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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 »Oculus Rift VR headset will cost ‘at least $300’
It’s just a few short months away now, and slowly we’re getting a better idea of what the Oculus Rift will cost at launch. However, it doesn’t look as if consumers are going to get the chance to pre-order the device, at least not directly from Oculus itself. "There isn’t …
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 …
Read More »Samsung Gear VR headset costs $100, out this November
One of the first consumer-grade virtual reality headsets to make it to market has set a potentially market-changing price. The Samsung Gear VR was co-developed with Oculus, the firm behind the Rift headset. Unlike that device, which harnesses PC power, the Gear VR focuses on offering virtual reality provided by …
Read More »Monument Valley dev Ustwo wants to ‘lead VR innovation’
Studio not interested in financial gain or huge audiences as it prepares to launch debut VR title Land’s End
Read More »Free update brings SteamVR support to Elite Dangerous
Frontier’s Elite Dangerous will soon add compatibility with a second virtual reality headset. The space sim is already one of the few mainstream releases to already offer Oculus Rift support. Now it has been confirmed that the game will support SteamVR’s HTC Vive headset at launch. We’re thrilled to announce …
Read More »Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 out in 2016, with PlayStation VR support
Team Ninja has confirmed a third entry in the Dead or Alive Xtreme series – and it’s going to support Sony’s virtual reality headset. Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 was announced last week at the Tokyo Game Show. Confirmed characters were selected via fan vote and include Marie Rose, Honoka, …
Read More »PlayStation VR could cost around £350 at launch
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House has said that PlayStation VR will be priced as a new gaming platform” when it launches next year. If the PS4 is any indication, that could mean that the virtual reality headset – which was formerly known as Project Morpheus – will cost around …
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