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Pioneering firm is one step closer to putting virtual reality in people's home
Read More »Discover how Virtual Reality can transform retail at Games Retail 2020
Virtual reality is not just an exciting product to stock, but it could even transform how people shop. Technology specialists Figure Digital have been experimenting with this, even teaming up with Tesco to create a virtual store. And this will form part of a 20 minute discussion by the firm’s …
Read More »Oculus Rift consumer model to retail in the $200-$400 price range
The cost of the upcoming consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will fall somewhere between $200 and $400, Oculus VR has revealed. Speaking with Eurogamer, Oculus co-founders Nate Mitchell and Palmer Luckey explained that while there are still many variables to determine, the goal is to keep …
Read More »Motion sickness issues cause developer to abandon Oculus Rift support
Lunar Studios has ditched plans to bring its upcoming space adventure title Routine to Oculus Rift due to the extreme” motion sickness caused by play testing the game. The developer posted the news in a status update on the game’s Steam community page – explaining that while the game is …
Read More »Motion sickness forces developer to drop VR support
Lunar Software may reconsider virtual reality integration closer to release
Read More »Maintaining presence – Virtual reality developers’ responsibilities
Preloaded's Katie Goode discusses how we have to treat players in virtual reality and what that means for game design
Read More »‘The killer Oculus Rift app could come from anyone’: The VR firm on making games with the DK2
Michael Antonov discusses what the changes to the new dev kit and SDK mean for developers
Read More »New Oculus Rift dev kit begins shipping today
Around 10,000 DK2s expected to be sent out this month
Read More »How Oculus Rift plans to change the world
It may sound preposterous, but Oculus Rift has quite a bit in common with Nintendo’s Wii. The high-tech wizardry of VR may seem worlds apart from the more rudimentary implementation of motion control. Yet like the Wii, the Oculus Rift promises to seriously disrupt the video games market. And like …
Read More »Facebook completes $2bn Oculus acquisition
Deal for VR firm includes $400m in cash and 23.1m shares worth $1.6bn
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