Samsung Announces new Gear VR for Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

March 1, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Samsung has officially announced an updated version of its Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR ‘Innovator Edition’ headset to work with both newly announced Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones.

The new Gear VR ‘Innovator Edition’ will still be fairly similar to … Read More

Björk’s Next Music Video ‘Stonemilker’ Made for Oculus Rift

February 28, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Björk, the Icelandic iconic pop artist is no strange to experimenting with new innovative technology to her to express her artistic, creative talent.

Her 2013 album, Biophilia, was one of the first albums ever released as an app, that became … Read More

Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015 Offers $1 Million in Prizes

February 25, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Today, Oculus VR has announced that it will be hosting its own Mobile VR Jam 2015 event that offers developers $1,000,000 in cash prizes for the most innovative VR games and applications developed specifically for the Gear VR Innovator Edition—which … Read More

Don’t Expect VR Input from Oculus at GDC 2015, says Luckey

February 22, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

If you expected Oculus to reveal its own VR input solution during GDC 2015 next week, then you may want to set your expectations back to reality.

According to a comment posted on the Oculus Subreddit, Luckey directly responded to … 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

John Carmack to Discuss Mobile VR at GDC 2015

February 12, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

John Carmack, CTO of Oculus VR, has confirmed that he will be attending and speaking at the 2015 Game Developers Convention (GDC) to deliver a session titled, “The Dawn of Mobile VR”.

According to GDC, Carmack will focus on discussing … 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 & Women in Games GDC Party Tickets Now Available

February 4, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus VR recently confirmed that it will be attending the upcoming 2015 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California in March to showcase its latest prototypes and hold a series of in-depth developer sessions to discuss VR technology and the future … 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