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Oculus Rift needs to reach 50 to 100 million units before it will be considered meaningful as a computing platform.

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IncGamers pops the Oculus Rift DK2 on their heads to take a look at the resolution, comfort and motion sickness factor of the latest build. Is VR the future of gaming?

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VRFocus - With a number of high profile failures on the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform in the past few months it's always reassuring to see videogame developers take a more modest approach to reaching funding goals. Indie studio Phr00t has done just that with its own campaign for upcoming virtual reality (VR) compatible stealth action title, 4089: Ghost Within. The developer hopes to raise just $3,000 for the project, which supports the Oculus Rift head-mounted display (HMD).

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With over nine million votes cast by members of the gaming public, From Software's hardcore action RPG sequel was crowned Game of the Year. Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Watch Dogs maker Ubisoft Montreal was named Studio of the Year, while the Lifetime Achievement was bestowed upon Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima. Elsewhere, DayZ, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft and Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag each scooped two awards. The open world zombie title was the winner of Best Original Game and Best Indie Game, Blizzard's collectible card game picked up Best Online Game and Best Mobile Game, while Black Flag won Best Visual Design and Best Audio. Steam won Gaming Platform of the Year, Oculus Rift retained the Innovation of the Year crown, the Most Wanted award was won by The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, while PewDiePie was named Gaming Personality of the Year.

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VRFocus - Oculus VR founder and Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) designer Palmer Luckey has missed out on Personality Award at this year's Golden Joystick Awards taking place in London, UK. The 22-year old was beaten to the prize by Youtube personality PewPewDie.

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VRFocus - The origins of the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) have been well documented. Though its far from the start of the story, in 2012 creator Palmer Luckey and the rest of the team at Oculus VR ran an immensely successful Kickstarter campaign for the device, raising nearly $2.5 million USD to create its first development kit. You might think that, with this kind of money, the company would have more than enough resources to deliver on their obligations. As it turns out, it wasn't enough.

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VRFocus - Over the past few months you may have heard of Ceek from Next Galaxy. Little about this social virtual reality (VR) platform has been revealed so far, though VR fans are soon to find out more as its creators have today announced an incoming Beta in which users will be able to test out the experience. The beta will launch in roughly a month's time and be compatible with the Oculus Rift head-mounted display (HMD).

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VRFocus - Virtual reality (VR) will be able to bring plenty of extreme sports to the comfort of the sofa in the future. This month a group of developers has released a demo for such an experience named Ascent. The demo allows players to experience first-person mountain climbing using the Oculus Rift VR head-mounted display (HMD) and can currently be downloaded from the official Oculus VR Share Beta.

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VRFocus - Today brings reason to celebrate for indie developer VR Bits as the studio has passed its Kickstarter funding goal for upcoming virtual reality (VR) compatible space simulation title, Darkfield. The campaign recently passed its $10,000 AUD goal to aid development of the videogame, which features full support for the Oculus Rift head-mounted display (HMD). The target was reached with the help of over 300 backers.

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Blane talks to Saleem Dabbous from Ko-Op Mode about their experimental approach to game design, how their studio functions, and their upcoming game GNOG. Rather than functioning like a traditional studio where the entire team is working on completing a game, Ko-Op Mode members are each working on their own unique games and can help other team members as needed. When team members are not working on their own games, they are supporting the studio by taking on contract work. Some examples of Ko-Ops experimental game design philosophy can be seen in Please Dont, Space Dog, a convention exclusive game where players use a MIDI sound board and an Oculus Rift to pilot a shuttle in space, and GNOG, a game that has players solving puzzles inside the Gnoggins of monsters.