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Gamescom 2014: Hands-On With Pollen from Mindfield Games and Developer Interview (Video)

Pollen from Helsinki based developer Mindfield Games is an immensely promising 'Oculus Rift Optimised' story driven adventure set on Saturn moon Titan. I got a chance to catch up wit of the Mindfield team at this year's Gamescom in...

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...

Proton Pulse Finally Returns – Now on Samsung Gear VR

In a brief announcement made via the /r/oculus subreddit, developer Justin Moravetz says that the once troubled Oculus Rift project Proton Pulse will finally be released in full on the new Samsung Gear VR headset. Proton Pulse is Back Those who...

John Carmack: Samsung’s Gear VR is a “Landmark first step” for Mobile VR

Samsung revealed their Gear VR headset this morning in their IFA Unpacked press presentation in Berlin. If you weren't able to catch the broadcast, the 10 minute Gear VR segment, with appearance by Oculus CTO John Carmack, is right...

New DK2 Enabled Senza Peso Featured by Epic Games at Pax Prime, Download it Now

I took a look at a very early version of a DK2 enabled Senza Peso demo recently (see the above video) just after Oculus' second VR Headset shipped and it remains one of the most impressive VR showcases out...

Samsung Gear VR Specifications Reveal Sub-20ms Latency Thanks to Oculus Tracker

Samsung is launching their Gear VR headset with the subhead 'Innovator Edition'. We've got the full specifications, which include sub-20ms motion-to-photons latency. Samsung Gear VR Specs: Optical Lens 96˚ Field of View Sensor Accelerator, Gyrometer, Magnetic, Proximity Motion to Photon Latency < 20ms Focal Adjustment Covers Nearsighted /...

Samsung Gear VR is ‘Powered by Oculus’

Early photos of the Samsung Gear VR smartphone adapter firm up Samsung's partnership with Oculus showing a 'Powered By Oculus' logo on the side of the new headset. Engadget got an early look at Samsung's Gear VR smartphone adapter for...

Hacker Awarded $25,000 for Identifying Security Exploits in Oculus Developer Center

A 'whitehat' hacker scored some serious cash for identifying security vulnerabilities in Oculus VR's developer portal. The exploits, which could have been used to plant malicious code in the Oculus SDK, among other mischievous things, have been patched and...

News Bits: HL2VR 1.4 Mod Released, The Best Half-Life 2 Experience Just Got Better

Back in October 2013 Road to VR's Ben Lang described HL2VR, a Half-Life 2 mod specially crafted to make playing in VR as cool as possible, as "The best way to experience Half-Life 2." The new version (1.4) is...

News Bits: Birthday Celebration for Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Included in Connect Conference Schedule

Oculus VR hosts its inaugural Connect developer conference in September. The company has remained quiet about the schedule until recently posting the initial itinerary which features keynotes from John Carmack (CTO), Michael Abrash (Chief Scientist), and Brendan Iribe (CEO),...

VorpX Update Released – DK2 Support, Early Positional Tracking, DX11 G3D Support and More (video)

The new version of VorpX, the 3D driver that lets you play non-VR games on your Oculus Rift, has just been released and it adds early support for the DK2, Geometry 3D support for DirectX 11 games and positional...

$227,000 Worth of Oculus Rift DK2s Sold on Ebay Despite Oculus VR Prohibiting Resales

As with any free-market system, the law of supply and demand will drive prices up when supply is short and demand is high. The Oculus Rift DK2 is a hot commodity, and even with the company pumping out the...

Oculus on Unconfirmed VR Input Device: “You’ll Probably Hear More About It [at Connect]…”

While there was lots of great info to come out of our Gamecom 2014 interview with Oculus VR, perhaps the most telling bit was the way the Oculus founder Palmer Luckey answered the question about an unconfirmed VR input...

Gamescom 2014: Oculus VR Interview – Oculus Connect, DK2 Launch, and Smash Bros. Rivalry

Oculus VR are, arguably, the most exciting company in the tech industry right now. In the 12 months since I last met Palmer Luckey (Founder) and Nate Mitchell (VP of Product) at Gamescom, their business has exploded. Facebook's acquisition has...

Oculus: “We Have [VR] Experiences Running Even on Cellphone Devices Right Now…”

Despite announcing that the Oculus Rift would support Android all the way back during the company's 2012 Kickstarter, Oculus VR has been quite secretive about their forthcoming Android SDK. In an interview at Gamescom 2014 last week, the company...
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