List comes onlineOculus has unveiled the list of games that will be available when the Rift VR headset starts to ship on March 28th and we are looking at 30 games in total. Oculus also unveils the new Oculus Home on Rift.
Apple needs a faster Mac systemOculus' founder Palmer Luckey noted that Apple Mac systems are simply not powerful enough to handle VR gaming and provide good enough VR experience.
Will give a discount as a part of Oculus bundleOculus has prepared a couple of Oculus Ready PCs from ASUS, Alienware and Dell with pre-orders opening up on February 16 and these will be discounted as a part of Oculus Rift bundle.
Priced higher than expectedAs expected and announced earlier, Oculus has now opened up pre-orders for its consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset, pricing it at a rather high US $599.
A nice surprise from OculusIt appears that Oculus has prepared a rather nice surprise, giving away free final version Kickstarter Edition Rift VR headsets to original Oculus Rift development kit backers.
Oculus Touch controllers delayedOculus has finally announced that it will open up pre-orders for Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset on Wednesday, when the company will also officially announce the price. The news comes just a few days after the announcement that Oculus Touch controllers will be delayed.
No pre-orders before next yearVirtual reality spaceship shooterOculus VR has announced that that EVE: Valkyrie game will be bundled with Oculus Rift CV1 headset at launch next year.
Will be able to run everything for a whileWhile we already knew that at least Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 should be enough to run the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset, it appears that these graphics cards are both minimum and recommended, since the Geforce GTX 970 will be able to run every single piece of software that Oculus will offer when Rift launches.
Not yet supportedThere is quite a surprise concerning Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Windows 10 as the Oculus Rift Developer Kit (DK2) actually does not support the new Microsoft Windows 10 OS.
No price or precise availability date yetOculus VR has now finally unveiled the final and consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset at its press event in San Francisco. Unfortunately, while we got some new details, Oculus did not reveal any new information regarding the price while the availability date is still set for Q1 2016.
On June 11While we already knew that we will see the Oculus Rift VR headset running couple of games at E3 2015, Oculus has now sent out invites for its own event that will take place on June 11 in San Francisco.
Intel Core i5 CPU and GTX 970/R9 290 graphics cardIn case you were wondering if your PC will be able to cope with the Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset, you might want to check out the recently released recommended PC requirements for the Oculus Rift.
With improved tracking system and better designOculus Rift virtual reality headset has been filling our news since it showed up on Kickstarter back in 2012 and while those developer editions were impressive, consumer version is what we all have been waiting and it appears it could launch early next year.
Headphone port as wellAccording to documentation on the Oculus Audio SDK, the Rift CV1 will feature an integrated DAC and headphone port as well.
Plans and firmware available under CC BY4.0Besides presenting the latest version of the notorious VR headset, Oculus used its own event, Oculus Connect, to announce to the world that they are giving away for free the plans for the first version of the headset, the Rift DK1.
Named Crescent BayBased on what Oculus VR said, the next Rift version should be the one ready for the market. During the Oculus Connect event, the company showed its latest prototype, called Crescent Bay.
Long live the Beta of SteamVRValve upgraded their Beta programm SteamVR, which is now compatible with Oculus Rift DK2. Meanwhile you can try the Big Picture mode with Half Life 2 and apart from that it also works with Windows and Mac OS X.
Thanks to the new SDK 0.4.1After the release of Oculus Rift Developer Kit 2, they finally released a new version of the SDK. This new version replace the Beta 0.4.0, fixing a few problems and adding support to Mac OS X.
Two-day conference which is all about VRRumored earlier, Oculus VR, the company behind the most popular VR headset the Oculus Rift, has finally announced the Oculus Connect, a two-day conference that will be all about virtual reality (VR).
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