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Update: Facebook’s CTO May Have Just Hinted at a 2015 Release Date for the Oculus Rift

On stage at Facebook's F8 conference, the company's CTO, Mike Schroepfer, may have just let slip a hint at the Oculus Rift release date. We don't often give much care to rumors of an Oculus Rift release date, but when the CTO...
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CCP Games’ Sigurður Gunnarsson Shares EVE: Valkyrie’s Origin Story

Sigurður G. Gunnarsson is a member of the VR's new-wave 'old guard'. As one of the original initiators of what was originally known as EVE-VR, the 20% project started by CCP VR enthusiasts, he's watched EVE: Valkyrie and VR's resurgence flourish....

Reload Studios’ Multiplayer FPS Revealed as ‘World War Toons’ (Screenshot Gallery)

Reload Studios, a startup comprising ex-members of Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward, have unveiled details of their new multiplayer first person shooter, built from the ground up in virtual reality. It's called World War Toons. Reload Studios' heritage must...

EVE: Valkyrie Multiplayer Tournament Livestream @ 2pm GMT, Watch it Here

EVE Fanfest 2015 concludes today, and it's going out with a competitive bang. EVE: Valkyrie is built from the ground up for VR and of course multiplayer, and so CCP have organised a live streamed tournament full of space...

Oculus Confirms Dual Screens in Crescent Bay, Consumer Rift Will Not be an Exclusive Platform

In a Q&A session at Austin's SXSW event, an Oculus panel including VP of Product Nate Mitchell and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey confirmed that their latest feature prototype, 'Crescent Bay' does indeed comprise two display panels. SXSW is underway and...
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New Crystal Rift Trailer Reveals Dungeon Level Editor

A grid-based dungeon crawler, Crystal Rift is built from the ground up for virtual reality, yet draws on some very traditional game mechanics. The team behind the Oculus Rift adventure game have released a new trailer, introducing the game's...
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New ADR1FT Trailer Shows 9 Minutes of Gorgeous Gameplay

Developer Three One Zero has a 9 minute trailer for its ‘astronaut in peril’ title ADR1FT, which also promises ground-up Oculus Rift support. Debuting at the Video Game Awards last year, it highlights why we're excited about this title. The stunning yet...

Reload Studios to Unveil and Demo New VR Shooter at VRLA Spring Expo

Reload Studios, a group comprising ex Infinity Ward and Disney veterans, are due to officially unveil their previously teased multi-player VR shooter at the next VRLA Spring Expo on March 22nd. The Virtual Reality Los Angeles (VRLA) meetup has grown and...

‘Recent History of VR’ Cartoon from Cloudhead Games is Fun if Incomplete

Resident programmer at Cloudhead Games has illustrated (literally) the huge progress that's been made in the last few years in VR hardware, culminating obviously in GDC 2015 and it's Valve Steam VR revelations. It's sometime difficult to take stock of...

Lucasarts’ Star Wars ‘Jedi Academy’ Gets Oculus Rift DK2 Support

A Lucasarts classic has been given a thoroughly modern makeover, it's received Oculus Rift DK2 support, thanks to the work of coder xLava. Last year, shortly after George Lucas sold LucasFilm off to Disney for $4.05 Billion, Lucasarts - the...
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HapTech is Bringing Realistic Weapon Recoil to a VR Controller for $60

HapTech, formerly Striker VR, are specialising in haptic and recoil simulation for use in gaming peripherals. Ben Lang got to try out the company's new prototype and chat with Founder and President Kyle Monti. We first covered HapTech, formerly known as...

Oculus Presents: Developing VR Apps with Oculus SDK – Live Blog @ 12:45 PST

"Learn about programming VR apps using the Oculus SDK. The talk will cover the current SDK, upcoming features and some future directions we are considering." Speaker: Anuj Gosalia - Director of Development, Oculus SDK Ben Lang and Scott Hayden are Live Blogging this...
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John Carmack GDC Talk on “The Dawn of Mobile VR” Video Now Avaliable

John Carmack's talks are always hotly anticipated by the geek legion (myself included) and his GDC 2015 exploration of the first years of mobile virtual reality last night was no exception. The video of the full session is now...

Oculus Releases Audio SDK Preview – Available Now

As we reported back in January, Oculus are working hard on making sure what you hear in virtual reality is great. Their VR Audio initiative was one of the focusses of Oculus' CES 2015 presence, where they demo'd updated...

AMD on Low Latency and Stutter-Free Rendering in VR and Graphics Applications – Live Blog @...

"This talk will provide a detailed explanation of several mechanisms by which graphics engine developers can dramatically reduce both actual and perceived latency and "stuttering" in graphics and virtual reality applications running on modern GPUs such as those powered...
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