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Nvidia Driver Update May Cause Oculus Rift Compatibility Issues
Oculus Warn Of Nvidia Driver Issues It has been a very positive end to 2017 for Oculus, after years of trailing behind, the Rift has finally overtaken the HTC Vive as the most owned VR headsets for PCs. Part of that is of course due to the significant discounts offered…
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Oculus Extends ‘Summer of Rift’ £399 Sale
When it comes to VR adoption, price is the number factor that people say prohibits them from getting on-board. Which is why Oculus‘ Rift + Touch ‘Summer of Rift’ sale is extremely popular since it discounts the £599 bundle down to only £399. The sale is in constant high-demand that…
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Oculus Rift + Touch Goes on Sale for Just £399!
Oculus Rift Have you been sitting there twiddling your thumbs and looking lovingly at your credit card recently? I know I have, especially when it comes to the world of VR. Both Oculus Rift and its main competitor the Vive launched last year, and they both have one problem in common;…
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Kickstarter CEO: ‘We’re here to help people take over the mainstream’
Kickstarter CEO, Yancey Strickler has said that his hopes for Kickstarter are that it will allow the talented but unrecognised be able to make an impact and one day perhaps even take over the mainstream of industries. Yancey Strickler has been speaking following the events of the Kickstarter Funded film “Kung…
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Pixelbator – A VR Game Where Not Getting Caught Playing is Vital
Pixelbator, the VR experience where you must masturbate to pornography on your PC without getting caught by your family members… no seriously. Having been successfully brought to Steam Greenlight they are looking to push this, creative project, out for general release with a particular interest in the VR capability. Pixelbator has…
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Oculus Cuts Rift Prices
The world of VR seems interesting, but you have to pay a high price to participate in it. There is the fact that you need quite a powerful PC and then there is the VR gears price. The latter got a little better as Oculus announced a price cut on…
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Oculus Rift Update 1.11 Update is Here!
This week, Oculus released the latest update for their Rift VR headset. While not the biggest update, it does add a few new features, as well as offering some improvements to their Guardian System, improved instruction for positioning the sensor, as well as a nice collection of bug fixes, such…
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Oculus Says USB Ports can Struggle with Room-Scale VR
The USB standard has been in use for over 20 years, but it is still expected to cope with the demands of modern data transfers. Of course, USB 3.0 has increased transfer rates of, theoretically, up to 4.8Gbps which, for the demands of most USB devices, is sufficient. One type…
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Oculus Touch Pre-Orders Available and Release Date Revealed
The Oculus Rift is a really cool device, but the available input methods have been lagging a bit. A Xbox style controller might work pretty well, but the Oculus Touch controllers will take the whole experience to a new level. We’ve heard of the Touch controllers for some time now, but…
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Palmer Luckey On Trump Funding: “My Actions Do Not Represent Oculus”
Palmer Luckey, the inventor of the Oculus Rift has been at the forefront of recent allegations which suggests he donated money to a organisation promoting Donald Trump’s political cause. Also, it’s alleged that Luckey used the pseudonym NimbleRichMan on Reddit and published a number of pro-Trump posts. In lieu of this…
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Dlodlo V1 – The VR Headset That Looks More Like Sunglasses
When it comes to virtual reality, the only thing stopping everyone from enjoying the latest revolution in computing experiences is the rather large headsets that rest atop your head as you explore worlds unknown. The problem with these headsets is often their size, with rather large blocks of plastic concealing…
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New Xbox Scorpio May Target 6 TFLOPs of Performance
So far, the rumours are pointing to at least two new Xbox consoles this year. There are some indications that one will be a new slim variant while the other will be a white one. Other rumours have suggested that the Xbox One will get a hardware refresh to boost…
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Oculus Clamps Down on Cross Plaform Play
Right now on the market, there are two main PC VR headsets vying for dominance. Valve and HTC have the Vive headset while Facebook owns the Oculus Rift. Each headset has their own compatible software and games may only support one or another. However, some fans have gotten together to make…
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DOTA 2 Could Be Getting a VR Spectating Mode
When it comes to eSports, being able to watch the techniques and strategies used by teams as they compete can be a gripping and thrilling experience. Be it at home or in a stadium, watching people play the game and knowing that in a just a few short seconds the…
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Overclockers UK Will Be at the VR World Congress Next Week
By now there can’t be much doubt in anyone’s mind that 2016 will be the year that will be remembered as the year VR went mainstream. We have got 3 major players each bringing out their own VR headsets, partly they already have to early adopters, and they surely won’t…
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