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Hawken Will be Oculus Rift Ready At Launch, Looks Incredible [video]

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Aug 28, 2012

Here’s some excellent news for anyone interersted in the Oculus Rift. Adhesive Games, the studio behind the upcoming (and awesome looking) Hawken has announced in conjunction with Oculus that the title will be Oculus Rift ready when it launches this December. Hawken is an upcoming free-to-play ‘mech‘ title which I’ve had my eye on for some time. The game world has gone too long without a standout mech game. What already looked to be a visceral experience, with a world full of gritty detailed environments and massive battling robots, is now being taken to the next level thanks to Oculus Rift support.

Oculus Rift Kickstarter Infographic: Almost 2 Million in Funding With 7 Days Remaining

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Aug 24, 2012

With just 7 days remaining in the Oculus Rift Kickstarter which is nearing $2 million in funding, the campaign easily passed my early $1 million estimate. I took all of the publicly available data from the Kickstarter and compiled it into an infographic to get a visual overview of the campaign thus far.

Inreal Technologies Virtualizes Architecture Environments, Working on VR Locomotion Device and More

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Aug 23, 2012

Inreal Technologies is a German-based startup that is offering a virtual reality terminal which is targeted toward architecture visualization. The terminal incorporates the Carl Zeiss Cinemizer head mounted display which is combined with a head-tracker developed by Inreal which will be sold as the official Cinemizer headtracker. Inreal looks to focus on consumer virtual reality products, including a locomotion device, in the future.

HMD Specs Comparison: Oculus Rift vs. Silicon Micro Display ST1080 vs. Sony HMZ-T1

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Aug 11, 2012

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In the last 9 months we’ve seen two consumer-oriented HMDs hit the market, Sony’s HMZ-T1 and Silicon Micro Display’s ST1080. Now the Oculus Rift VR headset is on the way and seeks to create an affordable HMD that could change the face of gaming as we know it. The natural question to ask is how these three devices compare. Here I’ve gathered all the available technical specs for these three head mounted displays / VR headsets and put them in one easy to view place, right here:

Datura Virtual Reality Setup Using Sony HMZ-T1 HMD

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Aug 8, 2012

Though the big news lately has been about the Oculus Rift, Sony’s HMZ-T1 is still a solid HMD option thanks to its 720p resolution and incredible OLED displays. A few months back, Platige Image was brought in to create an immersive virtual reality setup to promote the game Datura, a PlayStation 3 exclusive title that was developed by Plastic Group for Sony’s PlayStation Move motion peripheral.

John Carmack Talks Doom 4 Oculus Rift Integration in New Interview at QuakeCon 2012

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Aug 7, 2012

GameTrailers caught up with John Carmack, at QuakeCon 2012, who has been giving the media demos of the Oculus Rift since E3 in early June. This is essentially the same spiel we’ve heard from Carmack at E3 with the addition of some information regarding the development of Doom 4 with the Oculus Rift in mind, as well as a good amount of footage showing the pre-Oculus output that runs into the forthcoming HMD.

Silicon Micro Display ST1080 HMD Update Adds 720p Scaling

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Aug 7, 2012

Silicon Micro Display’s ST1080 head mounted display has been on the market for a few months now. The HMD has been lauded for its high resolution 1080p display but shipped without the ability to scale up 720p content to fill the entire screen. Instead, 720p content would fill a smaller portion of the screen. Thanks to a new free update available from SMD, the ST1080 can now scale 720p content correctly.

Oculus Rift Kickstarter Adds Bulk-buy Dev-team Tiers with Premium Support

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Aug 6, 2012

The Oculus Rift Kickstarter continues to raise funds; check the sidebar on the right and you’ll find that it is currently sitting at $1.34 million, 536% of the funding goal. Given the excitement, and in an effort to get more developers on board, Oculus has added two new bulk-buy tiers which they say are “perfect for the established or indie game game studio interested in working with the Rift immediately.”

Watch the QuakeCon Virtual Reality Keynotes Here

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Aug 5, 2012

At QuakeCon this week there were two keynotes that are relevant to the VR world. These presentations were streamed live, but if you missed them they’re now available in their recorded form.

Watch the QuakeCon VR Keynote Tonight Live at 7PM EST. Oculus Rift Kickstarter Passes $1 Million Under 36 Hours

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Aug 3, 2012

Tonight at QuakeCon a panel of VR experts will take the stage to talk about the future of VR and the Oculus Rift. Speaking of which, the Oculus Rift Kickstarter has passed $1 million in less than 36 hours and is now 440% funded!

Oculus Rift Kickstarter 230% Funded Before Day 1 Ends, Well on the way to $1 Million; Minecraft Support Coming

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Aug 1, 2012

We knew that the Oculus Rift was going to be big… but this big?! After only 3 hours or so Kickstarter contributors had backed about $130,000, about 56% of the $250,000 goal. At the time of writing (8:28pm EST), the Oculus Rift Kickstarter has been live for around 10 hours and is currently sitting at $580,000 which is 230% of the goal.

Oculus Rift Kickstarter is Live Starting at $275!

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Aug 1, 2012

The Oculus Rift Kickstarter is officially live. Here’s the link! Read on for pricing and other details.

Oculus Rift Kickstarter Watch: Palmer Luckey Spotted With Valve’s Gabe Newell and Michael Abrash

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Jul 31, 2012

If you needed any convincing that Valve is serious about the Oculus Rift, check this photo for some evidence. Pictured left to right is Michael Abrash, Valve’s VR/AR researcher, Palmer Luckey, the brains behind the forthcoming Oculus Rift HMD, and Gabe Newell, Valve’s managing director and recognized head honcho.

Oculus Rift Kickstarter Watch: Prototype, SDK, and Other Updates

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Jul 30, 2012

The Oculus Rift Kickstarter is due to start any day soon and the VR community couldn’t be more excited. The man behind the promising wide field-of-view head mounted display / VR headset, Palmer Luckey (AKA PalmerTech), has shared this photo of an early Oculus Rift prototype. Recall that this is a prototype of a non-consumer oriented device. Yes, it looks a bit rough around the edges; since the beginning of the project Luckey has made it clear that the first Oculus Rift is going to be a DIY kit and aimed at developers and VR enthusiasts. As long as it works half as well as the reports I’ve read, I’ll be happy regardless of what it looks like! Luckey stresses that this is not what the final device will look like. In addition to the impending Kickstarter for the Oculus Rift I’ve learned that an Oculus SDK (software development kit) is in the works which will assist game in adapting their games to this virtual reality head mounted display.

Project Holodeck Seeks to Create a Low Cost Full-motion VR Gaming Environment with the Help of the Oculus Rift HMD

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Jul 20, 2012

A team of 25 members is working at the University of Southern California to create a full-motion virtual reality gaming environment, they’re calling it Project Holodeck. By ‘full-motion’ I mean that the playspace allows the user to actually walk or run around the environment; their movement is tracked and used to control their navigation within the game. Players will don the Oculus Rift head mounted display / VR headset, which has head tracking and a high field of view, to give them the appearance of actually being inside a virtual world. I spoke with the producer of Project Holodeck, James Iliff regarding this exciting project.

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