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Oculus VR acquires Surreal Vision

Oculus VR has announced its acquisition of Surreal Vision – a tech startup that specializes in genereating real-time, 3D worlds. A new post on the virtual reality firm’s website states Surreal Vision is one of the top computer vision teams in the world. According to Oculus, the company’s tech generates …

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Oculus holding San Francisco press event in June

VR firm Oculus has invited members of the media to attend a San Francisco event just days before E3 gets underway. The invited – uploaded by IGN (below) – asks attendees to ‘Step into the Rift’, suggesting we are going to learn more about the company’s Rift headset. The event …

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Oculus won’t block porn on Rift headset

Virtual reality firm Oculus says it won’t be blocking porn on its Rift VR headset. That’s according to Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, who – as reported by Variety – on stage at the first Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference was asked if the firm had any plans to block X-rated …

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Oculus reveals Rift specs

Oculus VR has announced the computer specifications recommended to run the Oculus Rift headset. The company has confirmed that the following specs will hold for the lifetime of the headset: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater 8GB+ RAM The Rift will also …

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Oculus has spoken to Sony and Microsoft about Rift for consoles

Could Oculus Rift be compatible with PS4 and Xbox One? Perhaps the possibility shouldn’t be ruled out, if comments from Oculus VR vice president Nate Mitchell are to be believed. GameSpot reports that Mitchell told the TechCrunch Disrupt conference that the company had spoke to both Sony and Microsoft about …

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