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Oculus Shipping Early Builds Of Final Rift Hardware To Developers

Published December 22, 2015

riftimageblog1 If you’re developing a launch title for the upcoming Oculus Rift, you may have gotten a little good news in your inbox this evening. The company says that it’s still shipping Rift hardware out to developers in the run up to launch, with the final hardware making its way into developer’s hands now, albeit still in an early build state. It’s tied to the Rift SDK 1.0.… Read More

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Flickr Comes To Gear VR With 360 Degree Photo Viewing Experience

Published December 9, 2015

Screen Shot 2015-12-09 at 11.12.55 AM Flickr’s 15 billion photos are there for our consumption at any time, but beyond seeing static photos there hasn’t been much of an experience upgrade over the years for diving into the world around you. Today, Yahoo has announced a new Flickr experience powered by Oculus for Samsung Gear VR. The team says that over the years, users have uploaded “tens of thousands” of… Read More

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Here’s What Virtual Reality Means For Kids Stuck In The Hospital

Published December 8, 2015

Screen Shot 2015-12-08 at 11.40.52 AM There’s not much that I can say to set this video up other than it’s just one of the incredible possibilities that virtual reality brings. UploadVR spotted it first. C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital used the Oculus Rift, with a hand from Game Start School and the Mott Golf Classic, to take kids that are stuck in crappy hospital situations to another place. A far off land.… Read More

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Oculus Announces Rock Band VR For The Rift

Published December 4, 2015

Screen Shot 2015-12-03 at 7.23.25 PM We’ve learned what the big announcement from Oculus is, which was shared on stage at The Game Awards in Los Angeles tonight. The announcement wasn’t about when the Rift would be available (or how much it will cost), so we’re stuck with the “Q1 of 2016,” timeframe for now. However, 23-year-old Oculus founder and Rift inventor Luckey did announce a new made-for-VR… Read More

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Slew Of New Virtual Reality Titles Available Alongside Samsung Gear VR

Published November 10, 2015

Screen Shot 2015-11-10 at 8.13.50 AM As we reported earlier, you can now pre-order your Samsung Gear VR. It’s a device that’s going to unlock virtual reality for a lot of consumers, even though it requires a Samsung phone to drive it. Along with the announcement of pre-order for a ridiculously low $99, a bunch of games are hitting the scene to support its launch. Land’s End by Ustwo Games, Bandit Six: Salvo… Read More

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Zuckerberg Confirms Facebook Is Working On Augmented Reality

Published October 7, 2015

11232118_10102175618819241_7572979522374295442_n “Yeah!” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said excitedly in response to a big question for his company: is Facebook working on augmented reality? “It’s a bit further out,” he followed up during a talk about virtual reality at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in San Francisco. Facebook’s intentions in virtual reality were already clear after buying… Read More

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Watch Our First Look At The New Oculus Rift And Touch Controller Hardware

Published June 11, 2015

oculus-rift-pre-e30088 Earlier today, we got the chance to check out the Oculus Rift consumer virtual reality headset, which has finally been fully revealed to the world. We also get a first look at the Oculus Touch Controllers, unique input devices designed by Oculus themselves to make interacting with a virtual environment much easier. Press wasn’t able to use or even paw the hardware unveiled – but… Read More

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Oculus Sends Out Invites For Special Rift Event June 11

Published May 19, 2015

Oculus_StepIntoTheRift[1] Oculus is inviting press to a special event on June 11 in San Francisco. The company provided the image above along with the invite (which also accompanied news consumer pre-orders would start later this year, which bears the tagline “Step into the Rift,” as well, suggesting we’ll probably get more information about the consumer Rift headset launch, including possibly more… Read More

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