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Oculus has announced the appointment of VR veteran Atman Binstock as its new chief architect. The company announced the new hire today in a post on its blog, adding that Binstock’s first task will be to put together a research and development team based in the Seattle area. Binstock was …
Read More »Oculus swoops for Valve VR engineer
Atman Binstock leading R&D team at new Seattle base
Read More »EA exploring virtual reality game development
Publisher looking at modality of play and how this could work on VR
Read More »Oculus Rift production put on hold
Oculus has said that it is not currently manufacturing its Rift virtual reality headsets. A component shortage has forced everything to grind to a halt as for the time being Oculus is only supplying a limited number of countries – the US, Canada, the EU, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Switzerland …
Read More »Oculus halting VR dev kit shipments as key components run dry
Virtual reality firm seeking alternate sources
Read More »Report: Sony to unveil PS4 virtual reality headset at GDC
Console giant has 'deliberately taken its time to tweak and polish the headset before revealing it'
Read More »Oculus to co-publish EVE Valkyrie
Virtual reality specialist Oculus has announced its first official publishing partnership – EVE Valkyrie. The former demo-turned-game is a space combat title set in the EVE universe. Think of an X-Wing simulator in a virtual reality machine and you’re on the right track. The CCP title has now been confirmed …
Read More »Why John Carmack left id for Oculus VR
Co-founder of id jumped ship when Zenimax turned down virtual reality pitch
Read More »FPS Creator Reloaded integrates Oculus Rift VR support
Latest update brings improved AI and 3D editing mode
Read More »Oculus details best practices for virtual reality game development
39-page document explains how devs can improve user experience and create immersive titles
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