes to entertaining...
dSky’s Celestrion Lets You Tinker With Your Own Virtual Solar System
Developers dSky have just launched a public beta of their Oculus Rift DK2 compatible virtual reality Orrery, Celestrion.
It's an extremely polished looking application the allows you to play with a "...working heliocentric 3d model of our solar system." and...
Hands-On with Epic Games’ ‘Bullet Train’ and Oculus Touch at SEA-VR
Guest writer Michael Glombicki attended SEA-VR, a Seattle based virtual reality event, yesterday where local developers Epic Games - creators of Unreal Engine - and went hands-on with their latest Oculus Touch enabled, first person, VR shooter 'Bullet Train'...
Oculus Social Alpha is Now Available for Gear VR
Oculus has quietly launched an alpha version of it's long awaited 'Social' platform, debuting on the Samsung Gear VR. The application lets your pick avatars, share virtual spaces and interact with others in virtual reality and represents somewhat of...
A Farewell to Oculus Dev Kits, The DK2 is Now Sold Out
If you're looking to get your hands on an new Oculus Rift DK2, you should start trawling the online auctions for a mint-in-the-box headset, because the company's latest and final developer kit is now sold out.
With the consumer Oculus Rift...
Lucky’s Tale Developer Playful Gets $25M Investment
We've been tracking Playful since E3 2014, when the developer behind virtual reality platformer Lucky's Tale blew away the pre-conception that VR was reserved only for first person games. Now, the developer is to receive $25M to accelerate the game's...
Coatsink Software’s Tom Beardsmore Talks ‘Esper’ Coming to Oculus Rift
Tom Beardsmore is CEO of Coatsink Software, the studio responsible for the Gear VR puzzle game Esper. With the not-too-distant release of the consumer version of the Oculus Rift on the rise, I wanted to know more about how Coatsink...
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...




















