Oculus Rift and Touch Bundle Gets Permanent Price Cut to $399

October 11, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus is permanently dropping the price of its Rift and Touch bundle down to $399, following the highly successful Summer of Rift Sale that ended last month. The announcement was made on stage by Hugo Barra, Facebook’s head of VR during … Read More

Oculus ‘Santa Cruz’ Standalone Prototype Will Ship Next Year to Devs

October 11, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

During the opening keynote at Oculus Connect 4, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Oculus’ high-end standalone VR headset prototype, codenamed ‘Santa Cruz’, will finally be in the hands of developers by next year and confirmed that it will feature … Read More

Oculus Announces $199 ‘Oculus Go’ Standalone VR Headset

October 11, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on stage during the Oculus Connect 4 keynote a new standalone VR headset called Oculus Go that will ship to the masses early next year and cost $199.

Oculus is strategically positioning its Go … Read More

Watch the Oculus Connect 4 Keynote Live Stream Right Here

October 11, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus is holding its fourth-annual developer’s conference (OC4) this week, and it kicks off today at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA. The two-day event will offer a glimpse into what Oculus has been working on and what … Read More

Oculus Announces Open-Source Release of Rift DK2 Headset

October 10, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

On the eve prior to Oculus’ fourth-annual developer conference (OC4), the company announced that it has officially made the plans for the Rift Development Kit (DK2) headset open-source. Now, under an open-source license, anyone can go ahead and download the … Read More

Oculus Rolls Out Rift 1.19 Software Update Ahead of OC4

October 8, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus has started rolling out its latest 1.19 software update for the Rift, which brings miscellaneous stability and performance improvements to the platform ahead of this week’s OC4 event.

In the new Rift 1.19 software update, Oculus also further improves … Read More

Oculus Connect 4 Full Schedule and Event Details Available Now

October 5, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

This year’s fourth annual Oculus developer conference (OC4) is less than a week away, and the company has revealed the full event schedule of speakers and presentations to be held throughout the two-day event on October 11th-12th, at the San Jose … Read More

Oculus Rolls Out Global Refund Policy for Rift and Gear VR Content

September 27, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus has announced that is making it easier for any user that is not satisfied with the purchase of content for the Rift or Gear VR through the Oculus Store to receive a full refund, no questions asked.

The new refund policy … Read More

Palmer Luckey Says He is Working on ‘Some Very Exciting Things’ in VR

September 25, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey attended the Tokyo Game Show last week and was a featured guest speaker in a variety of panel discussions at the event, including HTC’s Vive stage where he broadly discussed topics on Japan’s growing VR scene and … Read More

Epic Games Announces Plans to Attend Oculus Connect 4

September 23, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

With Oculus’ fourth annual Connect developer conference (OC4) right around the corner, the team at Epic Games announced its plans to attend this year’s big event held on October 11th–12th at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center.

As they have in previous … Read More