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

Dragon Front Exclusive Collectible Card Game for the Oculus Rift

February 28, 2016 | Staff Writer

If you are a fan of games such as Magic: The Gathering or the incredibly popular Hearthstone, there is a turn-based collectible card game (CCG) coming exclusively called Dragon Front for the Oculus Rift that is sure to get you … Read More

Valve’s Chaperone System Will Support the Oculus Rift

February 26, 2016 | Staff Writer

Virtual reality enthusiasts and consumers, in general, are eagerly anticipating the wide release of a high-end virtual reality head-mounted display (HMD) to hit the market. The Oculus and HTC Vive are two headsets drawing the most attention, and fans are … Read More

Oculus Rift Will Come with Four-Month Free Access to Unity Pro

February 10, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

Today, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey announced that the company would be giving everyone who orders an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset access to a four-month free trial of Unity Pro software.

Luckey made the announcement on stage at the Vision Summit … Read More

‘Oculus Ready’ PC Rift Bundles Available for Pre-Order Feb 16th

February 9, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

Last month when Oculus announced its consumer version of the Rift virtual reality headset priced at $599, the company also promised to make it simple to get everything you need to jump into virtual reality by offering a complete ready-to-go VR … Read More

Oculus Rift Will Be in Retail Stores Starting April 2016, says Iribe

January 22, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

The Oculus Rift became available for pre-order early this month, and demand has been extremely high that backorders for the consumer Rift are pushed all the way back to July 2016. While early adopters and VR enthusiasts have been the driving … Read More

Oculus Touch Bundled with Rift Would ‘Significantly Raise the Cost’, says Luckey

January 20, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

Early pre-orders of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset are set to begin shipping on March 28th, 2016, and will come bundled with a number of additional goodies in box—including, a free copy of Lucky’s Tale, EVE: Valkyrie, and an … Read More

Oculus Rift Pre-Order Shipments Now Backordered to July 2016

January 17, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

Earlier this month, Oculus Rift pre-orders opened to consumers, and although the $599 price tag had some early buyers stunned by the initial cost, the reaction wasn’t enough to prevent the headset from selling out of its March inventory faster than the … Read More

Oculus ‘Strongly Discouraging’ Devs from Using Jump Scares in VR

January 11, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

When it comes to horror games in virtual reality, one would expect the experience to be intense, terrifying, and in some ways traumatizing for those not ready to immerse themselves into their own virtual fears—especially, when facing down the classic … Read More