World of Diving is a multiplayer diving game with Oculus Rift support
World of Diving has a rather unique premise: it promises to be a realistic diving simulator you can play with friends online.
READ MORE >Oculus Rift taking 'final steps' towards retail with latest round of investments
Oculus VR, the company behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, has secured an additional $75 million in funding, and plans to put it towards bringing the product to market for consumers.
READ MORE >"just give us a rough release date already...I need to know when to start saving my dollars :)"
see all 8 commentsDiplopia uses Oculus Rift to help treat visual disorders
An upcoming Oculus Rift title called Diplopia will help treat lazy eye and crossed eye, with noticeable improvement expected after 2-3 weeks of gameplay.
READ MORE >"That probably means there could be some games that would cause or create lazy eye."
see all 5 commentsJohn Carmack resigns from id Software
John Carmack recently joined Oculus VR to serve as their chief technology officer, but remained at id Software. However, Carmack found working two jobs quite difficult, and has officially announced his resignation from the Doom and Quake developer.
READ MORE >"This is amazing news. He can make a huge difference now that he's at Occulus instead of working ..."
see all 139 commentsOculus Rift consumer unit coming 2014, compatible with PC and Android
The world of virtual reality powered by Oculus Rift is unattainable to most. But that will change in 2014, when the company plans on releasing a consumer unit. It will be a single device that will be compatible with PC, Mac, Linux, and Android.
READ MORE >"No, the motion sickness is a real thing. When your hands turn you one way and you turn your head ..."
see all 35 commentsAlone brings supernatural meta horror to Oculus Rift VR
Oculus Rift VR has shown potential for true horror and Greenwood Games is hoping to capture that with their upcoming supernatural game within a game, Alone.
READ MORE >"Man VR and a good horror....wow I dont think I have been this excited since i got my Vic20"
see all 12 commentsEyes-on with Oculus Rift VR
IndieCade featured a dedicated booth for the Oculus Rift VR and now seemed like as good a time as any to try it out and get some first-hand impressions of Nostrum, Dumpy: Going Elephants, and Dreadhalls, as well as impressions of the peripheral itself.
READ MORE >"check out this mmo rpg which is compatible with the oculus...it's running an entire vr ..."
see all 17 commentsEVE: Valkyrie coming for Oculus Rift
EVE Online developer CCP showed off a prototype multiplayer space-dogfighting game for Oculus Rift in April, but at the time shrugged, "God knows what we'll do with this." Thankfully the answer is the one we'd all hoped for: it's becoming a full standalone game, as EVE: Valk...
READ MORE >"I really hope they will have planetary flight in here as well as in space combat. Urge to buy ..."
see all 26 commentsVirtual reality treadmill pre-orders open at $499
The Omni treadmill, an omnidirectional treadmill intended to work with the Oculus Rift for natural movement when playing VR games, has opened its pre-orders at $499.
READ MORE >"It kind of reminds me of the thing they used in red dwarf, so finally the future is here"
see all 35 commentsRage creative director joins Oculus VR
Matt Hooper, the creative director of Rage who departed id six months ago, has joined Oculus VR as the new Director of Development.
READ MORE >"then meet one I tried it at GDC this year, and I think it is still very limited in its use and ..."
see all 60 commentsJohn Carmack becomes Oculus chief technology officer
John Carmack has long supported the Oculus Rift 3D goggles, even duct-taping a prototype together to show it off last year, and will now play a bigger role in its future. The id Software co-founder and 3D wizard has joined Oculus as its new chief technology officer--but will...
READ MORE >"It's just that gaming journalism is still not mature, so even users who've read gaming sites for ..."
see all 89 commentsHydraDeck: Cover Shooter combines Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra for full-body VR gaming
It's difficult not to get excited for the future of VR gaming after watching this video. Developer TeddyOk combines the Oculus Rift headset with a Razer Hydra controller to create a cover shooter that requires you to literally take cover.
READ MORE >"That looks pretty awesome! The game itself can be better etc., but the whole interface etc. ..."
see all 5 commentsAaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome to get Oculus Rift support (uh-oh)
Perhaps no game is better suited for Oculus Rift than Dejobaan's falling simulator, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome.
READ MORE >"This + vertical wind tunnel needs to happen. For that matter a proper base jumping/parachuting ..."
see all 19 commentsOculus Rift secures $16 million in venture capital
Oculus Rift has secured $16 million in venture capital funding, which it plans to use to roughly double its workforce and build new prototypes.
READ MORE >"Not my issue to figure out. I have zero interest in the idea or product."
see all 93 commentsSurgeon Simulator 2013 adding support for Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra
Surgeon Simulator 2013 is already perhaps the most realistic simulation of the yahoos and cowboys who pass for surgeons nowadays, I type with my thresher-savaged right arm reattached upside-down and back-to-front, and soon it'll undoubtedly be so. Developer Bossa Studios has...
READ MORE >"Man, I'm all but desensitised to gore in videogames (and I had been drinking at the time) but ..."
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"These are always such niche games, but cool that PC is getting a game like Endless Ocean was on ..."
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