Sharp Begins Production on 5-inch 1080p Panels, Could be Ideal for the Oculus Rift 2.0
Today electronics manufacturer Sharp announced that the company is beginning production on 5-inch full 1080p LCD displays. The company mentions that the panels are for smartphone use but they could also be ideal for the Oculus Rift consumer version...
Beautiful DIY Oculus Rift Built by VR Enthusiast, Here’s How to Make Your Own
Palmer Luckey has made it clear since the beginning that it wasn't any incredible invention or unlikely innovation that makes the Oculus Rift head mounted display / VR headset possible. Instead, he credits the mobile device (smartphones, tablets, etc.) industry as being...
Armored Ops VR Game Incorporates Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra for Multiplayer Mech Combat [video]
While a number of games plan on supporting the Oculus Rift head mounted display, not many of them are being made specifically for it. Owen Pedrotti has a functional prototype of a virtual reality game that he is making to...
Oculus Rift News Bits: Rift Now Available for Direct Pre-order, New Job Listing for Art Director
The Oculus Rift head mounted display / VR headset is now available for pre-order from the company's website for those who missed out on the initial Kickstarter. If you're late to the party, have no fear, you can pick...
Augmented Reality Welding Mask Provides 100 Million to 1 Contrast Ratio in 3D for Precision Welding [video]
What you see above is not an alien visitor but rather a normal human wearing a prototype augmented reality welding mask. This system, dubbed 'MannVis welding helmet' by its creators, allows welders to see their work with an incredible level of...
Ibex is a Virtual Reality Desktop Environment for the Oculus Rift and other VR Headsets [video]
The Oculus Rift developer kit might not have shipped yet, but that hasn't stopped some intrepid developers from working on exciting Rift projects like virtual reality desktop environments. Hesham Wahba is a developer working on one such project, he calls...
Blackspace is a Hybrid-RTS Game with Oculus Rift Support, Fundraising with Kickstarter [video]
Blackspace is a rather awesome looking upcoming hybrid-RTS (real time strategy) game which plans to incorporate the Oculus Rift head mounted display. The game, which is notable for being one of the first non-FPS (first person shooter) titles pledging Rift...
Hands-on With Sony’s HMZ-T2 ‘Prototype SR’ at the Tokyo Game Show
Last week news broke that Sony would be demonstrating an augmented reality 'Prototype SR' head mounted display at the Tokyo Game Show. This HMD is based on the new HMZ-T2 which Sony announced at the beginning of the month....
Project Holodeck Update: Razer Now Official Sponsor, The Team Tests the Oculus Rift
Exciting info for the team of Project Holodeck, Razer is now an official sponsor. The company, which was founded in 1998 and manufacturers PC peripherals for hardcore gamers, will supply the Holodeck team with hardware pertinent to the project and...
Valve Denies Working on Its Own Head Mounted Display for Virtual Reality Games Despite Internal Research
It's no secret that Valve is internally researching virtual reality. Michael Abrash is publicly known to be Valve's virtual reality and augmented reality researcher. Valve recently put out a job posting for an industrial designer noting that the company...
