Oculus Rift News Bits: Palmer Keynotes Evolve, Early 3D Rift Model, First Image of Tracker, and more
Once again it's time for an update on the latest Oculus Rift news. First of all, Oculus LLC is now Oculus Inc., according to the company's official website. This morning they've dropped an update to Kickstarter backers which includes...
Carl Zeiss Cinemizer HMD Now Available in US and Canada for $749, Headtracker Coming in January
Today Carl Zeiss is announcing that the Cinemizer head mounted display is available in the US and Canada for $749. The Carl Zeiss Cinemizer has technically been available for a few months, though it would seem that the company...
Montas Oculus Rift Game Goes to Indiegogo for Crowd-funding
Montas is an upcoming indie horror game with support for the Oculus Rift. We heard about Montas a few months back and now the creators, Organic Humans, have begun a crowd-funding campaign to help them raise money to get...
VIRTSIM is the Virtual Reality Platform That Gamers Crave but Can’t Have
VIRTSIM is a highly immersive virtual reality system which can pit squads of players against each other in a realistic virtual reality combat environment. The system utilizes full-motion body capture, VR headsets, gun props, and even shock-feedback. Unfortunately, the...
Augmented Reality Magician Shows You the Future Today
Augmented reality (AR) seems an inevitable part of our future. The possibilities are easy to see but realizing the necessary technology is incredibly complex. Researchers, experimenters, and tech folk are slowly advancing what can be done with augmented reality....
Sony HMZ-T2 Head Mounted Display Now Available for a Whopping £999 in UK, Cheaper Elsewhere
Sony quietly announced the HMZ-T2 head mounted display / VR headset back at the end of August. The unit is now available in several regions (though notably still not in the US). In the UK you can buy the HMZ-T2 for a...
Former Apple Talent Developing Oculus Rift Headtracker, “9 DOF” and 760Hz Gyro Sampling
Palmer Luckey, the creator of the Oculus Rift, has confirmed that Oculus LLC is dropping the Hillcrest tracker that was originally being used as the Oculus Rift headtracker. Now it seems the Rift will use the Adjacent Reality tracker, developed...
Star Citizen and the Oculus Rift, Help Kickstart the Space Combat Genre
Star Citizen is an ambitious new game which will feature Oculus Rift support. But it's also much more than that -- this is an opportunity to help realize a new generation of space combat simulator, a genre which once...
Q&A With Palmer Luckey, Creator of the Oculus Rift
Palmer Luckey, who also goes by PalmerTech online, is the creator of the forthcoming Oculus Rift head mounted display and genuine VR nerd (I use that term endearingly). Luckey, who claims to have the largest private HMD collection in the world, remains...
This is What it Looks Like Through Vuzix’s New Augmented Reality Glasses
While Google's Project Glass may have nabbed much of the AR spotlight lately, Vuzix is hard at work on some very interesting augmented reality glasses which could hit the market long before Project Glass. Using side-mounted optical engines and...
