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Oculus Rift Launches its Thanksgiving Collection Bundle Sale
Being the owner of an Oculus Rift, I must admit that despite it still being something of a fringe product (as VR still fails to really take off with consumers) I do love the experience it provides. I would also probably admit, however, that I could do with getting some…
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Oculus Rift S and Quest to Finally Go On Sale Starting May 21st
Both VR Headsets Available for Pre-Order Now Facebook first announced the Oculus Quest seven months ago, and the Oculus Rift S last month. Now both will finally be available to purchase starting May 21st. In fact, fans can even pre-order both now ahead of time to ensure they get it…
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Valve Names VR Headset With Half-Life Prequel Teased
Valve: Index At the time of writing, there is pretty much only two major VR headsets currently on the market. Namely, the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. Well, there is the Microsoft headset, but I can’t think of any one who actually has one. Perhaps that’s why Microsoft is…
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Oculus and Lenovo Team Up for $399 Rift S VR Headset
Oculus Rift Upgraded Oculus is announcing their new Oculus Rift S VR headset, developed in collaboration with Lenovo. This headset improves upon the original Rift headset design by jumping from 1080×1200 to 1280×1440 per eye. This now matches the smartphone-only Oculus Go headset. Except the Rift S uses superior OLED…
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Scott Cawthon Confirms FNAF VR Game Is Only ‘Months Away’
Five Nights At Freddy’s While I was far too much of a coward to actually play the games, I must admit that I have a bizarre fascination with YouTube videos surrounding the Five Nights At Freddy’s (or FNAF) franchise. Coming out of nowhere in 2014, it has proven to have…
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PlayStation Say PSVR Will Change ‘Dramatically’
PSVR One of the few true areas of ‘oneupmanship’ that Sony has over Microsoft in the current console generation is that the PlayStation has a VR capable headset. Admittedly, the fact that the PS4 has outsold the Xbox One at something around 2:1 (and possibly greater) is also a good…
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Steam Figures Show VR Headset Ownership Doubled In 2018
VR Headset Ownership Doubled In 2018 One of the biggest pieces of gaming technology to have recently released is the VR headset. With the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive currently on the market, consumers do have something of a choice. The headsets open up an honestly remarkable world of VR and…
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Oculus Is Officially Fully Absorbed Into Facebook Technologies
Oculus Is Officially Fully Absorbed Into Facebook Technologies You may recall that back in 2014, Facebook spent a hugely significant sum of money to buy Oculus. It was certainly a pretty huge gamble. At the time, the Oculus technology was very early in its development. The promise and potential were…
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Oculus Creator Sacked By Facebook Due To Political Donation?
Oculus Creator Sacked By Facebook Due To Political Donation? Facebook has been trying very hard over the last year to try and prove that their site is, somewhat, apolitical. Something the social media site has had more than a few difficulties in convincing the sceptics. In a report via CNET,…
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The John Carmack vs ZeniMax Media Legal Fight is Finally Over
Both Legal Parties Satisfied Legendary video game creator John Carmack and ZeniMax Media, owner of the Fallout and Wolfenstein game series have finally ended their legal battle. Carmack is of course, most popularly known as the founder of Id software, creators of classic games such as DOOM, Quake and Wolfenstein.…
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Oculus Quest Will Have Perform Similar To PS3/Xbox 360
Oculus Quest Will Have Perform Similar To PS3/Xbox 360 Earlier this week Oculus announced a new upcoming release that would form the final part of their ‘1st-generation’ VR headsets. Namely, the Oculus Quest. The Quest represents something of a unique product in terms of VR headsets as Oculus are marketing it…
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Oculus To Release ‘Quest’ As A Middle-Ground VR Headset
Oculus To Release ‘Quest’ As A Middle-Ground VR Headset In terms of the VR wars, Oculus has done a lot of things well against their HTC Vive rival. Not only have they come in with a headset that is notably cheaper, but they have also been keen to push alternative…
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Mozilla Launches “Firefox Reality” VR Web Browser
New Browser for Virtual and Mixed-Reality Mozilla has launched a new type of their Firefox web browser called “Firefox Reality”. This one is specifically made so users with Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality headsets can browse online with their device. Firefox Reality lets users move around with their VR hand…
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Bizarre Prison Simulator Game Appears On Steam
Bizarre Prison Simulator Game Appears On Steam Since the growth of VR ownership last year (in no small part due to some pretty decent discount events) we have seen a massive increase in the games being created for the technology. As you would expect, some are good, some are ok…
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AMD Nvidia And Microsoft Agree To VR Cabling Standard
AMD Nvidia And Microsoft Agree To VR Cabling Standard With the expansion of VR technology, questions are being asked as to what format the next-generation will take. In terms of the number of different headsets, we’re in a bit of a Betamax/VHS moment in that different models require different cabling…
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