Tag Archives: oculus rift
Thu, May 23, 2013 | 06:58 BST
Robotics specialist and ex-Valve VR expert join Oculus Rift team
Two industry veterans have been brought on to the Oculus Rift team to work on its technology. Oculus VR has announced that Steve LaValle, a renowned researcher of robotics, and former Valve VR expert Tom Forsyth have both joined the team.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: oculus rift, Oculus VR, Robotics, Steve LaValle, Tom Forsyth
Thu, May 16, 2013 | 08:30 BST
Strike Suit Zero trailer shows Oculus Rift support in action
Strike Suit Zero developer Born Ready Games has released a new developer diary showing the game’s Oculus Rift support in action. You’ll be able to play it for yourself at the Geekopolis expo in Paris between 25-26 May.
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Posted in: PC, Strategy
Tags: Born Ready Games, oculus rift, Strike Suit Zero
Sat, May 11, 2013 | 20:55 BST
Bleszinski: next-gen console winner will embrace “connectivity, sharing, user content”
When in comes to next-gen systems, Cliff Bleszinski feels Sony’s really embraced the indie and sharing scenes, and he’s really interested in what Microsoft has to show on May 21.
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Posted in: Development, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS4, Sony, Xbox, Xbox 360, indie, peripherals
Tags: Cliff Bleszinski, indies, Kickstarter, next gen, oculus rift, Xbox 720, Xbox Infinity
Fri, May 10, 2013 | 05:04 BST
Half-life 2 has Oculus Rift support
The opt-in beta version of Half-life 2 already supports your shiny new Oculus Rift headset.
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Posted in: PC, Shooter, Steam, Valve
Tags: half-life 2, oculus rift
Tue, May 07, 2013 | 20:26 BST
Krillbite Studio adds Oculus Rift support to Among the Sleep
With 10 days left on its Kickstarter, Krillbite Studio has added Oculus Rift support to Among the Sleep.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mac, PC, Videos, indie
Tags: among the sleep, Kickstarter, Krillbite Studio, oculus rift
Tue, May 07, 2013 | 03:42 BST
Oculus Rift guillotine sim inspires a lot of headline puns
The latest Oculus Rift delight to do the rounds is a guillotine sim. That’s right, friends; step right up and experience for yourself the horror of human execution as practised on actual people in France until the late 1970′s.
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Posted in: PC, Simulation
Tags: Disunion, Exile Game Jam, oculus rift
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 | 23:48 BST
EVE Online Oculus Rift shooter sparks petition for full release
In response to a comment from a CCP staffer, PCGamesN has put together a petition calling for the release of EVR, the Oculus Rift-enabled dogfighting sim demonstrated at EVE FanFest this year. All signs indicate EVR is nearly as sweet as the throes of first love, so get on that. Check out a trailer for the 6v6 title through the break.
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Posted in: CCP, PC, Shooter, Simulation
Tags: EVR, oculus rift, petition
Mon, Apr 29, 2013 | 03:17 BST
Oculus Rift Virtual Boy emulator released
Now you can recreate the experience of using the world’s worst commercial gaming VR headset with the best one.
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Posted in: Mods, Nintendo, PC
Tags: oculus rift, virtual boy
Fri, Apr 26, 2013 | 20:02 BST
CCP demos 6v6 space dogfighting Oculus Rift game EVR at Fanfest
EVR, a 6v6 space dogfighting game set in the EVE universe and built for Oculus Rift, has been announced by CCP.
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Posted in: CCP, Development, Fighter, PC, Simulation
Tags: even fanfest 2013, EVR, oculus rift
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 | 23:48 BST
Virtuix Omni treadmill demo’d with Oculus Rift, Kinect
Virtuix makes omni-directional treadmills, which may not seem relevant to your life interests until you see it in partnership with Oculus Rift and Kinect, bringing us one step closer to 1980′s sci-fi virtual reality experiences.
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Posted in: Kinect, PC, Shooter, peripherals
Tags: oculus rift, Virtual Reality, Virtuix Omni
Thu, Apr 18, 2013 | 22:50 BST
Oculus Rift goes deep sea diving in UnderCurrent
Here’s a very clever Oculus Rift project from a group of UK students; rather than just adapt the VR tech to an existing genre, UnderCurrent uses it in a way that seems to capitalise on its strengths, by letting you explore a space most of us will never get the chance to see in real life.
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Posted in: Adventure, PC, indie
Tags: oculus rift, UnderCurrent
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 | 02:08 BST
Mirror’s Edge mod adds Oculus Rift support
If there is any combination more likely to result in lost lunches than first-person parkour and virtual reality, I really don’t want to try it.
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Posted in: Action, Mods, PC
Tags: mirror's edge, oculus rift
Tue, Apr 02, 2013 | 06:46 BST
GDC 2013 recap: all the headlines here
GDC 2013 is now under-way in San Francisco and it’s already produced some very interesting news, including a heavy focus on next-gen and indie chatter. Dave Cook recaps.
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Posted in: GDC 2013, PC, PS4, Vita, Xbox 360
Tags: oculus rift, unity, unreal engine 4
Tue, Mar 26, 2013 | 22:19 GMT
Nolan Bushnell: Mobile gaming on the way out
Navigating the mobile gaming universe can be a nightmare, because, well, there are a whole lot of those games. I play 5-10 new ones every week, in fact, but at the same time it’s rare that a new game will break into the top overall downloads chart. And Atari founder Nolan Bushnell tells All Things D that an environment like that will burn out developers.
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Posted in: Android, Atari, Casual, Mobile, iOS
Tags: google glass, Nolan Bushnell, oculus rift
Wed, Mar 27, 2013 | 06:18 GMT
Oculus Rift: watch VG247 play Hawken here
Oculus Rift promises to raise immersion in games to a whole new level. Watch VG247′s Sam Clay play Adhesive Game’s shooter Hawken here, and speak with the studio.
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Posted in: GDC 2013
Tags: Adhesive Games, Hawken, oculus rift
Mon, Mar 25, 2013 | 08:49 GMT
Oculus Rift dev kits contain free, four-month Unity Pro trial
Oculus has teamed up with Unity to give all developers that buy a dev kit for the anticipated VR headset device a free, four-month Unity Pro license trial.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: oculus rift, unity
Tue, Mar 19, 2013 | 00:51 GMT
Team Fortress 2 to add Oculus Rift support this week
Team Fortress 2 will add a “VR mode” this week, compatible with the Oculus Rift headset.
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Posted in: Free-to-Play, Mac, PC, Shooter, Steam, Valve
Tags: oculus rift, Team Fortress 2, tf2
Mon, Mar 18, 2013 | 01:02 GMT
DOOM 3 BFG Edition won’t support Oculus Rift devkits at launch
Those awaiting an Oculus Rift dev kit have received notification that a promised copy of DOOM 3 BFG Edition is no longer on the cards.
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Posted in: PC, Shooter
Tags: DOOM 3: BFG Edition, id software, oculus rift
Sat, Mar 02, 2013 | 18:32 GMT
PS4, HTML5, Project SHIELD and Oculus Rift talks added to GDC 2013
GDC 2013 organizers have added new vendor sessions for PS4, HTML5, Project SHIELD and Oculus Rift to the event schedule.
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Posted in: Development, PC, PS4, Sony, hardware, nVidia
Tags: HTML5, oculus rift, Project Shield
Tue, Feb 26, 2013 | 13:22 GMT
Crysis: original game modded to support Oculus Rift head-tracking
Crysis has been given the Oculus Rift mod treatment, throwing head tracking support into the mix.
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Posted in: PC, Shooter
Tags: crysis, Nathan Andrews, oculus rift
Microsoft’s Kinect patent suggest they will be always be watching