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LOS ANGELES—Oculus may be the best-known name in the virtual reality gaming space, but it's still lacking in one key category: motion controllers. The HTC Vive has proven how fun those devices can be in a VR game or app, and Oculus' answer, the "Touch" set of motion-tracked controllers, still doesn't have a price or a release date.
Thankfully, Oculus Touch is getting closer to a...
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Currently, only two virtual reality platforms exist on Windows PCs: the Oculus Rift and the SteamVR-powered HTC Vive. Each set has its strengths and weaknesses, but until recently, they at least both offered limited compatibility with their rival's software stores. Oculus headset users can pick through compatible games on the SteamVR store and interface, while HTC Vive...
Virtual reality is all about letting users get immersed in worlds that have never been seen before, but they are usually worlds someone...
What're those SteamVR "chaperone" grid lines doing in an Oculus-exclusive game? Find out yourself if you own an HTC Vive and use the new Revive patch on many "exclusive" Oculus games. (credit: Sam Machkovech)
In the race to the top of virtual reality, Oculus and HTC have kicked off a hardware showdown the likes of which we...
It's hard to make someone wearing VR goggles look cool, but this person pulls it off. (credit: Kyle Orland)
As new, high-end virtual reality headsets from the likes of Oculus, Valve/HTC, and Sony prepare to hit the market in the coming months, potential buyers may rightly wonder which VR solution is most likely to get a...
Developers are ready to wait until this scene is really common enough for big game sales.
When Oculus started taking preorders for its Rift headset at $ 599 on Wednesday, plenty of potential consumers experienced a bit of sticker shock, thanks in part to Oculus founder Palmer Luckey's admittedly poor job of setting price expectations. While...
Luckey offered no apologies for his appearance on the cover of Time this summer...
With this morning's revelation that the Oculus Rift VR headset would sell for $ 599, many potential customers and industry observers experienced some sticker shock. Where was the consumer unit "in the ballpark" of the $ 350 DK2 dev...
