Samsung Gear VR for Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Available Now

May 8, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

The newest iteration of Samsung Gear VR for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge is now officially available on sale through Samsung’s website, and BestBuy.com for $199.

If you’re looking to pick one up, you can expect the new Gear VR … Read More

Facebook Is Working on Virtual Reality Versions of Its Apps

February 18, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Almost a year after Facebook invested $2 Billion to acquire Oculus VR, the social networking giant revealed that it has been working on developing versions of its own applications for use in virtual reality.

During Tuesday’s Code/Media conference in Laguna … Read More

Best Buy In-Store Demos of Samsung Gear VR starting Feb. 8th

February 6, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Best Buy recently began selling the Samsung Gear VR ‘Innovator Edition’ for $199.99 online through its retail website—but now, it seems Best Buy and Samsung are teaming up to bring the mobile VR experience even closer to consumers.

According to Sammobile, … Read More

Oculus VR to Attend Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2015

January 30, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Virtual reality is set to deliver in a big way during this year’s GDC 2015. The Game Developers Conference 2015 will take place on March 2-6 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California where video game industry veterans come … Read More

Samsung’s Gear VR Now Available for Purchase from Best Buy

January 28, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

For the last few months, Samsung’s Gear VR ‘Innovator Edition‘ headset—powered by Oculus, has been directly available for purchase through both AT&T and Samsung, but now for the first time one of the largest retailing giants, Best Buy, is starting to … Read More

Palmer Luckey ‘Super Excited’ About Microsoft HoloLens

January 22, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

While there have been many rumors about Microsoft planning its own virtual reality headset for quite some time, today we finally get a glimpse of Microsoft’s answer to the virtual reality race alongside Oculus, Sony’s Project Morpheus, and others aspiring … Read More

Mozilla Adds VR Features to Firefox for Oculus Rift Support

January 20, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Mozilla, the company behind the popular web browser Firefox, has been making a strong push toward bringing an innovative virtual reality experience to the Web.

Last Year, Mozilla launched MozVR, an experimental version of Firefox developed specifically to support web-based … Read More

VR Still ‘Very Rough,’ But ‘Excited’ for the Future, says Zuckerberg

January 19, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Last year, when Facebook acquired Oculus VR for $2 billion, the tech world was taken by surprise that a social networking giant would now be leading the way into the future of virtual reality.

Oculus has continued to operate independently within … Read More

British Army Uses Oculus Rift to Recruit New Potential Soldiers

January 17, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

While virtual reality is still in the early stages of making its way into the consumer market, the technology has been widely adopted by the military for decades to simulate various training applications.

As part of a new campaign to … Read More

Toyota Uses Oculus Rift to Teach Distracted Drivers a Lesson

January 15, 2015 | Staff Writer

At the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, Toyota announced its new TeenDrive365 distracted driver simulator with the Oculus Rift that is designed to educate and help new drivers become safer drivers. So far it has proven very effective, and there is … Read More