Oculus VR Files for ‘RiftCon’ Trademark to Host Its Own VR Convention

February 28, 2014 | Staff Writer

Oculus VR is poised to change the gaming industry perhaps in the biggest and most earth-shattering way since the introduction of video games back in the 1970s with their new Oculus Rift immersive virtual reality headset.

Virtual reality, it seems, … Read More

The Legend of Zelda for Oculus Rift Gets First-Person Demo

February 21, 2014 | Staff Writer

We all have our childhood memories of the original 1986 NES classic The Legend of Zelda, but now the Oculus Rift is giving an entirely new perspective to an old-school game. Oculus Rift developer Ubiquitron is working on a first-person … Read More

Oculus Rift Production Stalls Due to Component Shortage

February 20, 2014 | FRΛNK R.

According to an Oculus community manager on Reddit, there’s a shortage in the Oculus Rift developer kits (DK1) because some of the headset’s components are no longer being manufactured.

“Certain components used in the Oculus Rift developer kit are no longer … Read More

Is PrioVR Mo-Cap the New Standard for Gaming Interactivity?

February 18, 2014 | Staff Writer

VR technology gets more viable every day. People have been talking about it for decades, but now, the technologies appear actually to be emerging to make immersive virtual environments a reality.

At CES this year, the PrioVR game controller made … Read More

Developer Builds Unofficial Oculus Rift Mod for Elder Scrolls Online

February 11, 2014 | Staff Writer

Chris Gallizzi, a game developer, recently created a successful Oculus Rift mod for Elder Scrolls Online. The game is currently in closed beta phase, but Gallizzi nonetheless was able to create a mod that allows users to interact with the … Read More

Oculus VR Wins Best Hardware Startup Award & Gains Huge Support

February 10, 2014 | Staff Writer

Oculus Rift has a lot of people excited. And with good reason. The new system, while yet to be released to a commercial audience, has consistently wowed developers and game convention attendees alike with its immersive VR head-controlled environment. Other … Read More

Grand Theft Auto Publisher’s CEO Sees the Future in Virtual Reality

February 8, 2014 | Staff Writer

If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past decade or so, you’ve probably played at least one of the Grand Theft Auto games, or Red Dead Redemption. Those games come from parent publisher Take-Two Interactive, and Take-Two … Read More

EVE: Valkyrie Showcases Just How Close ‘True’ VR May Be

February 6, 2014 | Staff Writer

Oculus VR created what may become the first virtual reality headset to achieve widespread mainstream use. But that wasn’t enough for them. They had to go further.

And so they hired a former senior VP at Electronic Arts publishing to … Read More

Get Ready…for the VRMMORPG: EverQuest Next May Feature Oculus Rift Support

January 27, 2014 | Staff Writer

Virtual reality has been a Holy Grail in cutting-edge gaming for years. Game developers have experimented with a miscellany of environments, but one has yet to really take the market by storm.

That may be changing over the next few … Read More

Oculus Rift ‘Crystal Cove’ Prototype is Voted Best of CES 2014

January 10, 2014 | Staff Writer

Virtual reality is the newest and most talked about step for the future of gaming. The success of the Oculus Rift’s Kickstarter page is bringing the idea of virtual reality to the community’s attention. The latest prototype of the Rift … Read More