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Survey: Oculus Rift getting the most support from VR game developers
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...
Oculus Rift lawsuit can move forward, judge rules
Oculus Rift is facing several legal claims against its makers, which is unsurprising given the attention the device has received in general. Oculus is already combatting one lawsuit from Zenimax, which claims Oculus outright stole VR technology. But a new suit has come to the surface, this one aimed directly...
VR game devs ready for a slow launch after $599 Oculus Rift reveal
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...
Oculus founder apologizes for “messaging poorly” on $599 Rift price
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...
Oculus reveals Rift price as preorders begin, and ship dates are already slipping
Preorders for the Oculus Rift started today, as does our first glimpse at what it will cost to own the face-mounted virtual reality display. The consumer model of the Oculus Rift is $ 599 and the first devices are going to ship in March. However,...
Oculus gives free Rift headsets to thousands of early Kickstarter backers
Those that this early development kit will soon get the consumer version of the Rift for free.
More than 7,500 early adopters who provided the initial funding for the Oculus Rift VR headset through its original Kickstarter will get a free unit of the Rift's upcoming first consumer edition, the company announced today.
Everyone who pledged...
Oculus starts shipping Rift to developers ahead of expected early 2016 release
The biggest name in virtual reality is finally shipping its consumer hardware. Just not to consumers. Oculus announced today that it’s sending Rift VR headsets to developers who are in the late stages of developing games for the immersive platform. Developers need to test games on the final hardware,...