Experimental VR Interfaces in Dave Buchhofer’s Oculus Rift Playground [video]
Recently I had a chance to meet with Dave Buchhofer, a 3D artist and developer, who has been working to find intuitive VR control schemes. Part of this requires a functional user interface, and I got to see some...
Oculus Rift News Bits: 3,700 Units Shipped, Oculus Visits DICE, VR Roller Coaster Reactions, and More!
Time again for another segment of Oculus Rift News Bits! What's happened lately? Oculus says they've officially shipped 3,700 units. VP of Product Nate Mitchell was seen in Stockholm, Sweden visiting Battlefield 3 developer, DICE. And we've got a...
EVR Oculus Rift Demo Steals Thunder at Eve Online Fanfest [Video]
EVE Online Oculus Rift support is a dream for many players of the space MMORPG epic. That dream might soon be realized; CCP Games was one of the earliest backers of the Rift Kickstarter and has shown strong support...
Android/iOS Infinite Runner Game Adapted to Oculus Rift — Works Surprisingly Well
Developer Marcelo Oliveira, Kickstarter backer #117, is working on an 'infinite runner' game for the Oculus Rift -- the genre seems to fit surprisingly well! Oliveira hopes to release the game for free in the near future.
In the 'infinite runner'...
Would You Take Your $1500 Google Glass in the Shower? This Guy Did.
Google Glass currently costs a cool $1500. And while Google built the unit to be water resistant, so that the wearer wouldn't have to worry about the rain, one man took things to the next step... the shower.
Robert Scoble...
Cymatic Bruce Plays Doom 3 with the Oculus Rift
Cymatic Bruce joins us again for another Rift gaming session, this time it's Doom 3 BFG! Inside you'll find the game in action, how to set up Doom 3 BFG for the Oculus Rift, and recommendations for an optimal playing experience.
The...
ImmerSight Brings Positional Tracking to Any HMD, Makes You Look Like an Alien
ImmerSight is a positional tracking system, that can be used with any head mounted display, being produced by a company in Germany. Notably, this could be a solution for the Oculus Rift developer kit which currently lacks positional tracking....
Jamie Hyneman of the MythBusters Tries on the Oculus Rift [video]
Tested.com got Jamie Hyneman of MythBusters fame into the Oculus Rift. Hyneman, who has past experience in VR, seems pleasantly surprised.
In his field of work, Hyneman spends a lot of time with remote controlled robots -- whether it be...
VR Expert to Oculus Rift Devs: Make Sure You’re Doing 3D Right
It turns out that rendering stereoscopic 3D images is not as simple as slapping two slightly different views side-by-side for each eye. There's lots of nuance that goes into rendering a proper 3D view that properly mimics real world...
Second Life Developers Confirm Oculus Rift Support is on the Way
Second Life will soon be added to the list of Oculus Rift games, according to a report from New World Notes. A spokesman from Linden Labs, developer of Second Life, has confirmed Oculus Rift integration and promises "strong support"...
