Around 10,000 DK2s expected to be sent out this month
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It may sound preposterous, but Oculus Rift has quite a bit in common with Nintendo’s Wii. The high-tech wizardry of VR may seem worlds apart from the more rudimentary implementation of motion control. Yet like the Wii, the Oculus Rift promises to seriously disrupt the video games market. And like …
Read More »Facebook completes $2bn Oculus acquisition
Deal for VR firm includes $400m in cash and 23.1m shares worth $1.6bn
Read More »Call of Duty devs open Reload Studios
Former Infinity Ward employees working on virtual reality first-person shooter
Read More »Oculus VR cutting off eBay sellers
Orders cancelled for anyone planning to resell Oculus Rift DK2 on auction site
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So survival horror is dead, is it? Upcoming indie Oculus Rift game The Hum disagrees. The successfully Greenlit game is set in the aftermath of an alien invasion which was preceded by an inexplicable humming noise. Players star as a survivor struggling for answers. But, something strange starts to happen,” …
Read More »Samsung VR headset pictured, called Gear VR
The next competitor in the increasingly crowded virtual reality sector has been pictured for the first time. It was reported in May that the Korean company was working on a VR device, but now SamMobile claims to have obtained the first picture of what will be called the Gear VR. …
Read More »The nDreams guide to VR design: ‘Treat your player like a real person’
“They’re not playing what you’re designing, they’re experiencing it,” says Patrick O’Luanaigh
Read More »nDreams working on six VR projects
Studio has conducted 40 experiments and tests into virtual reality
Read More »VR support coming to Google Chrome
Google has confirmed plans to add native virtual reality support to its Chrome web browser. Following the news last week that Mozilla is planning on doing the same for Firefox, Google has already has released builds for Chrome that offer functioning Oculus Rift support. Compatibility with Google’s own Google Cardboard …
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