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 Mobile VR Jam 2015 Officially Begins Today

April 13, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

Today, the Oculus Mobile VR Jam is officially underway with a total of $1 million in cash prizes. Developers are challenged with the task to create unique, and innovative virtual reality games and experiences for the Samsung Gear VR mobile headset, which Samsung … Read More

Oculus Story Studios Showcasing at 2015 Tribeca Film Festival

April 7, 2015 | FRΛNK R. | One Comment

At this month’s 2015 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, Oculus Story Studio, a new in-house film division of Oculus VR, will be showcasing its first animated short VR film called, Lost, which debuted during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival earlier … Read More

Judges Announced for the Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015

April 2, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

The upcoming Oculus Mobile VR Jam 2015 starting on April 13th, is set to challenge developers to create the most innovative, immersive mobile VR games and experiences for the Samsung Gear VR headset, which Samsung developed in partnership with Oculus.

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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

EVE: Valkyrie Latest Demo Running on Oculus ‘Crescent Bay’ Prototype

March 19, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

At Fanfest 2015 this week, CCP games revealed a glimpse of its latest pre-alpha gameplay footage of EVE: Valkyrie and the response has been overwhelming.

While the trailer does an impressive job of giving viewers an exciting sense of what … Read More

Oculus Rift Consumer Launch on Track, but May Not Be 2015

March 14, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

If you were hoping to get new details on the consumer release of the Oculus Rift, you will have to wait a bit longer. During a Q&A panel at SXSW 2015, Luckey would not comment on the exact release date, … 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

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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