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Mark Zuckerberg has provided new information in the $2bn lawsuit between ZeniMax Media and Oculus, denying accusations that Oculus stole VR technology from ZeniMax. The Facebook founder, who gave his testimony in the trial yesterday, said: We are highly confident that Oculus products are built on Oculus technology. The idea …
Read More »Shared Rooms: Designing Multiplayer VR
Multiplayer will be key for the mainstream adoption of virtual reality, but comes with a fresh set of problems to surmount. Jem Alexander asks studios what stands between us and the perfect social VR experience.
Read More »PlayStation VR set to eclipse Rift and Vive sales in the UK
Sales of Sony’s PlayStation VR tech are on track to outsell the combined sales of HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, according to data tracker GfK’s October consumer panel survey. The research firm says thatthe hardware’s PlayStation branding led to high expectations for the tech and ‘eradicated many concerns’ about VR. …
Read More »Xbox One will support streaming to Oculus Rift headset from December 12
Won't let you get inside the game just yet
Read More »Google cancels work on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive rival, goes all-in on mobile VR
Android-powered platform Daydream unveiled in May as successor to barebones Cardboard
Read More »Half of devs are interested in creating for VR (but only a third actually are)
HTC Vive leads battle of the headsets with 50 per cent of game makers exploring platform, while Oculus Rift attracts just over a third of the community
Read More »Amazon Lumberyard adds HDR support, plus native support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive
Other additions include a new depth of field technique, height mapped ambient occlusion and iOS performance improved by 15 per cent
Read More »Oculus quietly removes Rift exclusivity DRM
Although headset maker insists ‘protecting developer content is critical to the long-term success of the VR industry’
Read More »Oculus: We want devs to make multi-million VR games now, not later
‘We don’t want it to take a decade to build itself to the point where you can afford bigger games,’ stresses head of content Jason Rubin
Read More »More powerful Xbox One reportedly planned for 2017, including Oculus Rift and 4K support
Multiple sources unearth plans to launch exclusives – including Halo – across Xbox One and PC, with more regular hardware revisions set to shake up five-year console cycle
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