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Oculus Rift Pre-order Customers Facing Month-Long Shipping Delays
April 12, 2016 | FRΛNK R.For many early adopters who pre-ordered the Oculus Rift, it appears they will be waiting much longer than expected. After Oculus announced delays for its highly-anticipated VR headset due to an “unexpected component shortage,” customers with pre-orders are now seeing … Read More
Senator Al Franken Questions Oculus over Privacy Policy Concerns
April 9, 2016 | FRΛNK R.There’s been some recent controversy surrounding the Oculus Rift and its new privacy policy, which revealed Oculus will have access to collect data on the way users interact with its Rift headset. Now, it appears some of those privacy concerns have reached their … Read More
Oculus Privacy Policy Raises Data-Mining Concerns
April 6, 2016 | FRΛNK R.When it was first announced that Facebook was acquiring Oculus for $2 billion two years ago, it initially sparked a knee-jerk reaction within the VR community that raised some privacy and data mining concerns. Since then, Oculus and Facebook have … Read More
Oculus Rift Shipment Delayed Due to Unexpected Component Shortage
April 2, 2016 | FRΛNK R.The consumer version of the Oculus Rift officially started shipping on March 28th, but many early customers who pre-ordered the $599 headset have yet to receive any shipment updates. In an email sent to customers by the Oculus Team, the … Read More
iFixit Scores the Oculus Rift 7 out 10 for Repairability
March 31, 2016 | FRΛNK R.Now that the first consumer version of Oculus Rift (CV1) was released this week, the team at iFixit got their hands on taking one apart for a closer look at the internal components and seeing how this game-changing hardware was … Read More
Oculus Rift Prices Hiked Up on eBay, starting at $1,000
March 31, 2016 | FRΛNK R.It did not take long for the first batch of the Oculus Rift consumer headsets to already begin popping up on the popular online auction site, eBay. In fact, listings started going up on the site less than 48 hours after … Read More
Oculus Rift Review Roundup: What Are Critics Saying About the Rift?
March 30, 2016 | FRΛNK R.With the consumer version of the Oculus Rift finally becoming a reality, we’re now beginning to see a number of reviews and first impressions coming in from around the web.
For the most part, while there are some criticisms out … Read More
Epic Games Founder Tim Sweeney Criticizes ‘Open’ Oculus Storefront
March 30, 2016 | FRΛNK R.The Oculus storefront is designed to distribute a wide range of experiences, games, and immersive video content for Oculus Rift users to enjoy on its platform. There’s also an opt-in option for users to access VR content that is not … Read More
Oculus Confirms Devs Can Sell their Rift Games on Other Store Platforms
March 29, 2016 | FRΛNK R.In the recent announcement of the Oculus SDK 1.3 update, Oculus revealed that developers creating virtual reality games and apps for the Oculus Rift do not necessarily have to put their content on the Oculus store to sell their content … Read More
CCP Games Release EVE: Valkyrie Launch Trailer for Oculus Rift
March 29, 2016 | FRΛNK R.With the Oculus Rift finally shipping to consumers this week, a new trailer for EVE: Valkyrie was released by developer CCP Games. The footage highlights one of the most anticipated games to launch with the Rift featuring its intense space … Read More