Contributor: FRΛNK R.
Valve Adds Easier Access to ‘Virtual Reality Mode’ in Latest Steam Beta
March 19, 2014 | FRΛNK R.Valve in recent months has expressed strong support and desire towards helping push virtual reality gaming and technology forward to deliver the best quality and immersive experiences possible to users.
Currently, while the majority of gamers lack any type of … Read More
Oculus Rift Gun Peripheral Delivers Realistic FPS Experience
March 17, 2014 | FRΛNK R.The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset has generated a lot of excitement ever since its Kickstarter campaign back in 2012. And while the feedback, so far, has been amazing—there are a few aspects that still need to be figured out … Read More
‘Second Life’ Oculus Rift Support is Ready for Beta Testing
March 14, 2014 | FRΛNK R.One of the most popular and free massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) available is Second Life. With around 33 million registered users, Second Life puts players in control of their own customizable avatar within a 3D online virtual world. … Read More
Oculus VR Strategically Opens New Office in Seattle
March 13, 2014 | FRΛNK R.Oculus VR, the company behind the highly-anticipated Virtual Reality headset, the Oculus Rift announced that it will be opening a new Research and Development Office in the Seattle area.
With over $100 million in funding, Oculus VR, which is currently … Read More
Former Valve Lead VR Engineer Joins Oculus, dev kit ends sales
March 12, 2014 | FRΛNK R.Oculus VR has announced that former Valve VR engineer, Atman Binstock, will be joining the Oculus team as its new chief architect. Atman will have the new role of leading the Oculus Research and Development team based in the Seattle … Read More
‘Project Life’ a Geometry Wars-Style Shooter Against Toxic Cells
March 10, 2014 | FRΛNK R.Crimson Dragon developer Land Ho Co., Ltd is planning to release an Oculus Rift supported first-person shooter titled Project Life, according to Destructoid.
Similar to the gameplay style of Geometry Wars, players will shoot and manurer their way through a … Read More
Cyberpunk Hacking Game ‘Darknet’ Announced for Oculus Rift
March 9, 2014 | FRΛNK R.At the 2013 VR Jam hosted by Oculus and IndieCade, developer E McNeill won the Open Call Grand Prize with his game titled Ciess. A game that earned him $10,000 for its unique, simple concept, yet addictive challenging gameplay. The … Read More
Oculus Rift Aims to be ‘Affordable’, and Not a ‘Rich Person’s Toy’, says Creator
March 4, 2014 | FRΛNK R.With the anticipated release of the Oculus Rift slowly approaching one of the biggest questions that people have been wondering is, how much the consumer version of the Oculus Rift is going to cost.
In a recent interview with GamesIndustry … Read More
Oculus Rift Production Stalls Due to Component Shortage
February 20, 2014 | FRΛNK R.According to an Oculus community manager on Reddit, there’s a shortage in the Oculus Rift developer kits (DK1) because some of the headset’s components are no longer being manufactured.
“Certain components used in the Oculus Rift developer kit are no longer … Read More
Brendan Iribe, previous officer for Gaikai and Scaleform, takes the Position of CEO for Oculus VR
August 16, 2012 | FRΛNK R.Oculus VR had an extremely successful launch, thanks to the help of its Kickstarter campaign. They were able to reach their initial funding goal in a matter of hours, and ever since that moment, they knew that they needed to … Read More