Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stage today at Oculus Connect 4, the company’s VR developer conference, to tell the crowd that the high-end standalone Project Santa Cruz VR headset will be heading to devs next year and it will be coming with 6 degrees of freedom (6DoF) controllers. Update (10/11/17): In the confusion of the avalanche...
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Oculus Go is Facebook’s Affordable Standalone Headset Priced at $200, Shipping Early 2018
On stage at Oculus Connect 4 today, Oculus revealed the Oculus Go headset, the company’s affordability-focused standalone VR headset. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced the new Oculus Go headset today during the Oculus Connect keynote. The headset is a low-cost, all-in-one standalone headset which doesn’t rely on a smartphone or a computer; everything needed for...
First Hands-On With Windlands 2 And Its New Co-Op Mode
Windlands was the game VR needed in April 2016. Amongst launch line-ups consisting of hour-long tech demos and teasers of what could one day be, here was a full adventure that let players explore the world around them with complete agency. It may not have been perfect, but bounding around sun-licked ruins and swinging through...
Titanfall Developer Respawn Announces Oculus Rift Exclusive VR Shooter
Respawn Entertainment, the developer of the hugely popular Titanfall franchise, is working on a shooter for the Oculus Rift. A short trailer for the game was revealed at Oculus Connect today, though there was no name and very little in the way of footage. Based on commentary from the developers themselves, they’re working on a...
OC4: Facebook Spaces Hits Other Platforms ‘Soon’, New Features Announced
Facebook carved out a good amount of time for its Spaces social VR platform at Oculus Connect today, with plenty of new features to talk about. For starters, users are now able to cut out Facebook pictures for collages, play minigames and even combine elements of various features to make their own kits. More interesting,...
Star Wars: Secrets Of The Empire Tickets Now On Sale, Check Out The Trailer
Tickets are now on sale for what is likely going to be one of the best introductions to virtual reality on the planet — Star Wars: Secrets Of The Empire. The Star Wars VR attraction will open at Disney Springs in Florida on Dec. 16 and Downtown Disney in California on Jan. 5. But take...
OC4: Oculus Announces Massive Rift Core 2.0 Update
Oculus only had a small platform update for Rift this month, but as we found out at Oculus Connect today, much bigger things are on the way. The company’s Nate Mitchell introduced the Rift Core 2.0 update today. For starters, Rift is getting a new system interface designed for Touch, named Oculus Dash. Based on...
‘Titanfall’ Developer, Respawn Entertainment, Teases Rift Exclusive Game Coming in 2019
Today at Oculus Connect 4, the company’s Head of Content, Jason Rubin, announced that Oculus Studios will be publishing a Rift exclusive title made by Respawn Entertainment, the studio founded by ex-Call of Duty, and the creators of Titanfall. On stage during the Oculus Connect opening keynote, Jason Rubin revealed a range of forthcoming Oculus content....
‘Echo Arena’ FPS Expansion Announced and More ‘Lone Echo’ Teased
Ready at Dawn’s single player sci-fi adventure Lone Echo (2017) already has its multiplayer mode, the much beloved sports game Echo Arena, but the studio says it’s bringing out a new first-person shooter multiplayer mode called Echo Combat, and also an expansion to the Lone Echo game. Announced today on stage at Oculus Connect 4, the company’s annual...
Oculus Rift + Touch Bundle Gets Permanent Price Cut to $400
Following their highly successful Summer of Rift Sale, Oculus have announced a permanent price cut of the Rift headset and Touch controller package to $399. The new price was revealed by Hugo Barra, Oculus’ Vice President of Virtual Reality at the opening keynote to Oculus Connect 4. Detailed on the official Oculus Blog, the $399 package...