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So, maybe Facebook's Oculus isn't abandoning the high end VR headset market after all. The release notes from the latest 1.15 update show that the update allows your Oculus headset to utilize full room scale tracking much like the HTC Vive. This feature has been in beta on Oculus Rift headsets...

Facebook announced yesterday evening that it will be shutting down it's Oculus Story film studio. This has been a quite surprising move to many in the industry, as the studio has been the recipient of awards, notably an Emmy for it's interactive short-story Henry, about a lonely, prickly...

I don't normally like to make a big deal out of things, but I am truly concerned about what happened with the Oculus touch price. How can a company just drop the price on a product by 50% three months after release? I pre-ordered my touch and got it mid December. Within a few months, they...

Click-bait title, maybe, but it's how I'm feeling after about 2 hours screwing around with a Samsung Gear VR and a Galaxy S7 Edge. Mind you this is the original model which I found on clearance locally for $25; at that price I figured why not? The S7 Edge isn't on the officially supported list...

Setting up my room scale now with 3 sensors... looking to make my first game purchase.. which title will work great for room scale?? I have the oculus with touch if that matters. Have steam account as well. Good sized room.. 8x10 play area.

Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of Oculus. https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-virtual-reality-boy-wonder-departs-1490908869

I just need to know what works with extending the headset for oculus. I think 16' might do it off the top of my head.. figure extending the usb connection with a cable matters 16' active usb 3.0 cable would do that but what about the hdmi?? Adding more then 10' will work?? Ive heard some use a...

Ok, so here is my situation. I jumped on a deal for an RX 480 4GB that was 145AR and came with Doom that I plan to sell for another 15-20$, meaning I got an RX 480 dirt cheap. It just so happened the Rift dropped $200 a day later. I ordered the RIft and LOVE IT, as do my kids. After doing...

The Zenimax vs Carmack saga rolls on as John Carmack was denied the right to receive the remaining $22.5 million in cash owed to him for the sale of id Software to Zenimax in 2009 or convert it to Zenimax stock according to a legal challenge filed in Dallas, TX court on March 7, 2017. Zenimax...

Being that most interactive VR warriors have opted for the HTC Vive system over the Oculus, you were likely sad to hear that Robo Recall was going to be an Oculus exclusive title. Well, rejoice, as that exclusivity has ended for those of us that are willing to get our hands a bit dirty. And on...

Before I get started, I'm curious if Kyle has given the Oculus Rift/Touch a go. I know he's been engrossed with the Vive but I'd really like to get his impression. I think a Vive vs Rift comparison article would be awesome to get from the [H]. KYLE!!! DO IT!!!!! To preface, I was a pre-order...

Oculus has lowered the price of VR with a significant reduction to the cost of ownership. Now you can get an Oculus Rift HMD plus the Touch controllers for only $598. This is a savings of $200! If you need another sensor, those are now $59. For an added "touch" they are including the VR game...

Saw t his over at RPS https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/27/zenimax-oculus-rift-sdk-injunction/#more-431823 Was waiting for something like this, very interesting they are seeking an injunction for the SDK and not the Rift headset itself.. Which really brings to light the real issue...

Zenimax has filed an injunction to block sales of Oculus Rift licensed hardware and software that contains disputed code from an earlier lawsuit and subsequent trial. Earlier this year Zenimax was successful in pursuing charges against Oculus that they infringed upon their software and Oculus...

Hey, I need help with either upgrading a build I have, or purchasing a new pc... or maybe a whole new build that will run VR. I found this PC that also has a bundle version that includes the Oculus headset on amazon...

WoW. Played Windlands for the first time on Oculus Touch. Had no idea what i was getting into. Played it standing. Had to put it down after 5 minutes, LOL. Have not felt that much RAW fear in a very long time. I was grasping the trigger like I was hanging on for dear life......

Is Facebook using your Oculus Rift to spy on you? That's the question UploadVR is asking after a University of California, Davis researcher has come forward demonstrating how easy it is to pull image data off of an Oculus. Oculus is adamant that this is not the case, and image data is only...

I was playing Project Cars and wondered why the Map wasnt on screen and realised I could see it in one eye if I looked left, but not the other eye. I took the faceplate off to see what I was missing and its a big improvement. The Goggles effect is dramatically reduced and I can see the map with...

UploadVR has a bit wider coverage on the Zenimax v Oculus case going on in Federal Court here in Dallas. Carmack copped to taking the files in question but does not cop to "stealing" those files. I know if I walk out of the Stop-N-Rob down on the corner with a 40oz, the cops are not going to...

I'm running an Oculus with 3 sensors. The little Steam VR popup has an icon in it to represent the Oculus, a little icon for each of my Touch controllers, and 2 icons to represent sensors. There is no third icon to represent the third sensor. In addition, when in Steam VR with the Oculus on...

Anyone heard anything or any news about their trial this week? Its in Dallas I believe - Kyle you going down to watch?

Oculus (Ziontrain) Steam (Hopex) I play The Unspoken, Dead and Buried, and The Pier Arcade. Please add me and lets get some good multiplayer goin. Sorry if there is already a list like this being made.

Remember those pods in the first Matrix movie? Well, that's where VR is taking us. Want to know how? Strap on our tinfoil covered headsets and click the link (red pill) and see just how deep the rabbit hole goes. But as the tech industry continues to build VR’s social future, the very systems...

Why does it always have to be one or the other? It's not like AR, as cool as the technology is, stole any of VR's thunder this year, or vice versa. In fact, I think both will coexist just fine because they are clearly different products targeting different markets. VR, AR, MR and every other...

This thread over on OCUK may be of interest to those who use VR.

I'm not sure what is behind this move but it's a pretty big announcement. While the press release says all the normal stuff people say when they are stepping down from a CEO position, I do like what Iribe said about heading up the PC VR group. Changing the world on that scale has required us to...

has there been any news in the zenimax vs oculus case? It was reported but the. Pretty much fell off the map. Did they settle or did they have a trial yet?

so i just decided to look up the touch availability, and they seem to be out of stock on amazon, bestbuy etc.. wow! Any idea when next batches will be availible? or maybe in stock direct from oculus?

NVIDIA sends word that its popular VR Funhouse is now available in Oculus Store and Steam for the amazingly low price of FREE. Those of you that aren't familiar with NVIDIA's VR Funhouse should check out our article here.

The crew at Engadget say that, even though there is no rechargeable battery and they don't enable true room-scale VR, the Oculus Rift Touch controllers are well worth the wait. Oculus had one job: Bring motion controls to the Rift. With the Touch controllers, it managed to do that well. And...

Oculus announced yesterday that over 50 Rift titles will support Touch controllers at launch. You know the folks over at HTC have to be thinking "that's cute." ;)

I'm finding that at least with the newest/latest Oculus software, if the Oculus home software is left open, the pc will never sleep. This is on Windows 10 x64 Redstone If i happen to remember to close it, then the PC sleeps. Anyone else found a workaround? One i thought was to do an exception...

Oculus is releasing a new technology aimed at reducing system hardware requirements while maintaining content quality across a wider array of hardware. Asynchronous Spacewarp (ASW) is a frame-rate smoothing technique that almost halves the CPU/GPU time required to produce nearly the same output...

Oculus Launches Asynchronous Spacewarp, 45 FPS VR. https://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/Oculus-Launches-Asynchronous-Spacewarp-45-FPS-VR Oculus blog. https://developer.oculus.com/blog/asynchronous-spacewarp/

Two reasons I returned my Oculus to the store. 1. It just feels too virgin and there is not enough mainstream support to justify owning this $600.00 system. 2. The VR is nice but its making me motion sick. I have regret in returning it but in time if more support is available and more...

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I was thinking about buying a new phone, and my carrier offered me S7 Edge with some Marshall headphones and Gear VR 2.0. So I went with it. I tried Gear VR and it was alright. I didn't try any games, just looked around a bit in 360 still photos and tried to surf the net. It was interesting but...

If you are a VR developer in need of funding, check this out. Oculus has put together a $250,000 fund for research projects that will be completed within the next one or two years. Heads up, VR devs: Oculus Research has issued a call for research projects "that advance perceptual science as it...

Speaking at the Oculus Connect event, John Carmack said that developers need to push beyond the "novelty factor" in VR games. Carmack also talked about stuff like unacceptable loading times in VR games, saying that long loading times push people away from VR games and apps. Speaking at the...

This week at Oculus Connect 3 we’re announcing that VR Funhouse — the world’s most advanced virtual reality game — will support Oculus Touch. We’re also bringing two zany new levels — Wall Walker Toss and HotShot Basketball — to our carnival-themed VR experience. We created VR Funhouse to show...