News & Reviews
Latest news on the Oculus Rift, and other cool VR stuff!
Oculus Releases OVRLipSync Plugin for Unity
February 11, 2016 | FRΛNK R.Oculus has announced the release of a new add-on plugin that allows developers to create natural and synchronized lip movements from the sound on a virtual character with the use of the Unity engine.
The Oculus Lip Sync Unity integration … Read More
Oculus Rift Will Come with Four-Month Free Access to Unity Pro
February 10, 2016 | FRΛNK R.Today, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey announced that the company would be giving everyone who orders an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset access to a four-month free trial of Unity Pro software.
Luckey made the announcement on stage at the Vision Summit … Read More
‘Oculus Ready’ PC Rift Bundles Available for Pre-Order Feb 16th
February 9, 2016 | FRΛNK R.Last month when Oculus announced its consumer version of the Rift virtual reality headset priced at $599, the company also promised to make it simple to get everything you need to jump into virtual reality by offering a complete ready-to-go VR … Read More
Oculus CTO John Carmack Makes Gear VR Positional Tracking a Priority
February 8, 2016 | Staff WriterWhen it comes to having a great immersive mobile VR experience, one key feature that is regularly mentioned to be missing on the Samsung Gear VR headset is the lack of positional tracking. However, according to Oculus CTO, John Carmack, … Read More
Oculus Audio SDK 1.0.2 Now Available to Developers
February 1, 2016 | FRΛNK R.In an effort to provide the best audio experience possible in virtual reality, Oculus recently released an update to its Audio SDK ensuring developers have access to powerful tools necessary to deliver a compelling 3D spatial audio experience into VR … Read More
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ‘Happy’ with Oculus Rift Pre-Orders
January 30, 2016 | FRΛNK R.During Facebook’s latest earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors and analysts that he is “happy” with the direction Oculus Rift pre-orders are going, however, the company does not expect the upcoming launch of the Rift to have … Read More
Oculus Announces Story Studio University for VR Filmmaking Pioneers
January 27, 2016 | FRΛNK R.At this week’s Sundance Film Festival, Oculus announced Story Studio University, a new initiative branded under the company’s own in-house VR film division, that is designed to help “inspire and educate the next generation of VR filmmakers.”
According to a post on the official Oculus … Read More
Oculus ‘Quill’ Lets VR Illustrators Paint in the Rift
January 26, 2016 | FRΛNK R.During this week’s Sundance Film Festival 2016, Oculus unveiled its new internal creation tool, Quill, that allows illustrators to express their creativity by painting entire scenes in virtual reality, and bringing their creations to life in a unique and immersive way.
Oculus Story Studio Announces New VR Film ‘Dear Angelica’
January 26, 2016 | FRΛNK R.Today, Oculus revealed an early glimpse at a new virtual reality film developed by its own in-house cinema division, Oculus Story Studio, called Dear Angelica which it’s previewing at this year’s Sundance Film Festival 2016.
Dear Angelica is an animated short that … Read More
Oculus Research Study Offering $400 to Selected Participates
January 26, 2016 | FRΛNK R.If you received a somewhat suspicious looking email from a company claiming to be Oculus to take part in a research study for $400—don’t be quick to toss it into your spam box. It’s actually Legit!
Today, Oculus founder Palmer … Read More