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Those who pre-order the Oculus Rift will get space shooter Eve: Valkyrie for free. All Rift pre-orders will be bundled with CCP’s space combat game. The title is debuting on Oculus Rift, before coming to PlayStation VR at a later point. Of course, that’s not all that will be coming …
Read More »There’s a Rock Band VR game coming to Oculus Rift
After bringing its Rock Band franchise back this year, Harmonix is now set to launch the IP on Oculus Rift. The firm has announced that Rock Band will be launching on the Oculus Rift headset next year. Harmonix debuted a trailer (below) for the game at last night’s The Game …
Read More »Studio behind VR platformer Lucky’s Tale raises $25m in funding
Playful, the developer behind virtual reality title Lucky’s Tale, has been given a sizeable bump by its latest round of investment. The studio announced the 3D platforming game for the Oculus Rift VR headset last year, with the title differing from its VR peers by providing a more traditional overhead …
Read More »GAME: VR needs us to succeed
If virtual reality is going to change the world of video games, then it will need the High Street. That’s according to UK retailer GAME, which is wary but hopeful about the new technology from PlayStation, Oculus, HTC and Samsung. CEO Martyn Gibbs tells MCV that in order for VR …
Read More »Oculus researching augmented reality
CEO Brendan Iribe discusses the key differences between VR and AR
Read More »Carmack: I was desperate to get Minecraft into virtual reality
Oculus CTO believes Mojang's sandbox game is 'critically important' for tech
Read More »Carmack: Minecraft is ‘critically important’ to VR
Industry veteran and Oculus VR chief tech officer John Carmack has explained the lengths he went to to secure a virtual reality version of Minecraft. The game was announced by Oculus for Gear VR last night. Minecraft was my quest, really, for the last year and a half,” Carmack told …
Read More »Oculus Mobile SDK coming soon, Oculus Platform to follow
Mobile tools due in November, while marketplace will expand to include Rift early next year
Read More »Minecraft is coming to the Oculus Rift in 2016
The world’s biggest game will enter virtual reality next year. Brick-building blockbuster Minecraft is one of the games from moe than 200,000 developers that have signed up to create for the Rift platform, Oculus announced at its Connect 2 conference. Slated to launch next year, Minecraft VR will be the …
Read More »You can now watch Netflix in virtual reality
Netflix has launched an official app for Samsung’s Gear VR headset. The TV and film streaming service is now available for users of the smartphone-powered virtual reality device, the consumer version of which was also detailed. The app plonks viewers in a virtual cabin with a sofa and a screen-within-the-screen …
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