Contributor: FRΛNK R.
FRΛNK R.
Founder of OVRnews.com. Enjoys learning to code, creating art/drawing, and exploring the next paradigm shift in virtual and augmented reality, spatial computing, and artificial intelligence, as we venture on this immersive journey into the Metaverse.
Oculus Mobile SDK 0.5.0 is Now Available to Developers
April 4, 2015 | FRΛNK R.Developers looking to get the latest Oculus Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Samsung Gear VR, can now download it directly from the Oculus VR website.
Oculus recently released the Mobile SDK version 0.5.0 with a number of enhancements just in time … Read More
Judges Announced for the Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015
April 2, 2015 | FRΛNK R.The upcoming Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015 starting on April 13th, is set to challenge developers to create the most innovative, immersive mobile VR games and experiences for the Samsung Gear VR headset, which Samsung developed in partnership with Oculus.
Oculus Share Hits Milestone with 2 Million Unique Downloads
March 29, 2015 | FRΛNK R.Oculus has once again reached a significant milestone, and this time it’s with its Oculus VR Share platform—an online VR marketplace that allows developers to publish and share their own Oculus-ready games and experiences with the world to discover and download … Read More
Oculus’ Michael Abrash Explains How Virtual Reality is Reality
March 27, 2015 | FRΛNK R.On Thursday, Oculus Chief Scientist Michael Abrash took to the stage at Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference in San Francisco, to demonstrate that not everything we believe is real.
During his keynote presentation, Abrash, referenced ideas from the 1991 sci-fi film, The … Read More
UPDATE: Facebook CTO Hints Oculus Rift Will Ship in 2015
March 26, 2015 | FRΛNK R.At today’s F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco on Thursday, Facebook’s CTO Mike Schroepfer may have given a subtly hint suggesting the consumer release of the Oculus Rift could very well be in 2015.
After demonstrating VR gameplay footage from the … Read More
Facebook Will Bring Spherical Video Support to Oculus Rift
March 25, 2015 | FRΛNK R.Today, during its annual F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that it will support spherical videos, as part of its new way to deliver immersive 360-degree content to its social networking platform, including support … Read More
EVE: Valkyrie Latest Demo Running on Oculus ‘Crescent Bay’ Prototype
March 19, 2015 | FRΛNK R.At Fanfest 2015 this week, CCP games revealed a glimpse of its latest pre-alpha gameplay footage of EVE: Valkyrie and the response has been overwhelming.
While the trailer does an impressive job of giving viewers an exciting sense of what … Read More
Oculus Rift Consumer Launch on Track, but May Not Be 2015
March 14, 2015 | FRΛNK R.If you were hoping to get new details on the consumer release of the Oculus Rift, you will have to wait a bit longer. During a Q&A panel at SXSW 2015, Luckey would not comment on the exact release date, … Read More
Luckey, Still ‘Pretty Confident’ the Consumer Rift Will Be the Best HMD
March 14, 2015 | FRΛNK R.With the virtual reality industry gaining momentum, the competition for top spot is already underway.
The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset has paved the way for companies like Sony’s Morpheus, and HTC’s Vive to get in the action, however, Oculus … Read More
Oculus Confirms ‘Crescent Bay’ Prototype Equipped with Two Displays
March 13, 2015 | FRΛNK R.During a Q&A session at SXSW 2015, an Oculus VR panel including VP of Product Nate Mitchell and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey confirmed that the ‘Crescent Bay’ prototype of the Oculus Rift headset, does in fact come equipped with two displays.
