If you’re a developer or interested enthusiast but couldn’t attend Oculus Connect 6, you can now watch all of the talks on the Oculus YouTube channel. In addition to the main keynote where products are announced, there are dozens of talks given at Oculus Connect, both by Facebook employees and by important members of the...
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OC6 The Room VR Hands-On: Mysterious Puzzles And Impressive Visuals
This week at the Oculus Connect 6 (OC6) conference in San Jose, CA I got the chance to try out a brief demo of The Room VR: A Dark Matter from Fireproof Games, a newly announced entry in the long-running puzzle series. The Room VR was announced during OC6 and they had two demo pods...
Until You Fall Aiming For PSVR And Quest Support In 2020
Fear not Quest and PSVR fans; Schell Games is aiming to bring Until You Fall to your headsets. Studio head Jesse Schell recently confirmed as much in an interview with OnlySP. Schell stated that the studio had a similar aim to its hit VR puzzler, I Expect You To Die. That is it wants to...
Sony: PS5 To Lower Power Consumption, Exploring PSVR Apps On Climate Change
Sony is looking to tackle climate change with ‘PS5’ and PSVR. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan confirmed as much in a recent PlayStation Blog post. Ryan confirmed that he will be attending the UN Climate Summit as part of the Playing for the Planet alliance. There, he and other industry leaders will discuss making...
OC6: Echo Arena On Oculus Quest Is A Capable Port Of An Excellent VR Game
Back at E3 2019 earlier this year we learned that Ready at Dawn was working on an Oculus Quest port of its zero-gravity VR disc sport, Echo Arena, and would be bringing it over to the standalone VR headset in “all its glory.” Yesterday, at Oculus Connect 6 (OC6), I got the chance to try...
Medal of Honor VR: Respawn Wants It To Be ‘Authentic’ But ‘Not Necessarily’ Realistic
At Oculus Connect 6 (OC6) Facebook finally revealed what Respawn Entertainment has been working on alongside Oculus and it’s called Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. This is the first new game in the series in over seven years. During the event we learned a lot about the game even though it’s not coming out...
OC6: Carmack: Quest Is ‘By Far Our Most Retentive Hardware’, Rift S Surpasses Rift
Facebook’s new VR headsets are already seeing impressive retention, according to John Carmack. During his keynote speech at Oculus Connect 6 today, Carmack announced that Oculus Quest is “by far” Facebook’s most retentive hardware. The Oculus Rift S, however, has already surpassed the original Rift in terms of retention. Retention on a VR headset would...
Pimax 8KX Is A True 4K Per Eye Wide FoV Headset For $1299, Controllers Delayed Again
Pimax new headset, the 8KX, offers a true 4K per eye resolution across a 170 degree field of view. The 8KX is priced at $1299. However, this doesn’t include tracking base stations or controllers. Additionally, Pimax’s own base stations and controllers are once again delayed- despite telling us back in January that they’d ship soon....
Oculus CTO John Carmack ‘Would Eventually Like’ Quest PC Support To Work Wirelessly
At Oculus Connect 6, CTO John Carmack spoke about how he “would eventually like” Quest to support PC VR wirelessly, and discussed how this could happen. Yesterday, Facebook announced Oculus Link, an upcoming feature which lets users use their Quest as a Rift via a USB 3.0 cable. Facebook also intends to sell its own...
OC6 Hands-On: Oculus Link Basically Turns Your Quest Into A Rift S
This week at Oculus Connect 6 (OC6) Facebook announced that later this year the Oculus Quest will receive the ability to connect directly to a PC to run Rift games via a new feature called Oculus Link coming this November. You read that correctly. With a single USB 3 cable you can turn your Quest...
