It has been a few years since the Oculus Touch controllers first launched and while there have been small tweaks to it along the way, we have yet to see a proper ‘next gen' controller from Oculus. That could be changing quite soon, as recent firmware updates have shed some …
Read More »Facebook made ‘tens of thousands’ of Oculus Touch units with odd messages inscribed on them
'This Space For Rent', 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' are amongst the few we know about.
Read More »Titanfall devs are working on a virtual reality game
It seems that Respawn Entertainment is keeping itself very busy at the moment. Aside from continuing to support Titanfall 2, the studio is also working on a Star Wars game for EA and now, it has also taken on a secret virtual reality project for Oculus. The announcement was made …
Read More »The Oculus Rift and Touch bundle gets a permanent price cut to £399
Back in 2014/2015, Oculus was the go-to company as far as virtual reality was concerned, then in 2016, things began snowballing downhill pretty quickly. One of the key reasons so many were turned away was pricing, the headset itself came in at £500 at launch, which was worsened by the …
Read More »OCUK’s £999 Gaming Optic bundle gets you a PC, Oculus Rift and Touch
A year ago, buying into VR was an expensive endeavour, particularly if you didn't already have a well spec'd PC. Fortunately, prices have been getting lower as we can see by Overclockers UK's new VR PC and Oculus bundle, which is quite the steal compared to VR costs just one …
Read More »Oculus Touch is here and reviews seem to be very positive
The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have been going head to head all year but so far there has been a clear, defining difference between the two headsets- motion controllers. The HTC Vive has often been applauded as the better buy as many prefer using motion controllers within VR, rather …
Read More »The Oculus Touch controllers will be £190 in UK
The Oculus Rift may have been the first major VR headset to hit the market, but since then it seems that the HTC Vive has found stronger footing in the market, with many preferring the motion controls and room-scale capabilities. Oculus has a plan to combat that, with Oculus Touch, …
Read More »Retail listing points to high price for Oculus Touch
The Oculus Rift is set to get quite the upgrade later this year with the launch of Oculus Touch, the headset's own motion controllers, paving the way for room-scale experiences that will bring the Rift more in-line with what the HTC Vive offers. It's going to be pricey though if …
Read More »Oculus doubts that consumers will have space for room-scale VR
There are two major virtual reality headsets releasing this year for the PC market, the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. Both may seem fairly similar if you look at certain specs like screen resolution and refresh rate but the two devices actually take very different approaches, with Oculus focussing …
Read More »Oculus is delaying the launch date for its Touch controllers
Earlier this year, Oculus officially announced the consumer version of the Oculus Rift, though that wasn't all it had to show off. Oculus has also been working on a pair of handheld controllers known as the Oculus Touch, which would allow for users to interact with virtual worlds a bit …
Read More »The Oculus Touch controllers won’t be ready in time for launch
The Oculus Rift is on the way and should release around Spring next year. However, the Rift headset isn't the only bit of hardware that Oculus is set to release next year, it also has a brand new controller known as ‘Oculus Touch'. It's two motion sensing controllers that will …
Read More »Sales of VR headsets to hit three million in 2016, 30 million by 2020
Being designed primarily for video games, virtual reality headsets will unlikely become popular overnight after they hit the market in 2016, but several years down the road their installed base will approach that of certain game consoles, according to a study from Juniper Research. Analysts from Juniper Research predict that …
Read More »Palmer Luckey: Virtual reality needs unlimited GPU horsepower
In the early days of virtual reality gaming various limitations and trade-offs are inevitable because early hardware and software are never perfect. However, the main challenge for VR games will be performance of graphics adapters. Not all high-end graphics cards will be able to deliver 90 frames per second required …
Read More »TrendForce: 14 million virtual reality headsets will be shipped in 2016
Virtual reality hardware will finally enter the market next year. A number of companies plan to offer their VR headsets and even more companies pin a lot of hopes on the rise of virtual reality next year since this will catalyze many people to buy new PCs. However, nobody knows …
Read More »Oculus VR: For now, virtual reality gaming is for hardcore gamers only
Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, claims that while virtual reality gaming will make it to the mainstream market in the future, for a couple of years down the road it will remain a prerogative of hardcore and enthusiast gamers. The VR pioneer confirms that high prices of hardware …
Read More »Oculus announces ‘Oculus Touch’ controllers for the Rift
At the Oculus VR event this evening, Palmer Luckey pulled a Steve Jobs with a ‘one more thing…' moment, wrapping up the show with the announcement of Oculus Touch, the dedicated virtual reality controller that will allow you to interact with objects in the virtual world. Update: Palmer Luckey has …
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