Oculus’ Palmer Luckey Responds on Reddit to Criticism of Past Comments

April 26, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is known to publicly speak his mind and is no strange with defending himself from the internet when perhaps he may change his stance on a Rift-related issue or has his words taken out of context. However, with … Read More

Senator Al Franken Questions Oculus over Privacy Policy Concerns

April 9, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

There’s been some recent controversy surrounding the Oculus Rift and its new privacy policy, which revealed Oculus will have access to collect data on the way users interact with its Rift headset. Now, it appears some of those privacy concerns have reached their … Read More

Oculus Privacy Policy Raises Data-Mining Concerns

April 6, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

When it was first announced that Facebook was acquiring Oculus for $2 billion two years ago, it initially sparked a knee-jerk reaction within the VR community that raised some privacy and data mining concerns. Since then, Oculus and Facebook have … Read More

Oculus Confirms Devs Can Sell their Rift Games on Other Store Platforms

March 29, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

In the recent announcement of the Oculus SDK 1.3 update, Oculus revealed that developers creating virtual reality games and apps for the Oculus Rift do not necessarily have to put their content on the Oculus store to sell their content … Read More

Oculus PC SDK 1.3 is Now Available to Developers

March 28, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

Developers of virtual reality content will be very pleased with the news that Oculus has released the latest version of its software development kit, Oculus PC SDK 1.3, which is available now for download directly from the Oculus website.

The … Read More

Palmer Luckey Hand-Delivers First Oculus Rift Headset

March 26, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

The long-awaited Oculus Rift is set to arrive on consumer’s doorsteps this Monday, March 28th, however, one lucky customer from Anchorage, Alaska received an early surprise visit from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey himself, who personally made the trip to hand-deliver … Read More

Oculus Brings Asynchronous Timewarp Support to the Rift

March 25, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

With the first shipments of the Oculus Rift already underway, the long-awaited headset is expected to arrive on the doorstep of customers by this week. However, the team at Oculus is still working hard to ensure new features and improvements … Read More

2016 BAFTA Fellowship Award for John Carmack

March 24, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

Over the past few years, the virtual reality industry has significantly changed for the better, and one individual who has played a key role in making that happen is legendary developer John Carmack.

Known as the man behind iconic franchises like … Read More

Oculus Releases Unity Sample Framework for Oculus Rift

March 11, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

One way that Oculus hopes to fast-track the production of virtual reality content is by including a learning tool that developers can use when they are creating new experiences or porting existing games to virtual reality with the release of … Read More

Oculus Adds New Social Features to Samsung Gear VR

March 9, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

If you thought virtual reality was going to be a lonely experience–well, think again. Today, Oculus has just announced a number of new social features coming to Samsung’s Gear VR headset this week for users to experience.

According to an … Read More