We finally know when pre-orders for the much anticipated Oculus Rift consumer edition will open, but in lieu of pricing information, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has let it be known that the consumer will launch will be global.
CES is mere days away and as we edge into 2016, we take a look back at the surprise entry and stratospheric rise of the HTC Vive, Valve’s SteamVR flagship virtual reality hardware and, what we might expect to see at 2016.
After teasing us last week, Oculus has released more revealing photos of the latest design of their Touch VR controllers. Not seen on the previous ‘Half Moon’ prototype is a mysterious pattern to the left of the buttons, as well as a new button.
8i, a company that specialise in volumetric capture of live action subjects has announced they’re launching a new Volumetric VR player compatible with both the Oculus Rift and HTC’s Vive VR headsets.
Teslasuit, the full body haptic ‘skin’ which uses an ‘electro-tactile’ feedback system to give the wearer sensations of touch, force and even warmth, has now hit Kickstarter but, perhaps predictably, it ain’t cheap!
Oculus Rift consumer edition pre-orders have finally been announced and you’ll be able to put down money on the VR headset on 6th Jan @8am PST. But what if you have questions about the headset and virtual reality? Oculus have got you covered with a Rift Pre-order AMA on Reddit.
Oculus have just announced via a blog post that you’ll be able to pre-order the consumer Oculus Rift on the 6th January @8am Pacific Time.
HTC’s virtual reality app portal ‘Viveport‘, designed as a showcase for HTV Vive VR content, has it seems quietly made available at least some parts of the new platform, according to images posted online.
NVIDIA has announced a new program designed to alleviate confusion for consumers wanting to ensure their next PC or notebook computer is capable of running consumer VR applications when VR headsets hit the market this year.
As the biggest consumer electronics show looms large on the horizon, we look back on the most notable Oculus related VR events of 2015, what to look forward to in 2016 and what we’re likely to see from the company at CES.
Watch this new video released by Samsung which shows their newly announced Rink VR motion controllers for Gear VR called Rink.
Star Citizen, the massively crowd-funded space adventure game, committed to adding VR support back in 2012, before the now relatively ancient Rift DK1 had even begun to ship. Unfortunately the game’s VR support hasn’t seen much attention beyond some early efforts. In a recent update, developer Roberts Space Industries says they’ll be refocusing on VR early this year.
Almost none of the predictions I made during my 2014 year-end podcast were correct. In fact, If you listen to that podcast now, most of the comments I make could technically be made again right now and still be relevant. Despite the fact that 2015 wasn’t the breakthrough year for VR that we wanted, I still felt the need to do a quick summary and make some final observations.
After revealing the Touch ‘Half Moon’ prototype earlier in 2015, Oculus has continued to hone the already impressively designed VR controller. Alongside an update stating that Touch would be shipped in the second half of 2016, the company also released a new photo of the latest design.
Oculus has announced that their ‘Touch’ VR controllers will be released in the second half of 2016. Previously the company had expected the Oculus Touch release date to come in the first half of the New Year.
