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VR firm's founder accused of using information gained at Total Recall Technologies to accelerate development of Rift headset
Read More »Judge gives go ahead of Palmer Luckey breach of contract claim
The founder of Oculus Rift looks likely to end up in court over allegations that he used knowledge and technologies learned from a previous role in setting up his virtual reality empire. Reuters reports that US District Judge William Alsup has ruled that a breach of contract claim levelled against …
Read More »Retail dismayed by £500 Oculus Rift
The Oculus Rift is too expensive and lacking in must-have games, UK stores have warned. But VR is an exciting new area for the global games market and, in time, Oculus Rift could still emerge as the market leader. MCV contacted leading games stores following the news that the first …
Read More »More than 100 games coming to Oculus Rift this year, says Luckey
Over 100 titles will be coming to the Oculus Rift headset this year. That’s according to Oculus boss Palmer Luckey, who said in a Reddit AMA yesterday that ‘at least 100′ games are to be released for the headset this year. Luckey told Reddit users that over 20 of these …
Read More »Oculus boss Luckey apologises for Rift pricing confusion
Just hours after it was revealed that the Oculus Rift would be setting back consumers 499 (or $599), the company’s founder Palmer Luckey took to Reddit for a Q&A. During the AMA (Ask Me Anything), Luckey was asked by one user why the messaging around the Rift’s price tag was …
Read More »Oculus Rift to set consumers back £500, shipping starts in March
The Oculus Rift VR headset is now available to pre-order and its price has been revealed. The pre-order page features a cost of $599 (410), but going through to the check out page in the UK shows that the Rift headset will set consumers on this side of the pond …
Read More »Oculus giving free Rift to early Kickstarter backers
Just shy of 7,000 people to receive free headset
Read More »Oculus Rift pre-orders go live in two days
Pre-orders for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will go live this week. The company has announced that customers will be able to lay down money for the device from 8am PST (4pm UK time) on Wednesday January 6th. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey will also be doing a Reddit AMA …
Read More »Oculus Touch delayed until late 2016
Controller for virtual reality platform to miss launch of Rift headset
Read More »Oculus Touch controller won’t be ready for Rift launch
Facebook’s much-touted virtual reality headset Oculus Rift won’t ship alongside its controller at launch. Oculus says that more time is needed to improve upon its controller tech, meaning that while the headset itself is due to ship in Q1 of this year, the Touch controller won’t arrive until some stage …
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