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Oculus has plans to introduce its own take on the SteamVR Chaperone system with the next update to its pioneering Rift virtual reality holiday. Chaperone enables devs to let players know when their HTC Vive wands are approaching the edge of the device’s sensor range, thus limiting their ability to …
Read More »Oculus adding virtual boundary system to Touch
Rift update 1.8 will introduce new tool to warn players when they’re out of sensor range
Read More »Oculus’ Rubin on the Rift’s first year and its High Street launch
2016 has witnessed VR become a reality. Already this year, the consumer versions of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR have been priced, with the former pair made available to consumers directly via their websites. Now the Oculus Rift is finally coming to UK retail on September 20th following …
Read More »VR headset sales have stalled
Sales of virtual reality hardware has almost ground to a halt, according to a new survey. The study, spotted byVentureBeat, shows the number of Steam users that acquired a HTC Vive only grew 0.3 per cent in July and was flat in August. Similarly, growth from Oculus Rift’s Steam userbase …
Read More »VR momentum slows dramatically on Steam
Only 0.18 per cent of Steam users own HTC Vive, 0.10 per cent own Oculus Rift
Read More »‘We want indie retailers,’ says Oculus
Oculus has vowed to support indie retailers with the upcoming launch of its VR headset. Speaking to MCV, the firm’s head of content Jason Rubin said Oculus is committed to supporting all retailers – not just the big ones such as GAME, Tesco and Amazon. However, he concedes, the bigger …
Read More »HTC Vive bests Oculus Rift as developers’ headset of choice
New study shows almost 50% of VR devs are creating games for HTC's device
Read More »ZeniMax accuses Carmack of tech theft in Oculus lawsuit
Bethesda owner ZeniMax has amended its lawsuit with Oculus to include accusations of theft and deception. Game Informer reports that the company now alleges that id Software co-founder and Oculus’ current chief technology Carmack copied thousands of documents from a computer at ZeniMax to a USB storage device” that were …
Read More »‘Oculus Rift will drive gamers to physical retailers’
VR giant Oculus says in-store demos for its Rift headset will cause consumers to flock to the High Street. Oculus head of content Jason Rubin said that retailers are happy to make the trade-off between floor space and demo space due to the fact that it will attract a large …
Read More »Oculus Rift given UK release date
Pioneering virtual reality headset due on September 20th
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