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What’s your favorite Wii game right now?

My favorite Wii game is Wii fit and Wii sports I play Wii fit on my Wii U because Wii U is backwards compatible with Wii games I want to know what is the oculus/meta community opinions

up selling dev kits.......

someone on amazon is still selling the dev kits for 600 bucks. I guess this is an artifact of early scarcity and delivery delays. I feel sorry for who ever gets ripped off by this

Very Cool Handtracking

If they made this for the Xbox One and the Rift I would consider dumping PS consoles. 8-) The hand tracking here really looks amazing:http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/dl.aspx?id=173838

Has anyone else tried the Alladin Demo from Disney?

I'm not talking about something recent. I am actually talking about the original tech demo that was on display at Epcot in Disney World many years ago. I remember when I was a kid I had a chance to try it and that demo really blew my mind at the time...

Mouse And Keyboard support For PS4 Equal Death Of PC?

I just saw this and it got me thinking that the PC could be in trouble if this happens natively and does not require an Eagle Eye or Frag FX to achieve mouse and keyboard support on the PS4. When you think about it the PS4 is a computer and making it...

Oculus - The Movie!

ironically the poster is all about covering the eyes, not opening them...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Has anyone else been following Kingdom Come: Deliverance game? It looks like it's going to be really good. It's going to be a realistic RPG set in medieval Europe. So no dragons or zombies.They just put it on kickstarter today and it's already 1/3 of...

This website should remember where I was heading!

Hi,This is a minor bugbear I have but if I find something on Google or find a link to an item in this forum on a another website.. I always get taken to the front page and not the link I wanted (this is after logging in) - usually a site will remembe...

The best way to help Oculus, Branding Marketing Power

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/opinion/brooks-the-romantic-advantage.html?_r=1&In the race to be the world’s dominant economy, Americans have at least one clear advantage over the Chinese. We’re much better at branding. American companies have the...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen - MMO with an "oldschool" feel

This is a game currently on KickStarter. First and foremost, it's a niche targeted MMORPG. Meaning it's not trying to appeal to everyone like a game like WoW. I can attest to the woes of such an approach myself, as WoW failed to appeal to me with its...

I'm wanting to learn japanese?

I'm wanting to learn some Japanese in my spare time. "When I'm not working on my rift project". Any pointers/leads? I think I'd might be able to learn quite a bit by the end of 2014. (Thinking about making this my new years resolution).~Thanks in adv...

Australia And New Zealand Rifters Lounge

Well due to popular demand here is the thread for the Australian and New Zealand rift goers to keep in touch and maybe even one day come together for some Riftacular and maybe OcuLAN times ahead, lol.So come together and start posting about your rift...

Palmer Launches himself off the Engadget stage

https://imgflip.com/i/5zvo6

Join our new anime community fzcebook page ^^

join our new anime comminity page, we post about SAO, naruto, bleach, one piece, hunter x hunter, shingeki and many more are you intrested in in funny, cool and informative pictures about animethe join us  https://www.facebook.com/animeismymotivatio...

Video: games as an art medium

Since this is the area for off-topic discussion, I thought you developers would appreciate this animation about video games as a new art medium:http://vimeo.com/78562245

Show your rift

... I just had to do it :lol: To be or not to be!

Idea Inspirations from trying the Oculus Rift

I got to try the Oculus Rift for the first time this week at a local IGDA meeting in Minneapolis. I wrote about my first experience and first impressions on my blog, but the experience was also very inspiring creatively.Obviously there are going to b...

Changing user name on the forums?

Hey, so I registered on the forums right at the start and was posting lots of game design advice and ideas. Not long after that though I changed my name due to family reasons, now being called Louis Arrigoni, but I cant seem to find any way to change...

Nausea & latency

I was just thinking..Do you think the nausea we have when drinking to much, come from the visual latency involved by alcohol ? 

2014 The year VR broke through; day one is coming soon.

This is the year folks. VR is finally going to pull the general public in. Start saving your coins because this year we are going to have some things to buy. I can't hardly wait. Salute!Michael Tenery (aka Calanar)

Oculus? RIFT the Radical Terrorist Anti-Tech Organization!

Sorry if my title is slightly misleading but that's what the movie claims! Right at the 0:50 mark :lol: I am seriously pumped for this movie and anything that helps bring about the singularity!Plug me in!

Come on Palmer, freak us!

So,it's been over a year now since we got a glimpse at what VR might bring us through our beloved Development Kit. We've been kept busy with a steady stream of tiny bits of information regarding what OculusVR is up to behind closed doors. However, wh...

Can you join more than one partnership on YouTube?

I've been contacted by a really small partnership company called pipelineshockstudios (http://pipelineshockstudios.com/)and they want me to join their company (how ever they're really small at the moment and they seem alright) but I want to join some...

Possibility of Releasing a 1080p Dev Kit (2.0)

Since the Oculus team have been demoing the 1080p version, I am wondering if they have plans to release these for pre-order?I on behalf of many others have hold-off on pre-ordering the Devkit 1.0 due to the reported screen door effect and that it is ...

Question?!?! Peripheral Vision AGHH

Tried oculus rift dev kit for first time yesterday and must say its quite the expereince. I was told it would cover your field of view which it did not. 1 inch black borders on all sides make me feel like i am wearing goggles. wider field of view wou...

hiro protagonist just wants to stop Raven & snowcrash

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-19/nsa-spying-blowback-continues-boeing-loses-brazil-jet-order4 billion is some serious cheese kidDies! That is deathstar level ballpark yes? Who was the marketing genius at oculus that thought having lonsdale an...

Durovis Dive: Android VR HMD

Hi guys,just came across this: http://www.durovis.com/index.htmlLooks like a HMD built around an Android phone. Interesting concept, what do you think? Much less sophisticated than the Oculus Rift, yet potentially more portable and accessible for cas...

Steam OS

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/http://repo.steampowered.com/download/http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/648814395741989999/If Valve didn't lied that they would release SteamOS simultaneously with first Stea...

Water-VIrtual Reality

I want simply share this video with the community because is pretty much funny and original!Enjoy http://www.videobash.com/video_show/aquatop-display-896872

Suggestions for VR themed anime?

Can someone suggest a good VR themed anime?I've already seen : Ghost in the Shell (movies and episodes)Denno Coil (thank you geekmaster)Sword Art Online.hack

Augmented Reality

One of the first things I thought of when I discovered the Oculus Rift was, "What if we put cameras on the front, routed the feed through some post processing software that puts an interactive HUD on top of the video, then routed it to the screen of ...