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Half-Life 2 gets official Oculus Rift support
Valve has updated Half-Life 2 with Oculus Rift compatibility, Valve programmer Joe Ludwig announced on the device's developer forums. "We just shipped a beta for Half-Life 2 that includes Oculus Rift support," Ludwig writes. "To get it, open the properties for HL2 in Steam, set your command line to ...
Attach more things to your head with Oculus Rift sensor, camera clips
Oculus Rift dev kits have been out in the wild for just under a month and the gameplay videos and mods keep trickling in. The latest mod comes for the hardware itself, two clips to add extra motion sensors or cameras to the back or front of the headset, both 3D-printed. Hackaday's Caleb Kraft ...
This is what playing TF2 with an Oculus Rift and an omni-directional treadmill looks like
In order to demonstrate the functionality of its "Omni" prototype treadmill, which the company calls a "natural motion interface for virtual reality applications," technology start-up Virtuix has released the above video of the contraption being used in conjunction with an Oculus Rift and Team ...
Thirty minutes of Team Fortress 2 in virtual reality caught on camera
The team at Tested got a chance play around with Team Fortress 2 using the upcoming Oculus Rift headset, and they recorded half an hour of gameplay for us to virtually enjoy. Not "virtually" as in we'll "almost" enjoy it, but "virtually" as in "virtual reality"-based enjoyment. Just watch the ...
Oculus Rift dev kits are shipping
Oculus VR people are very carefully putting Rift dev kits into swish-looking cases and shipping them off as of this week. Shipping began on Wednesday, March 27, meaning Oculus met its projected window with a few days to spare. Going by Oculus's projections in line with that March window, ...
Valve experimented with VR in other games, Team Fortress 2 'obvious choice' for Oculus Rift
Valve revealed that Team Fortress 2 will be the official first game to support Oculus Rift's VR headset, something Valve programmer Joe Ludwig told Engadget was an "obvious choice" for Valve – not only because of the size of the community, but because of how rapidly Valve is updating the ...
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance VR DLC looks and sounds like this
It may be difficult to tell from the beginning of this video (after the title screen loads, duh), but it's a trailer for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance DLC. The VR missions are exclusive to PS3 and drop on March 12, free through April 3. There are 30 VR missions in total, including one with a ...
Engadget goes hands-on with Oculus Rift
Former Joystiq heartthrob Ben Gilbert, now officially known as Bengadget, got some hands-on time with the Oculus Rift VR set at this year's CES. While Oculus isn't letting out the latest prototype for use, Ben took an old one through a new demo of the Unreal Engine 3-based Epic Citadel. ...
Oculus Rift distribution pushed back, shipping begins March 2013
Oculus Rift developer kits aren't shipping until March 2013. Kickstarter backers can expect to get their hands on one by mid-April, while those with pre-orders must wait until late April. Oculus originally expected to complete backer and pre-order deliveries by January 2013, but it turns out ...
Oculus Rift headset up for pre-order
You can still enjoy the future of face-based displays, even if you didn't support the Oculus Rift Kickstarter in the past. The "Developer Kit," which includes one of the fancy VR headsets and access to the SDK so you can make your own VR dreamscapes, is now available for direct pre-order from the ...
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Super Joystiq Podcast 051: Xbox One continued, impressions and interviews from Redmond
Posted on May 24th 2013 1:15PM