Tag Archives: Oculus Rift

One of the more exciting aspects of virtual reality is being able to explore otherworldly locations. That can be anything from the Library of Alexandria, to Sword Art Online, but there's one universe that more than a fair share of people would love to visit, and that's the wizarding world …

Sony and Oculus VR have not started to sell their virtual reality headsets, but Gartner already makes predictions regarding sales of VR hardware. According to leading market analysts, shipments of various VR gear will hit two million units in 2016 and will continue to grow in the following years. Still, …

One of the things detractors of virtual reality love to say, is that today's technology is no different from the last time VR was a thing, back in the '90s. Remember Lawnmower man? And those big VR units at arcades like Dave and Busters? According to some, today's tech is …

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, once said that the consumer version of Oculus Rift would be available in 2015 unless something goes “horribly wrong.” While nothing seems to be going wrong, he does not look like he is sure about availability of the device this year. The commercial …

If you've had a go on a VR headset like the Oculus Rift DK2 or the Samsung Gear VR and were given the chance to whizz through a few demos, you might have tried out one of the various virtual cinema experiences, which give you an entire screen at a …

Adr1ft, the survival-in-space sim co-developed by Adam Orth, the guy that said those things we hated that one time, has a new gameplay video out, showing what exactly it is players will be doing on the damaged space station, since we know it won't be killing aliens or slide kicking …

For those of us that don't live there, Australia seems like one big hotbed of sun, sand and sea, with coral reefs abound and the ever present danger of tiger and great white sharks. However in reality, that's far from the truth, as Australia is so large it has a variety …

It's been a while since we have heard anything about Valve efforts to dip its toes into the virtual reality hardware market, but it seems that the wait may very soon be over. At GDC 2015 between March fourth and sixth they have officially announced that they will be showing off a, …

Tim Sweeney, the founder of Epic Games and one of the best experts in computer graphics and video games in the world, believes that virtual reality will have dramatic influence on gaming. Moreover, rapid development of VR will mean that 10 years from now it will be impossible to distinguish …

If you have an Oculus Rift DK2 headset, you can do something that thousands of digital characters never could: visit Sword Art Online and then leave, without dying. It might be a little nerve racking putting on your headset to watch the bootup sequence and character login portion of the …

Microsoft Corp. is relatively quiet about its virtual reality hardware plans, however, this does not mean that the company is not developing anything. According to unofficial information from component suppliers, the software giant plans to demonstrate a prototype of its VR headset at the E3 2015 trade-show. The world’s largest …

Dumb question really. I should have just posted the download link and waited for the applause to roll in. Of course you should probably also send some praise via the developer's way too, since they're now the first person to give us the ability to throw pokeballs with our real …

Advanced Micro Devices said that architectural peculiarities of the graphics core next (GCN) architecture make it very efficient for rendering virtual reality games. Apparently, asynchronous compute engines (ACEs) of AMD Radeon graphics processing units provide unique capabilities for low-latency VR rendering. “It has been something of a well-kept secret that …

A UK man has made plans to wear a virtual reality headset 24/7 for a month in an effort to experience life through another person's eyes. Mark Farid is currently calling the project ‘Seeing-I' and labels it as a social artistic experiment to seek out how much of a person is …

One of the biggest issues with the Oculus Rift, is that if there is something going on around you, you often have no idea. While it can be fun to creep people out by blowing on their neck or touching them, it can be a real drawback to the technology. …

Samsung showed off its upcoming Gear VR headset last month and now we know when consumers will finally be able to get their hands on one. The headset, which was designed by Oculus, will be available to purchase from December onwards. The Gear VR Innovator Edition will pair up with …

The internet looks a lot different than it did just a few years ago and far different again than a few years before that. The further back you go, the more archaic it seems and the more lacking in modern design choices and style features it is than the years …

The long-awaited virtual reality headset from Oculus VR, a subsidiary of Facebook, is still expected to arrive in 2015, according to chief executive officer of Oculus VR. Brendan Iribe re-iterated plans to release the commercial version of the Oculus Rift in months, not years, from now at Web Summit 2014 …

Famed Director, James Cameron, has given his thoughts on current Virtual Reality technology and it turns out, he's not too impressed, stating that he sees absolutely no real place for it other than video games. In-fact, he described virtual reality as “a yawn”. Speaking at a Wall Street Journal Conference …

One of the best and worst aspects of the Oculus Rift and virtual reality as a whole at the moment, is that it is quite hit and miss. It's in a very experimental stage of its life, with lots of developers, many of them first timers, all looking to get …

Facebook went ahead and acquired Oculus earlier this year, giving the company the funding it needed to continue perfecting its virtual reality headset. However, Zuckerberg isn't looking to rush this new technology, in-fact, he's pretty certain that the Oculus Rift will take a few cycles and “a bunch of years” …

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 producer, Michiteru Okabe, has expressed his excitement surrounding virtual reality headsets and what they can do for horror titles. While virtual reality technology is still in development and has some way to go,  game companies are already eager to make games for VR headsets and Oculus …

Samsung’s Gear VR virtual reality headset will be the first new-generation VR gear that will make it to the market ahead of Oculus VR’s Rift as well as Sony’s project Morpheus. Unfortunately, in its current form the devices has a limitation that could make it rather useless for core gamers. …

Ever since I unpacked my Oculus Rift DK1 and perhaps even more so now that I've spent a few days trying to get more than a handful of demos to work on my DK2, I've wanted to be able to touch things in virtual reality. Not just click a mouse …

Oculus CEO, Brendan Iribe has said that while the Oculus Rift may have other uses and purposes, its roots will always be in gaming. Several members of the Oculus team discussed a lot of potential uses for virtual reality at an event last week, at which the company also announced …

Oculus VR has been on the hiring spree for some time now. The company has hired a number of top video game developers, but it has never announced plans to design first-party virtual reality video games. Late last week the company finally confirmed that the development of its own content is underway. …

While a final release date has yet to be announced for Frontier Development's upcoming game, Elite: Dangerous, pricing and a special edition version have both been announced. As with most other big titles, the game will release for $60 but the special edition  can be pre-ordered for a discount. All …

If like me, you're on tenterhooks awaiting your pre-ordered Oculus Rift devkit 2, then it probably won't be much comfort to know that this time around your hardware won't feel as revolutionary for as long, as the much teased consumer version of Oculus' virtual reality headset could be hitting public …

Last week Samsung announced the Gear VR, an Android virtual reality headset developed by the guys over at Oculus. According to John Carmack, getting virtual reality running on Android was no easy task and due to the lack of native code development, creating applications for the platform is “no fun …

Oculus has revealed a few details surrounding the upcoming consumer version of its virtual reality headset. For a start, the specifications for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift have already been decided on and the team already has a price point in mind. Speaking with Eurogamer, Oculus founder, Palmer Luckey …