Watch the Oculus Connect 3 Keynote Here!
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Paging Palmer Luckey... The keynote begins at 10 AM PDT.
READ MORE >Oculus devs dropping support, Palmer Luckey issues statement [Updated]
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It looks like Luckey's actions are having a negative effect on Oculus as developers are dropping support for its platform.
READ MORE >"When you live in a bubble, it's hard to see things from others people point of view. You believe ..."
see all 179 commentsOculus VR film 'Henry' wins Emmy award
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Henry's win will go down in history as the first time an original VR narrative won the prestigious award.
READ MORE >VR Chronicles: Episode 7 - LOST
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VR Chronicles is back at Shack! This week, Joe Tirado takes a look at Lost by Oculus Story Studios.
READ MORE >New Zenimax Lawsuit Documents Accuse John Carmack Of Theft and Palmer Luckey of Misrepresentation
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Carmack allegedly stole 'thousands of documents' from a computer at Zenimax during his final days of employment.
READ MORE >"It's not siding with the personality for me, so much as I remember following this early on in ..."
see all 39 commentsOculus VR's Jason Rubin talks the future of Virtual Reality
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VR's new era just began with the releases of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, but Oculus already sees major changes on the horizon.
READ MORE >How to Record Games on the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift
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If you want to record VR games, you’re going to have to know a couple of things to get started.
READ MORE >Oculus Rift now shipping in 2 to 4 days; Oculus Touch coming in Q4 2016
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Oculus appears to be chugging right along as its Rift will now ship sooner and its Touch is coming later this year.
READ MORE >"haven't they said 6 months after the headset launch pretty consistently for awhile? That always ..."
see all 5 commentsOculus Rift Virtual Reality Head Mounted Display Unboxing
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Shacknews unboxes the Oculus Rift. Better late than never!
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see all 2 commentsE3 2016: Oculus Interview with Nate Mitchell
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Nate Mitchell, from Oculus, stopped by Shacknews' E3 Booth talk about VR games and the virtual reality market with Asif.
READ MORE >"Bridge Simulator. Plenty of dorks are waiting for the Star Trek Bride Simulator as well though."
see all 12 commentsOculus removes DRM block on Vive users of its Rift exclusives
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The move has left makers of Revive sharing software in 'disbelief.'
READ MORE >"Very good. I do think they should look at the state of VR more holistically (like Valve), lest ..."
see all 6 commentsE3 2016 Staff Picks: Shacknews' Top 3 Games of The Show
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Join us as we reflect on our personal picks for the best games at E3 2016!
READ MORE >"I'm still really happy Forza comes to PC. Also after playing through Edge of Nowhere I look ..."
see all 4 commentsOpinion: Exclusivity Deals Could Virtually Kill Virtual Reality
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Virtual Reality is barely off its feet, and already many developers are being forced into exclusivity deals just to meet funding goals. What does this entail for the future of virtual reality? And how does it affect the growing user base?
READ MORE >"No, legit concerns are fine, but as so often with video games concerns seem to quickly turn to ..."
see all 98 commentsValve co-founder Gabe Newell says exclusivity 'isn't a good idea' for VR
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Newell asserts that Valve will help developers fund VR games even if they decide to publish on another platform.
READ MORE >"Is this what you say when you don't want to support your product, or help developers financially?"
see all 42 commentsE3 2016: Star Trek: Bridge Crew - Bridging the Gap Between Media and Social VR
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Applications like Star Trek: Bridge Crew are exactly what virtual reality needs to get its feet on stable ground.
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"The social SDK (basically their Xbox Live) and ReactVR are going to be a big deal. Best keynote yet."
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