VirtuaDolls Adult VR Game Controller is Equal Parts Terrifying, Hilarious and Sort of Cool (NSFW)
"An adult game controller where touch and feedback are taken to the next level. Feel the game." That's the tagline behind VirtuaDolls, an adult VR game controller project currently running a funding campaign on Indiegogo. Let's not beat around the bush here (and we couldn't if we wanted to, there doesn't…
EGX 2015: Hands On Demo With The HTC Vive
EGX 2015, Thursday morning, 11:30am. We met up with team over at HTC, who are looking after their inclusion into the virtual reality market, HTC Vive. Virtual reality is not a new technology, as companies have been trying to bring it to market as far back as 1968 with the Ultimate…
EGX 2015: Hands on Playstation VR Demo Preview
VGU were at the biggest UK consumer games event, EGX 2015. At this year's event we sat down with Sony to try the PlayStation VR, their entry into the virtual reality market. From fist glance the PlayStation VR stands out from the rest of its competition, it has a sleek, curved white…
Facebook Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion
Facebook have announced today that they are buying Oculus VR, makers of the Oculus Rift, for the huge sum of $2 Billion. Here's the word from Mark Zuckerburg: Our mission is to make the world more open and connected. For the past few years, this has mostly meant building mobile…
Riftcon trademark makes virtual reality conventions a reality?
The current leaders in the pursuit of commercial virtual reality have just trademarked the name "Riftcon" named aptly after their companys leading product, the Oculus Rift. The trademark was filed on the 14th of February by Oculus VR and under the description, the phrase "organizing exhibitions in the fields of interactive…
John Carmack Leaves id Software
id Software is saying farewell to one of its founding fathers today, as lead programmer and co-creator of games such as Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Quake is resigning from the company. John Carmack recently joined Oculus VR, makers of the highly anticipated VR headset the Oculus Rift, as CTO back…
Oculus Rift Preview
Gaming companies are always trying to bring us the next big thing in gaming. Nintendo brought motion control to the masses with the Wii, Microsoft gave us the Kinect and Sony the PlayStation Move and Sixaxis. All of these features and devices are designed to improve the gamer’s immersion into…
John Carmack Joins Oculus as CTO
Industry legend and 3D graphics pioneer John Carmack has joined Oculus as its Chief Technology Officer. The veteran programmer, who created the Quake and Rage engines, tweeted that his time is now divided between three companies: Oculus, Id, and Armadillo Aerospace, which Carmack founded in 2000. My time division…
Kalypso Announces 3D and Oculus Rift Support for DARK on Windows PC
Kalypso Media is excited to announce that their upcoming vampire stealth-action game, DARK, will feature support for both 3D via supported televisions, and through conventional Anaglyph (red/blue glasses) 3D. Even more exciting is that DARK will support the upcoming Oculus Rift virtual-reality head-mounted display on Windows PC. For those gamers…
Andrew Scott Reisse, Co-Founder Of Oculus Rift Killed By Gang Members Fleeing Police
Andrew Scott Reisse, one of the co-founders of virtual reality gaming company Oculus VR, was killed in a car chase between fleeing gang members and police on Thursday 30th May. According to ABC news, authorities say the incident began when officers saw two vehicles full of people involved in some…