First Google Glass Unboxing Video Appears as Early Adopters Begin Receiving Units
Google Glass Explorer Dev Kits are being delivered to developers – and following suit are the first unboxing videos that show the device's great production quality.
Last year at Google’s I/O conference, the web behemoth offered an exclusive look into...
Latest Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Video Shows Intense TF2 Gameplay With Oculus Rift and New Prototype
A new video of the Virtuix Omni omnidirectional treadmill shows the latest prototype unit being used to play TF2 with the Oculus Rift. As expected, using your entire body to move inside of the game looks significantly more immersive...
Gallery Kickstarter Ends With 127% of Goal, New Rift/Hydra Video Shows Tantalizing Early Gameplay
CloudHead games, developers of the forthcoming Oculus Rift game The Gallery: Six Elements, have just closed a successful Kickstarter funding round with $82,937 of their $65,000 goal. A new video reveals some early gameplay which makes use of the...
Oculus Rift USB Power Hack Eliminates Need for a Wall Adapter
The Oculus Rift developer kit is driven by an external power source – but a resourceful modder has found a way to power the unit through USB, making the wall plug obsolete.
As detailed in a blog post by Michael...
Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Headed to Kickstarter: Walk, Jump, and Sprint in Virtual Reality
The Virtuix Omni is a passive omnidirectional treadmill that looks like it could fill one of the last major missing pieces of the VR puzzle. The Omni, which is soon to hit Kickstarter, allows players to walk, jump, and...
Mechwarrior Online Oculus Rift Support On the Way?
The developers of MechWarrior Online, the latest title in the long-standing mech franchise, tried out the Oculus Rift at GDC 2013 and seem very impressed. Their report from GDC teases heavily that Oculus Rift support for MWO could be...
How to Add Positional Tracking to the Oculus Tuscany Demo with the Razer Hydra
Tony Bowren recently shared his rather ingenious solution to the problem of the Oculus Rift Development Kit's lack of positional tracking using the Razer Hydra on YouTube. He talks to us about this project, a little of himself, and...
Oculus Rift Teardown Reveals Good Modding Potential, High Repairability
Ever wondered what the inside of the Oculus Rift dev kit actually looks like or how it scores when it comes to reparability? If you have, be sure to check out iFixit's extensive Oculus Rift disassembly. The writers take...
90 Year Old Grandmother Tries on the Oculus Rift
User Paul Rivot from YouTube posted this video of his 90 year old grandmother taking a virtual reality trip to tuscany thanks to the Oculus Rift. She seemed very impressed with the graphics and at 1:16 quite adorably asks,...
The Gallery Kickstarter Fully Funded, Still Needs $5k for Razer Hydra Support
Just a quick note of congratulations to the folks of CloudHead Games who just had their Kickstarter campaign for The Gallery: Six Elements fully funded. The game, which is influenced by the Myst series, brings ground-up support for the Oculus Rift. The Razer...
