Gaming head Michael Abrash leaves Valve for Oculus VR

If you thought you’d seen the strangest bits and pieces of the Oculus VR saga this week, you’d be wrong. Just this morning it was announced by none other than … Continue reading

True Player Gear: An Oculus Rift Alternative

True Player Gear: An Oculus Rift AlternativeIt seems that not everyone is too happy about Facebook acquiring Oculus VR and we’re not sure why. However if you’re one of those who are upset at the acquisition, fret not because not only is there Sony’s Project Morpheus as an alternative, but there is also True Player Gear.

Wait, who? Well for those unfamiliar with True Player Gear, they are a company from Canada who has created a virtual reality headset of their own. The company has been around for about 6 years and they even debuted their technology back in E3 2006, but safe to say that things have definitely progressed from then until now. (more…)

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    Microsoft Paid Up To $150M To Buy Wearable Computing IP From The Osterhout Design Group

    Earlier this week, Facebook announced that it had acquired Oculus VR for $2 billion, and it turns out that this isn’t the only recent piece of M&A in the category of head-mounted wearable computing. Microsoft, we have discovered, has paid up to $150 million to buy IP assets related to augmented reality, head-borne computers, and related items from the Osterhout Design Group, a low-profile… Read More

    Project Morpheus GDC 2014 presentation video shared in full

    Today Sony has processed and uploaded the entirety of their GDC 2014 presentation for Project Morpheus to the web. The world is now able to see what those present saw … Continue reading

    Facebook and Oculus might be a great thing, really

    With Facebook’s purchase of Oculus for a cool $2 billion, the tone turned sour almost instantly. The fervor surrounding virtual reality headwear quickly turned to disdain for a social platform … Continue reading

    Project CARS Project Morpheus support a VR herald

    While it would seem that virtual reality is going a bit social on one side of the equation, the Project Morpheus at Sony continues to gain gaming steam. Here we’re … Continue reading

    Oculus VR Facebook rebranding tipped: new interface and logo [UPDATE: Denied]

    There’s a big change going on at Oculus VR this week. After announcing that they’d been acquired by Facebook for $2 billion USD in stock and cash, the team felt … Continue reading

    Facebook’s Acquisition Of Oculus Will Make VR Cheaper, Says Oculus Founder

    Facebooks Acquisition Of Oculus Will Make VR Cheaper, Says Oculus FounderWe guess it really isn’t a secret anymore that Facebook will be acquiring virtual reality technology company, Oculus VR. In fact this is actually good news for the gaming community and virtual reality technology in general because with Facebook’s backing, Oculus VR will have access to resources that they might not have had before, especially in the face of Sony’s own VR efforts, Project Morpheus.

    This line of thinking is also what Oculus’ founder, Palmer Luckey, appears to be thinking of as well in a recent interview that he and Brendan Iribe had with the folks at The Verge recently. According to Luckey, this deal with Facebook will not only provide the company with resources, but at the same time ultimately help to make virtual reality technology cheaper. (more…)

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    Facebook’s Quest For Oculus VR Began Three Months Ago

    Facebooks Quest For Oculus VR Began Three Months AgoIt is safe to say that Facebook’s recent (surprising) announcement that they would be acquiring Oculus VR caught many by surprise. After all Facebook has never really expressed that much interest in gaming, save for the Facebook Games feature, not to mention there has not been any indication that Facebook was even remotely interested in the company to begin with.

    In fact Facebook’s acquisition of companies like WhatsApp and Instagram made perfect sense since they had to do with communications and social media, but as is the case with most acquisitions, this was not an overnight decision, nor was it an impulsive one either. (more…)

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    Minecraft For Oculus Rift Cancelled Post-Facebook Acquisition

    Minecraft For Oculus Rift Cancelled Post Facebook AcquisitionAs many have probably heard by now, Facebook recently announced a surprising acquisition of Oculus VR, the company behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. This has big implications not just for Facebook, who will now be expanding into new territory, but also for developers who have/had plans to develop games for the Oculus Rift.

    Now according to a recent tweet by Minecraft’s creator, Markus “Notch” Persson, it seems that he did not take the acquisition too well and has since announced the cancellation of Minecraft for the Oculus Rift. “We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out.” (more…)

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