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Oculus Rift

Fancy an Execution? Step in a Virtual Reality Guillotine with Disunion

Disunion is an experimental Oculus Rift game which puts the player through a first-person execution via the infamous Guillotine. The game was created by Erkki Trummal, André Berlemont, and Morten Brunbjerg in two days as part of the Exile Game Jam in Denmark which...
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Exclusive: Zombies on the Holodeck Trailer, Alpha Download Now Available [Gameplay Video]

The latest game out of Project Holodeck is Zombies on the Holodeck, a noir-styled zombie game for the Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra. In addition to an exclusive trailer, we've links to the alpha so that you can try...

Experimental VR Interfaces in Dave Buchhofer’s Oculus Rift Playground [video]

Recently I had a chance to meet with Dave Buchhofer, a 3D artist and developer, who has been working to find intuitive VR control schemes. Part of this requires a functional user interface, and I got to see some...

Oculus Rift News Bits: 3,700 Units Shipped, Oculus Visits DICE, VR Roller Coaster Reactions, and More!

Time again for another segment of Oculus Rift News Bits! What's happened lately? Oculus says they've officially shipped 3,700 units. VP of Product Nate Mitchell was seen in Stockholm, Sweden visiting Battlefield 3 developer, DICE. And we've got a...

EVR Oculus Rift Demo Steals Thunder at Eve Online Fanfest [Video]

EVE Online Oculus Rift support is a dream for many players of the space MMORPG epic. That dream might soon be realized; CCP Games was one of the earliest backers of the Rift Kickstarter and has shown strong support...

Android/iOS Infinite Runner Game Adapted to Oculus Rift — Works Surprisingly Well

Developer Marcelo Oliveira, Kickstarter backer #117, is working on an 'infinite runner' game for the Oculus Rift -- the genre seems to fit surprisingly well! Oliveira hopes to release the game for free in the near future. In the 'infinite runner'...

Jamie Hyneman of the MythBusters Tries on the Oculus Rift [video]

Tested.com got Jamie Hyneman of MythBusters fame into the Oculus Rift. Hyneman, who has past experience in VR, seems pleasantly surprised. In his field of work, Hyneman spends a lot of time with remote controlled robots -- whether it be...
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Second Life Developers Confirm Oculus Rift Support is on the Way

Second Life will soon be added to the list of Oculus Rift games, according to a report from New World Notes. A spokesman from Linden Labs, developer of Second Life, has confirmed Oculus Rift integration and promises "strong support"...

Oculus Rift SDK Updated to v0.2.1, Initial Magnetometer Drift Correction and More

Oculus VR. Inc has just announced that the Oculus Rift SDK has been updated to v0.2.1. Changes to the SDK include initial magnetometer-based drift correction, support for chromatic abberation correction, Mac OSX comaptibility for the c++ OculusWorldDemo and Unity...

10 Tips for Safety and Success When Demoing the Oculus Rift to the Public

Christer-Andrew (aka Namielus) shares his 10 step illustrated guide on how to demo your Oculus Rift safely and effectively to your friends, family, colleagues or customers. Originally started as a post on the MTBS3D forums, this expanded and now...

Cymatic Bruce Plays Portal 2 on Oculus Rift with Vireio Perception

Greetings Road To VR Readership! In partnership with Road To VR, I present Cymatic Bruce's Video Breakdowns! For those that do not know me, I am a VR Vlogger that has been producing Oculus Rift gameplay videos and VR Development...

Oculus Rift USB Power Hack Eliminates Need for a Wall Adapter

The Oculus Rift developer kit is driven by an external power source – but a resourceful modder has found a way to power the unit through USB, making the wall plug obsolete. As detailed in a blog post by Michael...

How to Add Positional Tracking to the Oculus Tuscany Demo with the Razer Hydra

Tony Bowren recently shared his rather ingenious solution to the problem of the Oculus Rift Development Kit's lack of positional tracking using the Razer Hydra on YouTube. He talks to us about this project, a little of himself, and...
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Oculus Rift Teardown Reveals Good Modding Potential, High Repairability

Ever wondered what the inside of the Oculus Rift dev kit actually looks like or how it scores when it comes to reparability? If you have, be sure to check out iFixit's extensive Oculus Rift disassembly. The writers take...

Oculus Rift Razer Hydra Tuscany Demo Now Available from Sixense

Sixense, developers of the Razer Hydra, have officially released the Razer Hydra enabled 'Tuscany' demo that Ben had an exclusive hands-on with at GDC just a few weeks ago. The demo is a heavily customised version of the 'Tuscany'...
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