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Support for the Oculus Rift on Mac will only happen when Apple ups the GPU performance of its machines, Palmer Luckey has said. The Oculus CEO was speaking toShack Newswhen he revealed that the ball for VR support was entirely in Apple’s court, and that Oculus would love to support …
Read More »‘OS X support for Oculus Rift is up to Apple,’ says Palmer Luckey
CEO of VR firm criticises lack of focus on gaming capability: ‘You can buy a $6,000 Mac and it still doesn't match our recommended specs’
Read More »Dean Hall: ‘VR could be as accessible as Wii, but don’t bank your studio on it’
DayZ and Ion dev says creating for Oculus and Vive has been ‘a real lesson in ‘back to basics’’
Read More »Oculus hires Hulu and Flipboard exec as head of video
Eugene Wei will lead team dedicated to producing VR and 360-degree content
Read More »A sub-$500 PlayStation VR will ‘dominate’, analyst claims
The announcement of an $800 RRP for HTC’s Vive SteamVR headset has set the stage for Sony to rule the VR market. That’s the opinion of analyst Michael Pachter, who argues that price will always be the determining factor. Wow, Vive priced at $800. This sets Oculus up to win …
Read More »Facebook forms team dedicated to ‘social VR’
Oculus owner says that it wants to bring the structure of networks such as Instagram and WhatsApp to virtual reality
Read More »Everybody who buys an Oculus Rift will get £200 worth of Unity Pro for free
VR headset includes four-month trial of game engine, which was used to create 90% of Gear VR content
Read More »Elite: Dangerous shifts focus from Oculus to SteamVR
One of the Oculus Rift’s earliest and brightest talismans has turned heel and backed a rival device. Eurogamer reports that developer Frontier has confirmed that its virtual reality development efforts are now being focused on Steam’s HTC Vive headset. Indeed, Elite Dangerous hasn’t been updated to work with more recent …
Read More »Judge gives go ahead of Palmer Luckey breach of contract claim
The founder of Oculus Rift looks likely to end up in court over allegations that he used knowledge and technologies learned from a previous role in setting up his virtual reality empire. Reuters reports that US District Judge William Alsup has ruled that a breach of contract claim levelled against …
Read More »Retail dismayed by £500 Oculus Rift
The Oculus Rift is too expensive and lacking in must-have games, UK stores have warned. But VR is an exciting new area for the global games market and, in time, Oculus Rift could still emerge as the market leader. MCV contacted leading games stores following the news that the first …
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