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Samsung Adds Milk VR to the App Line Up for the Gear VR Headset
Samsung hasn’t got much on the Gear VR headset right now, which is why the company has just added its Milk VR service to the Oculus-powered VR head-mounted display. Milk VR will be delivering a regular amount of 360-degree immersive content to Samsung’s wearable headset, content that will span many…
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The Best Oculus Rift Experiences You Can Enjoy Right Now
Introduction Oculus Rift is easily one of the coolest pieces of technology that I’ve ever owned. I personally own their DK2 headset, which is certainly not ready for general consumer consumption, but that doesn’t mean to say it can’t still be a lot of fun. I’m not the only early…
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Apple Job Vacancy Suggests Virtual Reality Development
Virtual Reality (VR) is widely considered to be the next frontier for technology companies. With touch-screen technology being perfected and implemented within various devices and 3D displays becoming increasingly common, the next piece of Sci-Fi tech awaiting to escape the confines of fiction is doubtlessly VR. Various forms of this…
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The Oculus Rift Killer is Here: 3DHead
This is “kinda like Oculus, it’s totally immersive” the video opens, showing off 3DHead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAjSklU_Oks I don’t even know what to say, but you really need to just watch the trailer, above, to get into it. This looks like satire, smells like satire, and is satire. This is a parody…
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Samsung Gear VR On Sale Next Month for $199
Samsung has just announced that it will be selling its Gear VR headset next month, priced at $199. Keep in mind you’ll need the Galaxy Note 4, also made by Samsung, for it to work – but it will provide you with a 2560×1440 display, leap frogging the 1920×1080 panel…
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“Three Glasses” Oculus Rift Alternative Hits Chinese Market
Imitation is the highest form of flattery and the Oculus Rift technology from Oculus VR is no exception. While Oculus are hardly the first to come to market with VR technology, they are the ones who have made it a more household name within the technology world. Copy cats are…
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Oculus VR Is Now Officially Owned by Facebook
Remember when the internet went crazy back in march because Facebook decided to splash out on Oculus VR for a hefty $2 billion? Well you should because it was pretty big news! Facebook paid Oculus VR $2 billion in two ways, a chunk of $400 million in cash and the…
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First Trailer Released for The Rift: U.R.I.D.I.S.
The first trailer for ISART Digitals upcoming VR compatible air combat game The Rift: U.R.I.D.I.S. has just been released. The game features in-game footage of the upcoming Oculus-Rift friendly title and it look absolutely awesome! Although I may be feeling a little bias in that respect since I’m waiting on my…
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First Batch of Oculus Rift DK2 Delayed!
My daily routine today consists of getting out of bed, putting the kettle on, making a coffee and starting work, but I don’t type a single word until I’ve check my email to see if my Oculus Rift development kit has shipped, but it hasn’t. Now it seems I’m not…
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“Lowest Cost Possible” For consumer Oculus Rift
In a recent interview with Ars Technica, CEO Brendan Iribe spoke out about Oculus Rift, Facebook and on comments made my Mark Zuckerberg. Not only has he said that the company (Oculus) expects the Rift to sell “north of 1 million units” when released, but that Zuckerberg wants to unit…
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Tryout Out Oculus Rift At… Chuck E. Cheese!
Oculus Rift has proven to be a very popular bit of technology, despite the fact that the retail edition is yet to be announced. That hasn’t stopped people from medical professions, the military, gamers, movie lovers, modders, hackers, engineers and more finding innovative ways of using the technology and now it…
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Flap Your Arms And Fly Free With Birdly & Oculus Rift
Oculus Rift is no stranger to innovation, having inspired many crazy gaming mods and developments over the last two years, but the latest work to come from a team of students at Zurich University of the Arts may be the maddest one we’ve seen yet. Birdly is a special installation…
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Oculus VR Snap Up Valves Michael Abrash
While many reacted badly to Facebook buying up Oculus VR earlier this week, both companies could do with some good news, and now it looks like they have it. Plucked from the ripe tree that is Valve, home of lord Gaben, Oculus VR have bagged themselves a new Chief Scientist…
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Facebook Drops Oculus Rift Bomb, Internet Fights Back!
Facebook have swooped in to pick up some serious hardware real estate this week, shelling out a staggering $2bn for virtual reality headset creators Oculus. While this new source of financial support is great news for Oculus and their Oculus Rift VR headset, many of the financial backers, consumers and…
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Oculus Rift Support For Zombie’s ‘Daylight’ At IndieCade
Epic Games and Zombie Studios are ready to scare the pants off of IndieCade attendees with the first ever Oculus VR demonstration of “Daylight” at the Culver City-based festival of independent games on October 5-6. Developed for PS4 and PC by Zombie and published by ATLUS, “Daylight” is a procedurally…
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