Oculus Rift Consumer Edition

Oculus Rift Consumer Edition

Why the Oculus Rift’s Integrated Headphones Might Replace Your Gaming Headset

At E3 2015 we got our eyes and ears on the consumer Oculus Rift, which now of course includes integrated headphones. Here's why we think you may consider ditching your existing gaming headset in favour of Oculus' alternative. Oculus' inaugural 'Connect' developer conference...

Top 5 Things We Still Don’t Know About the Consumer Oculus Rift

Although Oculus has revealed the design of the consumer Oculus Rift (the so called 'CV1'), there's still some crucial facts that we've yet to learn about the highly anticipated VR headset. Price What will it cost? This has been part of...

Oculus Plans to Have Rift Demo Stations in Retail Stores for Consumer Launch

Although Oculus has sold more than 175,000 development kits, the vast majority of the world has still never had the opportunity to try the Rift VR headset, let alone any virtual reality headset. For a technology that frequently inspires notions of 'you...

Oculus Demonstrates Their Own ‘Room-scale’ Tracking Capability at E3 2015

Much praise has been lavished on Valve's 'room-scale'-capable Lighthouse tracking system, which affords users an impressively large tracking volume for virtual reality interaction. Not to be outdone, Oculus demonstrated to us at E3 2015 that their own tracking technology...
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24 Minutes with Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey on Rift CV1, Touch Controllers, Fresnel Lenses and More

E3 is over for another year and on this, the final day of the show, we caught up with Oculus founder and inventor of the Rift Palmer Luckey for an interview that covers everything from the Rift CV1's hybrid...

Oculus ‘Step into the Rift’ Event Recording Now Available

Missed Oculus' pre-E3 event today? Reading the coverage not quite the same as seeing the real deal? Good news for you, you can now watch the entire event recording right here. After weeks of anticipation, Oculus' pre-E3 press event went...

Oculus Says Consumer Rift Has IPD Adjustment and Better Design for Glasses

Oculus today addressed a longstanding concern with the Rift VR headset by announcing that the consumer model would feature a physical IPD adjustment. The company also says that they've made the headset more comfortable for those with glasses. Although the company...

Oculus ‘Home’ Brings VR Enabled Games Portal to the Consumer Rift

Oculus showed off their solution for virtual reality enabled software delivery platform today when they gave us a glimpse of the latest version of Oculus Home. Oculus' press event in San Francisco today may have been short, but it was packed...

A Look Under the Hood of the Oculus Rift Revealed in New Photos

Along with the latest batch of photos for the Oculus Rift consumer headset, we get a high resolution look under the shell of the hotly anticipated device. Oculus has never been shy about showing what's under the hood. When they...

Oculus Touch VR Controller Launches 1st Half of 2016, Pre-orders Open Alongside Rift

The Oculus Touch VR controller will ship in the first half of 2016, says founder Palmer Luckey. The units will be available for pre-order at the same time as the Oculus Rift. After revealing the Oculus Touch 'Half Moon' prototype...

Consumer Oculus Rift to Ship with Xbox One Wireless Controller

At Oculus' special press event today, CEO Brendan Iribe announced that the consumer edition of the Oculus Rift VR Headset will ship with an Xbox One controller as standard. It seems Oculus and Microsoft have gotten quite close over the...

Oculus and Microsoft to Offer Xbox One VR Streaming, Native Rift Support in Windows 10

At Oculus' special event in San Francisco today, Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox at Microsoft - announced a close partnership with Oculus to offer VR streaming of Xbox One games and native Windows 10 support for the Oculus Rift. Phil...

Oculus ‘Step Into the Rift Event’ Livestream Starts in 2 Hours (10am PT) – Watch it...

Today is the big day for Oculus. The company's 'Step into the Rift' pre-e3 press event kicks off in 2 hours (at 10am PT), and you can join us right here, or meet up with the VR community inside...

Oculus Rift Press Event to Be Livestreamed Tomorrow at 10am PT – Here’s What We Hope...

Oculus has announced that their forthcoming 'Step into the Rift' press event will be livestreamed for all to see. The action starts at 10am PT on Thursday (tomorrow!). After recently revealing that the consumer Oculus Rift VR headset would launch...

Here’s the Entire Oculus Rift “Placeholder Concept” Leak

Just a few days prior to their 'Step into the Rift' press event in San Francisco, Oculus has accidentally leaked what they've called a "placeholder concept" image which shows some never before seen additions to the Rift VR headset. Shortly...
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