Oculus Rift Coming to Retail Stores in Europe and Canada Next Month

August 16, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

The initial launch of the Oculus Rift may have started off on a bumpy road with pre-order delays lasting weeks and even months, however, now with Oculus all caught up, the company is ready to boost its hardware distribution outside the U.S.

Today, … Read More

Oculus PC SDK 1.7 is Now Available to Developers

August 13, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

As Oculus gets closer to the highly-anticipated release of its Touch motion controllers, the company is ensuring that its platform is up-to-date and ready to support its upcoming new hardware in the latest version of the Oculus PC software development kit (SDK)—version 1.7.0, … Read More

Oculus and Getty Images Partner to Bring 360-degree Photos of the Rio Olympics

August 10, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

With the 2016 Summer Olympics officially underway in Rio de Janerio, a new partnership between Oculus and Getty Images will now allow fans from around the world to immerse themselves into the action from the comfort of their home with … Read More

Oculus Connect 3 Registration Now Open, starting $199 for Early Bird Pass

August 5, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

For those planning to attend this year’s third annual developer conference, Oculus Connect 3, registration for the big event is currently underway. OC3 registration officially opened earlier this week, as Oculus prepares to deliver one of its highly-anticipated events of the year … Read More

Oculus Showcases its VR Sculpting Tool ‘Medium’ at Comic-Con

July 23, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

During this week at Comic-Con in San Diego, Oculus gave attendees a closer look at its much-anticipated VR sculpting software tool, Medium.

With the help of some world-class artists, Medium, was put to the test and delivered some really impressive … Read More

Oculus SDK 1.6 Reveals New Touch Features and Additional Sensor Support

July 16, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

This week Oculus released its latest software development kit, Oculus PC SDK 1.6, which includes a number of key improvements to help improve the user experience, as well as two interesting features for the much-anticipated Oculus Touch controllers slated for … Read More

Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe Hints Touch Controllers Will Ship ‘In Volume Q4

July 13, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

Yesterday, it was officially announced that Oculus finally caught up to fulfilling all pre-orders for its Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. The company also noted its long-awaited Touch controllers still wouldn’t ship until later this year, however they did confirm to … Read More

Oculus Finally Catches Up with Pre-Orders, Now Offers 2-4 Day Shipping

July 12, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

After months of long delays, Oculus just announced that all pre-orders of its Rift headset are now fulfilled and finally shipped to its customers.

This comes as good news to those who have been waiting patiently for their headset to arrive, so … Read More

Oculus Announces Connect 3 Developer Conference is Oct. 5th-7th

July 12, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

Today, Oculus announced its third annual developer conference, Oculus Connect, will officially take place this year in San Jose, California, from October 5th-7th. With much excitement surrounding the conference, Oculus says this will be their largest developer conference yet!

At … Read More

Oculus HapticWave Project Let’s You Feel in VR without Gloves

July 7, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

As Oculus gets closer to releasing its long-awaited Touch motion controllers to allow users to see their hands in the Rift, the company already has potential plans in the works to take VR input a step further to make virtual reality … Read More