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Continuing with the recent trend on all news being about virtual reality, comes this small bit of amazingness from a small group. RISE is a "fully immersive virtual reality experience that tells the story of a robot uprising from the perspective of a sentient robot agitator who’s been captured. The project explores the confluence of VR and science fiction cinema."

And what better way to experience this than by running a demo of it using the Oculus Rift.

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Continuing with the recent trend on all news being about virtual reality, comes this small bit of amazingness from a small group. RISE is a "fully...

According to figures compiled by Gamasutra, Oculus Rift has sold over 100,000 units already. That includes about 60,000 of the first development kit and the more than 45,000 of the second development kit, which have just started to ship out. The pre-orders for the second dev kit (DK2) began back in March. This updated unit includes an external camera which allows for tracking of more than three degrees of movement. Production of the original development kit had started to be cut b...

According to figures compiled by Gamasutra, Oculus Rift has sold over 100,000 units already. That includes about 60,000 of the first development...

Oculus has just announced the release of the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2. This updated model is based off of the "Crystal Cove" internal design they've been working on for months.

While this isn't yet the consumer version, it is a lot closer to what the consumer version will be.

The updated model reportedly features a 1080p OLED screen and an external camera that works in conjunction with tracking LEDs to note head position. It will feature refresh rat...

Oculus has just announced the release of the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2. This updated model is based off of the "Crystal Cove" internal...