Oculus VR has opened the doors to pre-orders of their new Oculus Rift DK2. A new video from the company highlights the improvements they’ve made over the DK1 and an official FAQ answers some important questions. Hidden away on a details page, we find that the DK2 includes an integrated latency tester.
Today at GDC 2014 Oculus VR has announced availability of their second Oculus Rift developer kit, widely referred to as the DK2. The unit, which includes positional tracking, low-persistence, and other major improvements over the DK1, is available for pre-order starting today for $350 and is expected to ship in July.
In the first GDC 2014 episode of the Rev VR Podcast, I am joined by Cymatic Bruce, and we take an in depth look at Sony’s Project Morpheus VR headset.
Sony have finally revealed their secretive (or not) VR Headset project for the Playstation 4 and it’s called Project Morpheus.
Sensics has just released details of their new Panoramic VR Headset which suports an as yet unrivalled resolution of 1080p per eye! We take a look a the specs.
Join Ben Lang as he reports live from Sony’s GDC 2014 presentation, enticingly named ‘ Driving the Future of Innovation’. Anticipation is incredibly high for this event. Will Sony use the occasion to announce their widely rumoured PS4 VR Headset? If so, how will it compare with Oculus’ hardware? So many questions, most if which we hope will be answered during the event.
No need to refresh the page – Ben’s posts should update automatically. Set your alarms and be back here at 5:45 PDT (0:45 GMT), you won’t want to miss this one! While you wait – what do you think Sony are planning to show? Drop your comments below.
Ben Lang Live Blogs from the Moscone Center where details of the evolution of the S-3DGA (Stereoscopic 3D Gaming Alliance) is taking place. Updates will appear live below, no need to refresh the page.
Minecraft developer Markus “Notch” Persson recently made a trip to visit Oculus VR and Valve to check out their latest work in VR. Notch seemed suitably blown away by the virtual reality hardware that he saw, but will we ever see Oculus Rift support from Mojang’s games?
Oculus VR is among a number of organizations and developers who will be present at the first public VRLA Meetup being held on April 7th.
Doing a live talk show within the virtual reality universe continues to be successful for Reverend Kyle and the developers of the Riftmax Theater app.
Last week Oculus VR was in Austin Texas at the annual SXSW interactive festival. In addition to hosting an open panel, the company showed off their latest Oculus Rift Crystal Cove prototype to the public for the first time. Stealing Crystal Cove’s thunder was the Game of Thrones ‘Ascend the Wall Experience’ which used the original developer kit.
Not only are we excited to exclusively reveal the launch date for Sightline’s IndieGogo Campaign launch, we also have an exclusive teaser trailer highlighting some new gameplay mechanics.
We welcome a return to our [ir]regular news roundup for all things concerning the Oculus Rift. This edition looks at the end of an era as DK1 shipping begins to wind down, Oculus Hires Valve’s VR Guru and we look at their plans for GDC.
Ahead of GDC 2014 next week, Tactial Haptics has revealed a new prototype of their impressive Reactive Grip controller. The company will be showing the new prototype at their booth on the GDC show floor.
Second Life developer Linden Lab has been teasing Oculus Rift support for their popular world since way back in April of last year. Today the company has announced that they’re seeking users with Oculus Rift developer kits to participate in a limited beta test.
