There’s even VR accelerators, like Rothenberg Ventures’ River. Slews of game and cinema experience developers have cropped up to build content for the headsets. HTC’s Vive, the Avegant Glyph, and Sony’s Morpheus are expected to ship this year or early next. In the meantime, other VR headset makers have sprinted to get their devices ready. But now we know what Oculus’ flagship headset looks like. That was more of an introduction to consumer VR. Oculus worked with Samsung to create the mobile Gear VR, where you slip in a Samsung Galaxy as a screen and processor. Rift pre-orders start later this year and ship Q1 2016. The reveal is a huge milestone, coming three years after Oculus Kickstarted its first dev kit, and a year after its acquisition by Facebook. Home also lets you see what friends have been playing.īeyond more traditional games, the Oculus Touch will allow for truly VR-first gaming where you can pick up objects, wave to people, or aim and shoot virtual guns. You’ll be able to browse through experiences, and see a little preview of a game before you buy. Oculus co-founder and VP of Product Nate Mitchell says Oculus is upgrading the Oculus Home portal where you land when you put on the headset. As part of that, Oculus says it will be investing over $10 million to accelerate development of independent games. Oculus also wants smaller developers to make titles for the Rift, so it plans to revamp its Oculus Share app store. Oculus is working with a slew of developers including EVE’s CCP Games, Gunfire Games, and Insomniac to make killer titles available early on the Rift. With the controller, you’ll be able to play Oculus games like EVE Valkyrie a first-person spaceship shooter. Oculus never had one before, which forced people to build workarounds to third-party controllers, or limit experiences to just looking around or tapping a small trackpad like on the side of the Samsung Gear VR. The included controller is likely the biggest announcement of the day. It lets us experience anything, anywhere.” We set out to finally deliver on the dream of virtual reality.” He noted that 2D screens have divided us from visceral, digital experiences, but Oculus lets people “cross that threshold. Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe opened the day saying “We wanted to revolutionize gaming, and transform the way we experience entertainment. Although a lot of festival venues are within walking distance, we advise you to rent a bike during the festival in order to move around quicker and easily visit venues such as De Helling and dB's as well.Shipping with an Xbox controller will make the Rift immediately ready to play more complex games. Its compact, medieval city center also makes it very easy to get around and explore. Add to that the charm of the many merchants’ houses, courts scattered throughout the city, and the ancient next to modern architecture, and you start to have an idea of what brings so much charm to this city.īeing one of the Netherlands' oldest cities makes Utrecht a stunning setting for a city festival like Le Guess Who?. Built around the centuries-old Dom Tower, the city center is branched by many picturesque canals, some with extraordinary wharf cellars that house shops, cafés, restaurants, and bars along the water. Utrecht, The Netherlands’ fourth largest city, is a very lively and hospitable place. Knowing I’d see something interesting there (even if I didn’t like it, I knew I’d find it interesting) that was the most special thing.” - Quote from visitors survey “I guess the best feeling I had (rather than a special moment) was just walking around town.
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