Oculus News
Oculus and Disney Announce ‘Marvel Powers United VR’ for the Rift
July 16, 2017 | FRΛNK R.During this weekend’s D23 Expo, Oculus and Disney announced a partnership to create an exclusive virtual reality title for the Oculus Rift based on Marvel’s superheroes.
The game is called Marvel Powers United VR and will feature a complete roster … Read More
Oculus ‘Medium’ 1.2 Update Let’s You Sculpt with Friends in VR
July 16, 2017 | FRΛNK R.Oculus’ intuitive creative tool Medium which allows users to create sculpts, models, and all kinds of immersive artwork in virtual reality is getting social thanks to a new update.
Now, with the recently announced 1.2 version update of Medium, you … Read More
Oculus Rift and Touch Controller Bundle Gets Permanent Price Drop to $499
July 15, 2017 | FRΛNK R.Earlier this week, Oculus announced a temporary price cut of its Oculus Rift headset and Touch controller bundle for just $399 as part of the company’s ‘Sumer of Rift’ sales event. However, now the company revealed that once the sale … Read More
Oculus Earns Three Nominations for the 2017 Emmy Awards
July 15, 2017 | FRΛNK R.This year’s nominations for the 69th Annual Emmy Awards were just recently announced and among the nominees were three virtual reality experiences produced by the Oculus team for Outstanding Original Interactive Program.
The nominees made by or created in collaboration … Read More
Oculus Reportedly Planning to Launch a $200 Standalone VR Headset in 2018
July 14, 2017 | FRΛNK R.Oculus and its parent company Facebook are reportedly planning to release a new standalone virtual reality headset next year that is designed to bridge the gap between affordable headsets like the Gear VR and the high-end Oculus Rift, according to … Read More
Facebook Spaces Now Lets Oculus Rift Users Broadcast Live from VR
July 12, 2017 | FRΛNK R.Earlier this year, Facebook launched Spaces, a social VR app for the Oculus platform that lets you and your Facebook friends hang out and interact with each other in virtual reality. Now, the company has announced that Spaces is getting … Read More
Oculus Adds Support for Native Mixed Reality Capture to Rift
July 3, 2017 | FRΛNK R.Trying to convey to others what it’s like to be totally immersed in a virtual reality experience has proven to be somewhat of a challenge to put into words, however, with the help of a green screen and an external … Read More
Oculus Rift Creator Palmer Luckey Backs Development of ReVive ‘Hack’
June 29, 2017 | FRΛNK R.Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, who left the company back in March, has apparently pledged $2,000 per month to a Patreon campaign supporting the ongoing development of ReVive, a popular homebrew application that allows VR games exclusive to the Oculus Rift … Read More
Oculus Sending Controller-Shaped Trophies to Touch Launch Partners
June 28, 2017 | FRΛNK R.Oculus is showing its appreciation to developers who helped the Oculus Touch controllers kick-off to a great start last year by sending them silver controller-shaped trophies, as reported by UploadVR.
The Touch controllers launched on December 6th, 2016 with over … Read More
Oculus Announces Connect 4 Developer Conference is Oct. 11th-12th
June 22, 2017 | FRΛNK R.Oculus has officially announced that its fourth annual developer conference, Oculus Connect, will take place from October 11th-12th at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA.
Oculus Connect 4 will be a two-day event filled with an … Read More