How the Oculus Rift Can Turn You Into a Controller
The idea is simple: the player with the headset on enjoys the game, like this hang gliding simulator, while the others lift, tilt and push the player, following on-screen instructions.
It’s the future! Well, maybe it isn’t, but either way virtual reality is on the cusp of changing games forever. This is where to read about Sony’s Project Morpheus, Oculus Rift, and all the weird, wonderful and mildly disturbing experiences that they enable.
The idea is simple: the player with the headset on enjoys the game, like this hang gliding simulator, while the others lift, tilt and push the player, following on-screen instructions.
Loading Human, the motion-controlled VR dream simulator for PC, is now on Kickstarter. Untold Games aims to collect $30,000 (£17,700) for their game, which has transitioned from Unity to Unreal Engine 4 (with pretty results, as seen in the vid above) and is now also approved for release on the PS4.
Virtual reality technology is finding a infinite number of uses beyond the realm of gaming, including helping military personnel navigate dangerous situations safely.
Oculus have hit back at Zenimax's claims that John Carmack stole any of their tech or property, here's what they had to say.
Fun, beautiful and stunningly immersive, EVE Valkyrie could be virtual reality's Wii Sports moment.
So Zenimax are accusing Doom co-creator John Carmack of stealing their tech when he left to go and work for Oculus Rift. That's not good
You know CCP's EVE Valkyrie, the Oculus Rift space dogfighting game? It's going to star Katie Sackhoff.
An Oculus Rift spokesmen has apparently outlined plans to make the headset available to the public next year, apparently stating that the company would be "disappointed" if it wasn't out by 2016.
There are some games that were never meant to be ported to Oculus Rift. Fortunately, Sonic the Hedgehog is not one of them.
This guy, in the black? This guy right here is a pranking asshole.
Imagine waking up inside someone else’s head and navigating their memories. One artist has made it real.
Space games never really went away. But they've been on something of a comeback trail all the same. What happened to give all us neglected X-Wing fans reason to have faith once again? I'm willing to bet it has something to do with a little thing called the Oculus Rift
That sound you can hear? Me hyperventilating. The cherry on top? Using a Wii Balance Board to control it.
Game artist Priscilla Firstenberg first showed a video of how Oculus Rift helped her terminally ill grandmother go outside one last time in November last year. Now she's spoken more on the experience.
“We never expected to sell so many.” Oculus Rift after shifting 85, 000 development kits, split between 60, 000 first gen DK1 kits and 25, 000 DK2 kits.
First-person platforming is hard to pull off. It takes lots of planning and fine control to make it work, so really, Super Mario 64 playing so badly in first-person comes as no surprise. Still looks fun, though.
