So, the DK2 is here and I've spent the day with it. Ahead of our detailed review of the unit, which will land soon, I wanted to share some quick thoughts and impressions with you. The Good The DK2 VR...

A number of Oculus Rift experiences have popped up at this week's annual Comic Con event in San Diego. At least one, a promotional demo for Warner Bros. new film Into the Storm,  is confirmed to use the just-released...

As promised, Road to VR's first DK2 has arrived and, despite my strong urge to rip open the carton like a maniac, I managed restraint long enough to film this short (and somewhat rushed) unboxing video. Apologies for some...

After delaying the shipment of the first batch of Oculus Rift DK2 units, to afford an extra week of SDK polish, Oculus VR has now made available the latest version of the Rift SDK. The new Oculus SDK 0.4.0 beta...

Well, it seems Oculus Rift DK2 fever is upon us. As we reported yesterday, the first batches of Oculus VR's 2nd development kit are now shipping to lucky pre-order owners across the world. It seems that DK2's have been...

After what seems like a very long wait (but in fact is only about 4 months) and at least one self-imposed delay (to resolve last minute SDK issues), it looks as if the first set of lucky DK2 pre-order...

It's hard to overestimate the impact the news that Facebook, the social media behemoth, had agreed to acquire Oculus VR an 18 month old startup that Kickstarted virtual reality. Although it's fair to say that there's probably no one working...

Chances are, if you remember virtual reality's first, ultimately abortive attempt to gain traction back in the 90s, you'll also be a child of the 80s. This means you lived through (and survived) drainpipe jeans, luminous socks, Footloose, Ronald...

Both Ben Lang and I have confessed our love for the classic anti-gravity futuristic racing franchise 'Wipeout', and recently Ben waxed enthusiastic about a new Oculus Rift title from UK based developers Tammeka Games. The company launched a £50k Kickstarter...

In the last 24 hours, some of those who secured a pre-order for Oculus VR's 2nd Developer Kit (DK2) have received emails from the company requesting that they check their payment and shipping details so that order faced no...

Unreal Engine 4 has only been on general release since March but has made quite an impression on developers. Its low cost of entry, wealth of supporting documentation, tutorials and its 'no coding required' approach to game development has...

Oculus VR today has made an official announcement about the shipping status of the first batch of Rift DK2s. The shipment, which the company previously said would be leaving distribution facilities on the 14th of July, has been held...

Oculus VR today posted an official shipping update on the highly anticipated Oculus Rift DK2. The company confirms that the first batch of DK2s have left the manufacturing facility and are on the way to distribution centers. Now at...

In a report from Bloomberg, Oculus VR's model for expansion and fulfilling it's long term objective, to have 1 Billion users in Virtual Reality, it's choosing to adopt a proven method borne out by the success of Google's Android...

It's getting closer. In March, Oculus VR opened pre-orders for their follow-up to their debut VR Headset the DK1. Developer Kit 2 (DK2) ships in July and features positional tracking and an 1080p panel with low persistence of vision...