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[Update From Oculus] News Bits: Oculus Confirms Consumer Rift for 2015?

According to a report from Business Insider Australia, the consumer version of the Oculus Rift (also known as the CV1) will go on sale in 2015. Update (5/1/2014, 12:52pm EDT): Speaking with Road to VR, Oculus reiterates what their position has been for...
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Oculus Rift and Other Tech Combined to Induce Real-life Lag

Ever wonder what it's like to live with three seconds of lag in real life? An 'experiment' from Swedish ISP UME uses the Oculus Rift to show just what that would be like. It turns out that real-life lag...

Xing switches to Unreal Engine 4, “Unreal Engine 4 is awesome” Says Dev Team (Screenshots)

In their latest update to Kickstarter backers, the Xing team have announced that they're in the process of migrating Xing: The Land Beyond to Unreal Engine 4 and have posted candid details and screenshots on he process. UDK to UE4 I've...

Latest Darkfield VR Release Shows Huge Progress, Early Access Download Available Now

The latest release from the Darkfield VR team shows how quickly the team are shaping this space dogfighting sim into a slick, polished virtual reality showcase. Space Shooter, The Genre of VR So it seems that Oculus VR's plans for the...

‘Grave’ Promises Surreal Survival Horror and Oculus Rift Support, Kickstarter Entering Final Week

Grave, by developer Tristan Parish Moore, asks its players to survive a hostile, desert environment teaming with creatures armed with nothing but light. It's a surrealist twist on a familiar format and it ships with Oculus Rift support. Update:...

Indie Dev Shares His Thoughts on Crashing PAX East With an Oculus Rift and Drawing a...

It's the kind of underdog story that the internet loves. James Andrew, developer behind Oculus Rift title Rift Wars headed to Pax East 2014 in Boston with no credentials and ended up drawing a crowd demoing the title. We...

Oculus Rift Anime Mascot “Oculus-chan” is born! Who’s your favourite?

All it took was a flippant remark from Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey to inspire a group of artists to create their own Manga-style Oculus Rift mascots. Welcome the Oculus-chan! Enter The Oculus-Chan Chan a japanese honorific, or suffix added to the...

New Oculus Rift SDK v0.3.1 Preview: John Carmack’s Timewarp, Improved Distortion, and More

Oculus VR has launched a preview build of their latest Oculus Rift SDK, v.0.3.1. The new SDK adds initial support for the Oculus Rift DK2, improved distortion quality, John Carmack's 'Timewarp' technique to reduce latency, and much more. The Oculus...

Cyber-thriller ‘Technolust’ for Oculus Rift Launches Kickstarter, Unveils New Prototype (Developer Interview)

Futuristic cyber-thriller Technolust launches its Kickstarter today and unveils a stunning new prototype for the Oculus Rift. Brian Hart takes a look and speaks with its developer, Blair Renaud. Cyberpunk, Built for VR "In the early part of the 21st century, the...

New 360 Video Trailer Teleports You to Japan, Courtesy of the Oculus Rift

Polygon Window Productions are a company specialising in the capture of immersive movies. Their latest project leverages the power of the Oculus Rift to deliver a 360 video in which you can look around at will. We take a...

What’s the Mystery Port on the Oculus Rift DK2? (Update: Mystery Solved, But More Questions Arise)

The Oculus Rift DK2 includes a number of upgrades over the DK1, one of those being a conveniently placed USB port for people who want to experiment with other devices attached to the Rift, like depth cameras. Next to...

Virtual Reality Will Go Mainstream, But Here’s a Little Perspective

Virtual reality, with Oculus Rift as the industry front-runner, is poised to become the 'next big thing,' but it isn't there just yet... in fact, there's a long way yet to go. It's easy, covering virtual reality so closely as...

High Schooler’s Project Working to Bring Realistic Guns to Your Virtual World (video)

We take a look at an interesting project to bring realistic weaponry aesthetics to motion controllers. The 'Crossfire' VR motion controller. Control: VRs Missing Link The year of VR continues to rumble on like an unstoppable juggernaut. Just in the first...

Valve’s Michael Abrash Joins Oculus as Chief Scientist—Breaking

And we thought all the exciting Oculus news was done for the week... Valve's Michael Abrash is joining the company as Chief Scientist.Oculus just announced that Michael Abrash, formerly of Valve, will be joining the company as Chief Scientist....

Oculus and Facebook Deny New York Times Report that Rift Will be Rebranded with Facebook Logo...

Facebook and Oculus have come out denying a New York Times article claiming that Facebook plans to slather its branding and interface on the Oculus Rift. It almost sounded like a joke, and perhaps for good reason. Citing a "person...
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