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Oculus Announces $49 Earphones Accessory for Rift, Launching December 6th

At today's Oculus Connect keynote, a number of new hardware announcements were made, including the reveal of a new pair of Oculus 'Earphones' that replace the removable headphones that come with the Rift. Releasing on December 6 with pre-orders on...
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Hands-on: Oculus’ Wireless ‘Santa Cruz’ Prototype Makes Standalone Room-scale Tracking a Reality

On stage at Oculus Connect 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased that Oculus is developing a new, standalone, wireless VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. Following the keynote, I was whisked away behind closed doors to see the so-called...

Oculus Store Autumn Sale Begins, Up to 66% Off Rift and Gear VR Titles

Oculus has launched its Autumn / Fall sale with a selection of titles getting some hefty discounts for Rift and Gear VR titles including hefty discounts for Project Cars, Chronos and The Assembly. Just in case you were trying to cling...

Oculus’ ‘Henry’ Becomes the First VR Film to Win an Emmy

Oculus Story Studios' Henry, the tale of a lovable, hard to hug hedgehog and his search for friendship, has walked away with the first ever Emmy awarded to a virtual reality film. I wrote recently that the traditional motion picture...

Free Shipping on Oculus Rift Through August 31st

According to the official Oculus product page, the company is offering free shipping on Rift orders through the end of the month. If you're looking to pick up an Oculus Rift, you can snag a small discount if you order...

Oculus Rift to Hit Stores in Europe and Canada from September 20th

Soon you'll be able to walk into a regular store in Europe and Canada and pick up an Oculus Rift headset, according to a tweet from the company's CEO Brendan Iribe. Oculus' launch in March was certainly viewed as 'less...

Oculus Connect 3 Registration Now Open, Early Bird Passes from $199

You can now register to attend Oculus' 3rd 'Connect' conference, an event dedicated to all things Oculus from Rift to Touch and is focused primarily on developers and VR development. Held in San Jose, CA between October 5th and 7th,...

Minecraft is Finally Coming to the Oculus Rift

Minecraft is finally on its way for the Oculus Rift as the Windows 10 version of the mega hit social world-building game is due to add VR support "in the coming weeks". The game which Oculus CTO John Carmack cited...

Oculus Rift Components Cost Around $200, New Teardown Suggests

In a detailed component teardown, analysis of the components that comprise Oculus' first consumer VR headset suggest a predictably complex design with the costs of individual parts totalling $200. The Oculus Rift headset had already passed through numerous prototype iterations before...

‘Mr. Robot’ 360 Experience Set to Stream to all Major VR Headsets For Limited Time

Mr. Robot fans take note: a special one-time-only 360 experience is headed your way for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Gear VR and Google Cardboard-enabled smartphones exactly at 10:45 AM PST on Thursday, July 21st. According to a report by Entertainment Weekly, the 360 experience...

Oculus Rift Growth Spurt Halts HTC Vive Market Share Expansion

There's been a lot of talk about the latest data from Valve's latest Steam Hardware & Software survey, most of it drawing erroneous conclusions about overall market share of VR headsets while missing out on a very interesting data...

DiRT Rally Devs Say Lack of Vive Support Not Due to Oculus Exclusivity Deal

Codemasters have responded officially to Road to VR on why DiRT Rally, which recently received Oculus Rift VR support, lacks support for the rival SteamVR based HTC Vive system. DiRT Rally received its first VR update this week for the...

Oculus Says All Rift Pre-Orders Shipped, Narrows Touch Launch to Q4

Looking to put the Rift launch behind them, a fiasco that had many pre-order customers waiting several months for their headsets to arrive at their doorstep, Oculus today revealed that they've finally caught up to demand, and will be shipping...
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DiRT Rally VR – 4 Minutes of Oculus Rift Gameplay

DiRT Rally, one of the finest driving games out there, has finally arrived with official Oculus Rift CV1 support and it's elevated our opinions of the Codemasters developed game even higher. Here's 4 minutes of direct feed gameplay captured...
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This is Gamecube Classic ‘Super Mario Sunshine’ Running in VR

Another Nintendo classic title from the past makes it into virtual reality courtesy of Gamecube emulator Dolphin VR. This time it's the turn of Super Mario Sunshine, returning here complete with high resolution texture hacks and running at 60...
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