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‘Job Simulator’ is a Launch Title for Oculus Touch, New ‘Office Worker Level’ Revealed

Announced today at Oculus Connect, Owlchemy Lab's Job Simulator is now among a number of launch titles to integrate Oculus Touch, the company's hand-held controllers that feature both hand and basic finger tracking. The new 'office worker' level was also revealed,...

20th Century Fox’s Innovation Lab Partner with Oculus for Video Content

Amidst the tidal wave of announcements at this year's keynote presentation at Oculus Connect, it might have been easy to miss a feature or two. Oculus Video is one such initiative, a movie streaming platform for Oculus devices which...

Founder of CNET Launches ‘Voxelus’, a Feature Packed VR World Builder

Halsey Minor, the founder of CNET, today announced at Oculus Connect the launch of Voxelus, an 'end-to-end' virtual reality content creation platform for PC and Mac that lets anyone easily create VR games, experiences, and places without the need of code. Voxelus...

‘Building for the Rift with the Oculus PC SDK’ Liveblog @ 2:30PM PT

Oculus Engineer Director Anuj Gosalia takes to the stage at Connect today to help developers to understand the ins and outs of developing for the Oculus Rift with the company's PC SDK. We'll be liveblogging the event starting at 2:30PM...

Oculus Brings Classic Gaming to Gear VR with ‘Oculus Arcade’

During the keynote speech at Oculus Connect, a new arcade app was revealed by head of mobile Max Cohen for the Samsung Gear VR platform. Oculus calls it simply Arcade. With Oculus Arcade, the company is bringing classic titles from Sega, Midway and Bandai...
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First Look at Virtual Reality ‘Netflix’ in Motion on the Samsung Gear VR

We're still running to catch up with all the news that spilled out of Oculus Connect's Keynote presentation this morning. One of the most notable for casual VR users and movie fans alike was the announcement that you can...

Keynote with John Carmack Livestream @ 1PM PT

John Carmack, Oculus' Chief Technical Officer, takes to the big Dolby Theater stage here at Connect for his "signature talk." Catch the livestream right here starting at 1PM PT (find your timezone here). John Carmack will give his signature talk...

First Look at Samsung’s Consumer Gear VR Headset

Samsung today revealed the consumer version of the 'Oculus Powered' Gear VR headset which is now compatible with four of Samsung's latest phones. The headset looks similar to the two prior versions but a careful look (or a scale!)...
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‘Bullet Train’ is a VR FPS Built for Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch

Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games, took the stage today at Oculus Connect to tell the world a little about their upcoming VR FPS, Bullet Train. Bullet Train is a VR first-person shooter using Oculus Touch that puts you the role...

Netflix is Now Available for Samsung Gear VR

Oculus today was on a mission to prepare for consumer release and that means content. One of the biggest sources of movies, used the world over is Netflix and now, as of today, you can download and use Netflix...