Oculus Rift Razer Hydra Tuscany Demo Now Available from Sixense
Sixense, developers of the Razer Hydra, have officially released the Razer Hydra enabled 'Tuscany' demo that Ben had an exclusive hands-on with at GDC just a few weeks ago. The demo is a heavily customised version of the 'Tuscany'...
Oculus Rift Hawken Wallpaper for Road to VR Readers
For those who just can't wait to get your hands on the Oculus Rift version of Hawken (coming soon, we hope), we've whipped up a little something to tide you over. Thanks to a sweet poster that Oculus had hung up...
The Gallery community Q&A with Denny Unger from CloudHead Games
We put your questions to Denny Unger from CloudHead Games, the development studio behind Oculus Rift integrated game The Gallery: Six Elements. A game that not only seeks to revive memories of classic adventure games such as Myst -...
Early Oculus Rift Reviews from Two Experts
Since the very first reported arrival of the Oculus Rift developer kit on March 27th, units are trickling out to developers around the world. Two folks that I follow closely got their hands on a Rift to examine and...
FaceX Real-time Facial Animation Could Add Immersion to Multiplayer Games [video]
At GDC 2013 I saw a cool demo at the AMD booth called FaceX. Created by a company called Mixamo, FaceX tracks a player's face using a standard webcam and can use that data to animate a 3D model...
Oculus Rift Team Fortress 2 Hats Now Available
A few weeks back we learned that the ever popular Team Fortress 2 (TF2) would get Oculus Rift support; it was also revealed that Oculus Rift owners would get a unique TF2 hat (a popular in-game item type). Today...
Oculus Rift ‘Virtual Cinema’ Explored, Plus an Interview with Its Creator [video]
Ever wanted a full-size movie theater of your very own? A new Oculus Rift compatible project promises to grant your wish, and then some. We talk to Christer-Andre Fagerslett (aka namielus) the author of a new 'Virtual Cinema' project which leverage's the...
10 Oculus Rift Demo Reactions from GDC 2013
At GDC 2013, people waited upwards of two hours in line to try the Oculus Rift developer kit. Was it worth the wait? Did it live up to the hype? I interviewed 10 people right after they stepped out of the...
For Those Can’t Wait, Here’s a 40 Minute Overview of the Oculus Rift Dev Kit
Tested.com has a great 40 minute test session of the Oculus Rift developer kit on video. They unbox the unit and test the various virtual reality control schemes baked into Team Fortress 2.
We have one of the first Oculus...