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The VR company’s VP of product Nate Mitchell discusses the firm’s growth and how Facebook has affected the talent it is attracting and who it is looking to hire
Read More »Virtual reality’s commercial rift
Nick Gibson discusses how Oculus can realise its potential as a profitable device
Read More »Experimental ‘Dexmo’ tech looks to give VR users a sense of touch
Dextra Robotics has unveiled a new peripheral of sorts for VR platofrms that would allow users to experience a sense of touch with virtual objects. Kotaku reports on the freshly unveiled hardware dubbed Dexmo, which apparently combines a VR controller with a motion capture rig specifically made for hands to …
Read More »Oculus Rift Crescent Bay version revealed
Oculus has announced a new version of the Oculus Rift made for developers looking to finish commercial versions of their titles on the virtual reality platform. Dubbed Crescent Bay, the new VR headset was unveiled as part of the company’s Oculus Connect conference this past weekend in Hollywood, California. The …
Read More »‘Beta’ consumer verison of Oculus Rift lands next summer
Pioneering firm is one step closer to putting virtual reality in people's home
Read More »Oculus Rift consumer model to retail in the $200-$400 price range
The cost of the upcoming consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will fall somewhere between $200 and $400, Oculus VR has revealed. Speaking with Eurogamer, Oculus co-founders Nate Mitchell and Palmer Luckey explained that while there are still many variables to determine, the goal is to keep …
Read More »‘The killer Oculus Rift app could come from anyone’: The VR firm on making games with the DK2
Michael Antonov discusses what the changes to the new dev kit and SDK mean for developers
Read More »New Oculus Rift dev kit begins shipping today
Around 10,000 DK2s expected to be sent out this month
Read More »Oculus VR cutting off eBay sellers
Orders cancelled for anyone planning to resell Oculus Rift DK2 on auction site
Read More »Oculus acquires RakNet, unveils Oculus Connect 2014
Oculus VR has made a pair of announcements today, as the company has both acquired RakNet and revealed its own Oculus Connect conference for September. A post on the Oculus blog explains that RakNet – a C++ networking middleware system for game development – will provide Oculus Rift developers the …
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