OTOY and Oculus VR Team Up to Host ‘Render the Metaverse’

April 27, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Today, Oculus VR announced that it has teamed up with OTOY, a Los Angeles-based cloud rendering studio to host Render the Metaeverse, a virtual reality art competition with more than $70,000 in prize money up for grabs. The contest is open to … Read More

Oculus Co-Founder Nate Mitchell Will Speak at Disrupt NY 2015

April 25, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Nate Mitchell, co-founder and VP of Product at Oculus, is confirmed to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015 on May 6th to discuss the future of Oculus and virtual reality.

According to TechCrunch, plenty of questions will be asked to … Read More

Oculus Rift ‘Very Much in Development Stages’, says Facebook

April 24, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

There is no question that the highly-anticipated release of Oculus Rift is on the minds of many fans eager to get their hands on the first consumer version released to the public. However, Oculus has remained quiet about revealing any specific … Read More

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Shares His Vision for Oculus

April 16, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

While the Facebook acquisition of Oculus back in early 2014 created quite a stir within the VR community, we have since then seen the benefits of the partnership begin to unfold with Oculus greatly expanding its team of talent with massive … Read More

Oculus Share Hits Milestone with 2 Million Unique Downloads

March 29, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus has once again reached a significant milestone, and this time it’s with its Oculus VR Share platform—an online VR marketplace that allows developers to publish and share their own Oculus-ready games and experiences with the world to discover and download … Read More

UPDATE: Facebook CTO Hints Oculus Rift Will Ship in 2015

March 26, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

At today’s F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco on Thursday, Facebook’s CTO Mike Schroepfer may have given a subtly hint suggesting the consumer release of the Oculus Rift could very well be in 2015.

After demonstrating VR gameplay footage from the … Read More

Facebook Will Bring Spherical Video Support to Oculus Rift

March 25, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Today, during its annual F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that it will support spherical videos, as part of its new way to deliver immersive 360-degree content to its social networking platform, including support … Read More

Luckey, Still ‘Pretty Confident’ the Consumer Rift Will Be the Best HMD

March 14, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

With the virtual reality industry gaining momentum, the competition for top spot is already underway.

The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset has paved the way for companies like Sony’s Morpheus, and HTC’s Vive to get in the action, however, Oculus … Read More

Oculus Confirms ‘Crescent Bay’ Prototype Equipped with Two Displays

March 13, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

During a Q&A session at SXSW 2015, an Oculus VR panel including VP of Product Nate Mitchell and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey confirmed that the ‘Crescent Bay’ prototype of the Oculus Rift headset, does in fact come equipped with two displays.

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SXSW 2015: Oculus VR Panel Taking Questions from Fans

March 12, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

This year’s South by Southwest (SXSW 2015) festival event in Austin, Texas is gearing up to bring an impressive number of virtual reality sessions, and workshops from some of the industry’s top hardware companies, and gaming studios currently developing for the VR platform.

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