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World of Diving is a multiplayer diving game with Oculus Rift support

By Andrew Yoon, Dec 20, 2013 11:30am PST

World of Diving has a rather unique premise: it promises to be a realistic diving simulator you can play with friends online.

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"These are always such niche games, but cool that PC is getting a game like Endless Ocean was on ..."

- Kolzig73 see all 2 comments

Oculus Rift taking 'final steps' towards retail with latest round of investments

By Steve Watts, Dec 13, 2013 11:30am PST

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.

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"just give us a rough release date already...I need to know when to start saving my dollars :)"

- wiz1974 see all 8 comments

Diplopia uses Oculus Rift to help treat visual disorders

By Ozzie Mejia, Nov 26, 2013 12:00pm PST

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.

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"That probably means there could be some games that would cause or create lazy eye."

- yoshimi20 see all 5 comments

John Carmack resigns from id Software

By Andrew Yoon, Nov 22, 2013 12:40pm PST

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.

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"This is amazing news. He can make a huge difference now that he's at Occulus instead of working ..."

- Sgt_Boomstick see all 139 comments

Oculus Rift consumer unit coming 2014, compatible with PC and Android

By Andrew Yoon, Nov 01, 2013 12:30pm PDT

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.

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"No, the motion sickness is a real thing. When your hands turn you one way and you turn your head ..."

- Duma see all 35 comments

Alone brings supernatural meta horror to Oculus Rift VR

By Ozzie Mejia, Oct 21, 2013 5:30pm PDT

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.

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"Man VR and a good horror....wow I dont think I have been this excited since i got my Vic20"

- wiz1974 see all 12 comments

Eyes-on with Oculus Rift VR

By Ozzie Mejia, Oct 11, 2013 12:30pm PDT

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.

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"check out this mmo rpg which is compatible with the oculus...it's running an entire vr ..."

- rpgfanatic25 see all 17 comments

EVE: Valkyrie coming for Oculus Rift

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 20, 2013 8:56am PDT

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...

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"I really hope they will have planetary flight in here as well as in space combat. Urge to buy ..."

- melkore see all 26 comments

Virtual reality treadmill pre-orders open at $499

By Steve Watts, Aug 12, 2013 12:00pm PDT

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.

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"It kind of reminds me of the thing they used in red dwarf, so finally the future is here"

- headhuntercat see all 35 comments

Rage creative director joins Oculus VR

By Steve Watts, Aug 09, 2013 7:30am PDT

Matt Hooper, the creative director of Rage who departed id six months ago, has joined Oculus VR as the new Director of Development.

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"then meet one I tried it at GDC this year, and I think it is still very limited in its use and ..."

- shora farahani see all 60 comments

John Carmack becomes Oculus chief technology officer

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 07, 2013 7:55am PDT

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...

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"It's just that gaming journalism is still not mature, so even users who've read gaming sites for ..."

- st4rdog see all 89 comments

HydraDeck: Cover Shooter combines Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra for full-body VR gaming

By Andrew Yoon, Jul 29, 2013 11:00am PDT

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.

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"That looks pretty awesome! The game itself can be better etc., but the whole interface etc. ..."

- bigimp see all 5 comments

AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome to get Oculus Rift support (uh-oh)

By Andrew Yoon, Jul 11, 2013 3:00pm PDT

Perhaps no game is better suited for Oculus Rift than Dejobaan's falling simulator, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome.

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"This + vertical wind tunnel needs to happen. For that matter a proper base jumping/parachuting ..."

- pierog see all 19 comments

Oculus Rift secures $16 million in venture capital

By Steve Watts, Jun 18, 2013 4:00pm PDT

Oculus Rift has secured $16 million in venture capital funding, which it plans to use to roughly double its workforce and build new prototypes.

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"Not my issue to figure out. I have zero interest in the idea or product."

- wytefang see all 93 comments

Surgeon Simulator 2013 adding support for Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 18, 2013 9:30am PDT

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...

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"Man, I'm all but desensitised to gore in videogames (and I had been drinking at the time) but ..."

- Stimpak Chopra see all 6 comments