Oculus News
Oculus VR Hires Supergiant’s Senior Programmer Chris Jurney
June 16, 2014 | FRΛNK R.Supergiant Games’ senior programmer Chris Jurney revealed on Twitter that he will be joining the Oculus VR team to “help make VR awesome.”
After two years as senior programmer at Supergiant Games’, Jurney worked on popular indie games like Bastion, and … Read More
Naughty Dog Co-Founder Jason Rubin Joins Oculus VR
June 10, 2014 | FRΛNK R.Today, Oculus VR announced another high-profile gaming industry veteran to join the ranks of its ever-growing team of talent. Former THQ president and Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin will take on the role as head of worldwide studios for Oculus.
Words With Friends Co-Creator Announces Lucky’s Tale for Oculus Rift
June 5, 2014 | FRΛNK R.Paul Bettner, co-creator of the highly successful mobile game Words with Friends, is making a new game called Lucky’s Tale exclusively for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Lucky’s Tale, is being developed as a third-person platforming adventure game in partnership … Read More
Oculus VR Hires Former Steam Boss Jason Holtman as Head of Platform
June 4, 2014 | FRΛNK R.Oculus VR has hired another ex-Valve employee to join its impressive roster of gaming industry veterans. Jason Holtman, former director of business development for Valve, has been named Head of Platform for the Oculus Rift. According to Oculus, Holtman will … Read More
Samsung Working with Oculus on VR Headset for Smartphones
June 1, 2014 | FRΛNK R.Early rumors of Samsung building its own virtual reality headset to compete against the Oculus Rift seem to have taken an interesting turn. According to new details by Engadget, it appears Oculus VR and Samsung are actually working together on … Read More
ZeniMax Files Lawsuit Against Oculus over Virtual Reality Technology
May 22, 2014 | FRΛNK R.Earlier this month, ZeniMax, owner of developer id Software, accused Oculus VR and former id employer John Carmack of stealing intellectual property used in the development and success of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, which Facebook announced to purchase … Read More
Oculus VR Hires Google Glass Lead Engineer Adrian Wong
May 16, 2014 | FRΛNK R.The latest addition to the Oculus VR dream team is Google Glass lead electrical engineer Adrian Wong. TechCrunch recently noticed Wongs’ LinkedIn profile updated as an Oculus VR employee, and goes on to currently describe his job position as “Building … Read More
‘Halo 4’ Art Director Kenneth Scott Joins Oculus VR
May 14, 2014 | FRΛNK R.Over the last few months, Oculus has been attracting top talent throughout the industry to join its growing company. Its latest addition to its high-profile roster of veteran game developers is the former art director of 343 Industries and id … Read More
Oculus wants to Build the Largest VR MMO with One Billion People
May 6, 2014 | FRΛNK R.When Facebook announced plans to acquire Oculus VR for $2 billion, many fans and early supporters were stunned and initially concerned with the direction the virtual reality startup company was going—however, as the dust begins to settle we start to get … Read More
Oculus VR Responds to ZeniMax Allegations: The Claims are ‘False’
May 5, 2014 | FRΛNK R.This morning the battle over the rights to the Oculus Rift VR technology started heating up, as Oculus VR formally responded directly against ZeniMax’s recent claims that former employer and co-founder of id Software, John Carmack had stolen key intellectual … Read More
