Titans of Space Heading to Samsung Gear VR, Developer Highlights Challenges Faced
Titans of Space, one of the early VR classics originally released for the Oculus Rift DK1, is now heading to the newly announced Samsung Gear VR headset.
John Carmack: Samsung’s Gear VR is a “Landmark first step” for Mobile VR
Samsung revealed their Gear VR headset this morning in their IFA Unpacked press presentation in Berlin. If you weren’t able to catch the broadcast, the 10 minute Gear VR segment, with appearance by Oculus CTO John Carmack, is right here.
Oculus Home on the Samsung Gear VR is a VR Content Portal Backed by Oculus Store
As more and more information piles in on the long rumoured Samsung Gear VR Headset announced at Samsung’s special event today, it’s becoming clear just how integral Oculus are to not only the hardware but also content and the delivery of that content. Oculus Home is further confirmation that Oculus VR’s long term goal is in delivering content rather than hardware.
DreamWorks, Marvel, Playful and More Among Studios Creating Content for Gear VR
At Samsung’s IFA Unpacked event earlier today, the company revealed a swath of big studios who are working on content for the Gear VR headset. Among them are some well known names like DreamWorks, Marvel, and IMAX, along with those known well to the VR community like Playful, the creator’s of Lucky’s Tale.
New DK2 Enabled Senza Peso Featured by Epic Games at Pax Prime, Download it Now
I took a look at a very early version of a DK2 enabled Senza Peso demo recently (see the above video) just after Oculus’ second VR Headset shipped and it remains one of the most impressive VR showcases out there. Seems Epic Games thought so too as they chose Kite and Lightning‘s VR mini opera to showcase Unreal Engine 4 at this year’s PAX Prime in Seattle this week.
Samsung Gear VR ‘Innovator Edition’ to Launch in 2014 Aimed at Developers and Early-adopters
Contrary to the grandiose presentation that Samsung gave Gear VR at their IFA Unpacked event earlier today, Gear VR will launch in 2014 first under the moniker ‘Innovator Edition’ which isn’t aimed mainstream smartphone users.
Samsung Gear VR Specifications Reveal Sub-20ms Latency Thanks to Oculus Tracker
Samsung is launching their Gear VR headset with the subhead ‘Innovator Edition’. We’ve got the full specifications, which include sub-20ms motion-to-photons latency.
Samsung Gear VR is ‘Powered by Oculus’
Early photos of the Samsung Gear VR smartphone adapter firm up Samsung’s partnership with Oculus showing a ‘Powered By Oculus’ logo on the side of the new headset.
First Game for Samsung Gear VR Announced – Smash Hit Plunder from Triangular Pixels – Breaking
Just seconds after Samsung announces their long rumoured VR Headset the Gear VR, we’re receiving word on the first applications available for the device.
Samsung Reveals ‘Gear VR’ Headset—Breaking
Samsung, at the company’s ‘IFA Unpacked’ event in Berlin today, have officially revealed their ‘Gear VR’ headset.
Sony Patent Shows Method of Automatic IPD Measurement for VR Headset
With Samsung rumored to be revealing their ‘Gear VR’ device later today, we went digging through the company’s patent portfolio to see what information we might be able to glean. We stumbled upon a patent that caught our attention from Sony that’s for a “Head-mountable display with determination of the interocular distance.”
Hacker Awarded $25,000 for Identifying Security Exploits in Oculus Developer Center
A ‘whitehat’ hacker scored some serious cash for identifying security vulnerabilities in Oculus VR’s developer portal. The exploits, which could have been used to plant malicious code in the Oculus SDK, among other mischievous things, have been patched and the hacker rewarded through Facebook’s ‘Bug Bounty’ program.
SundayVR With Cymatic Bruce – Ep. 30: Live for Speed, SubLevelZero, Half-Life VR, and More VR Gaming
Hey Rifters!
Missed the last episode of SundayVR? No worries, catch the video recording and written recap here! Live for Speed steals the show, we see some incredible Descent-like action from SubLevelZero, and I (finally) got Half-Life VR up and running.
News Bits: HL2VR 1.4 Mod Released, The Best Half-Life 2 Experience Just Got Better
Back in October 2013 Road to VR’s Ben Lang described HL2VR, a Half-Life 2 mod specially crafted to make playing in VR as cool as possible, as “The best way to experience Half-Life 2.” The new version (1.4) is out and brings Oculus Rift DK2 support and the ability to play through both Episode 1 and 2 of Half-Life 2.
The Proto Awards Submission Deadline Extended to September 2nd
The Proto Awards are being held by the Virtual Reality Foundation, a non-profit organization formed by the founding members of VRLA. The organization has extended the deadline for submissions to September 2nd and encourages “all developers to submit their VR experiences, even in an unpolished state.”
