Oculus News
Oculus Confirmed to Attend E3 2016
March 4, 2016 | FRΛNK R.While last year’s E3 event set the stage for companies to reveal information about their upcoming virtual reality headset, when June of this year rolls around, the VR landscape is promising to be much different. For one, the two high-end … Read More
Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Congratulates HTC for Vive Launch
March 2, 2016 | FRΛNK R.It looks as though the future of virtual reality is already here, with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive set to begin shipping from April onwards. In fact, the first shipments of the Oculus Rift headsets will begin on the … Read More
Oculus Has Hired Former Hulu SVP Eugene Wei to Head Video Team
March 1, 2016 | FRΛNK R.In an effort to expand its growing team of industry veterans, Oculus has hired former Hulu SVP Eugene Wei as its new head of video. As reported by Re/code, Wei was most recently head of product at Flipboard and also … Read More
Oculus Releases OVRLipSync Plugin for Unity
February 11, 2016 | FRΛNK R.Oculus has announced the release of a new add-on plugin that allows developers to create natural and synchronized lip movements from the sound on a virtual character with the use of the Unity engine.
The Oculus Lip Sync Unity integration … Read More
Oculus Audio SDK 1.0.2 Now Available to Developers
February 1, 2016 | FRΛNK R.In an effort to provide the best audio experience possible in virtual reality, Oculus recently released an update to its Audio SDK ensuring developers have access to powerful tools necessary to deliver a compelling 3D spatial audio experience into VR … Read More
Oculus Announces Story Studio University for VR Filmmaking Pioneers
January 27, 2016 | FRΛNK R.At this week’s Sundance Film Festival, Oculus announced Story Studio University, a new initiative branded under the company’s own in-house VR film division, that is designed to help “inspire and educate the next generation of VR filmmakers.”
According to a post on the official Oculus … Read More
Oculus ‘Quill’ Lets VR Illustrators Paint in the Rift
January 26, 2016 | FRΛNK R.During this week’s Sundance Film Festival 2016, Oculus unveiled its new internal creation tool, Quill, that allows illustrators to express their creativity by painting entire scenes in virtual reality, and bringing their creations to life in a unique and immersive way.
Oculus Story Studio Announces New VR Film ‘Dear Angelica’
January 26, 2016 | FRΛNK R.Today, Oculus revealed an early glimpse at a new virtual reality film developed by its own in-house cinema division, Oculus Story Studio, called Dear Angelica which it’s previewing at this year’s Sundance Film Festival 2016.
Dear Angelica is an animated short that … Read More
Oculus Research Study Offering $400 to Selected Participates
January 26, 2016 | FRΛNK R.If you received a somewhat suspicious looking email from a company claiming to be Oculus to take part in a research study for $400—don’t be quick to toss it into your spam box. It’s actually Legit!
Today, Oculus founder Palmer … Read More
Oculus’ Palmer Luckey Must Face Breach of Contract Lawsuit, says Judge
January 20, 2016 | FRΛNK R.On Saturday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Fransico ruled that the part of a lawsuit against Oculus founder Palmer Luckey for allegedly breaching a contract with his former employer, Total Recall Technologies, will be allowed to proceed, Reuters reports.
