Oculus Rift, virtual reality headset, Oculus VR, Inc., Irvine, California, USA

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Inventor - Palmer Luckey

Manufacturer - Oculus VR, Inc.

Oculus Rift S - oculus.com/rift-s

Oculus Rift S on Wikipedia

Oculus Rift on Wikipedia

"Oculus Rift: Step Into the Game" on Kickstarter

 

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Oculus Rift - Overview

Published on Aug 2, 2013

Oculus Rift - Virtual Reality Headset for Immersive 3D Gaming

 

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Oculus Rift "Crystal Cove" Prototype Hands-On (1080p OLED + Positional Tracking) at CES 2014

Published on Jan 8, 2014

Our in-depth hands-on and impressions of the new Oculus VR virtual reality prototype: Crystal Cove. We chat with Oculus' VP of Product Nate Mitchell about how they're implementing positional tracking and why lowering the persistence of vision is important to prevent nausea. As always, we dig into the technical details and explain how they work together to benefit the user experience.

 

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Oculus Rift developer kit 2 hands-on

Published on Mar 19, 2014

Oculus is racing towards making virtual reality available to consumers, but it's not quite ready yet. Instead, it is releasing an upgraded version of the original Oculus Rift to developers, with higher resolution displays and much improved head tracking. Sean Hollister tried it out at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and came away impressed.

 

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Hands-On: Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 Virtual Reality Headset

Published on Mar 19, 2014

New Oculus VR hardware! We get our hands on the second development kit for the Oculus Rift at GDC 2014 and chat with Oculus VR's Nate Mitchell about the roadmap to the final consumer release (plus their thoughts on Sony's VR efforts). Here's how DK2 differs from past prototypes, our impressions of it with new tech demos, and why you should still hold off until the final product.

 

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Oculus Rift Development Kit 2

Published on Mar 19, 2014

We've announced the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2, the latest development kit for the Oculus Rift with a low-persistence OLED display and low-latency positional head tracking.

 

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The new Oculus Rift DK2

Published on Mar 19, 2014

If you're still not paying attention to Oculus VR and the Rift headset -- the folks at the forefront of virtual reality's recent rebirth -- what are you doing?

Read our review here: "The new Oculus Rift costs $350 and this is what it's like"

by Ben Gilbert
March 19, 2014

 

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Project Morpheus vs Oculus Rift

Published on Mar 21, 2014

In this week's Gaming Spotlight, we take an in-depth look at Project Morpheus, the new virtual reality headset for PlayStation 4. Is it better than the Oculus Rift?

 

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GDC 2014: Oculus Rift DK2 'Couch Knights' Gameplay

Published on Mar 21, 2014

Couch Knights is an Unreal Engine 4 demo for the Oculus Rift DK2 made by Epic in conjunction with Oculus, shown for the first time at GDC 2014.

 

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Using the Oculus Rift to enter the body of another

Published on Mar 24, 2014

Aaron Souppouris tries an experiential art experiment that uses an Oculus Rift to put you inside the body of another person.

 

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Facebook buying Oculus VR for $2 billion

Published on Mar 25, 2014

Facebook to acquire Oculus VR for $2 billion... and 'Minecraft' creator Notch cancels the Oculus Rift version as a result. Crazy day!

 

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How Oculus Rift, the Crystal Cove Prototype and DK2 Actually Work

Published on Mar 26, 2014

What Facebook Gets with Oculus Rift Purchase: the latest generation of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and the new SDK that makes the magic possible.

"What Facebook Gets With Oculus Rift Purchase"
How the latest generation of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset works and the new SDK that makes the magic possible

by Evan Ackerman and Celia Gorman
March 26, 2014

 

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Should Oculus VR be afraid of John Carmack's former employer?

Published on May 2, 2014

Oculus Rift now faces a challenge (from CTO John Carmack's former employer ZeniMax) over who legally owns the future of virtual reality. How did we get here, and what's really at stake?

 

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E3 2014 Interview: Oculus VR's Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell

Published on Jun 16, 2014

Oculus Rift's second development kiOculus Rift's second development kit at E3 2014 isn't running any dalliances aimed at proving the tech. It's running real-ass games.

 

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Playing 'Death from Above' with Oculus Rift

Published on Jun 23, 2014

 

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CES 2014: Oculus VR's Crystal Cove Prototype

Published on Jun 26, 2014

The Popular Mechanics staff tests Oculus VR's Crystal Cove prototype at CES 2014 in Las Vegas.

Read about it:
"CES 2014: Oculus Rift, New and Improved"

by Darren Orf
January 9, 2014

 

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Infinity Runner Oculus Rift Gameplay

Next-Generation Virtual Reality Technology

DK2 (Development Kit 2) is the latest development kit for the Oculus Rift that allows developers to build amazing games and experiences for the consumer Oculus Rift.

Published on Jul 14, 2014

Read the full review:
"Review: Infinity Runner—The Game Nobody Thought Would Work with the Oculus Rift (for good reason)"

by Ben Lang
July 14, 2014

Today Wales Interactive launches Infinity Runner, which is exactly what it sounds like—an infinite running game like many found on mobile platforms. The team appears to have successfully ported the genre from mobile to PC, but does it work as a virtual reality game for the Oculus Rift?

 

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Oculus @ GDC 2014

Published on Jul 18, 2014

Experience the 2014 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, along with the launch of the second Oculus Rift Development Kit (DK2) with the Oculus team..

 

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Oculus Rift DK2 Unboxing

Published on Jul 25, 2014

Paul James resists the urge to rip open the carton on his new DK2 immediately to bring you this short unboxing video. Full unboxing and initial impressions to come soon.

 

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Elite: Dangerous in VR on the Oculus Rift DK2 - World's First

Published on Jul 26, 2014

Paul James responds to community requests and provides an in-depth look at Eliteangerous played in the brand new Oculus Rift DK2 VR Headset.