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John Carmack Pushed Microsoft to Make VR Fan Ports of ‘Quake’ & ‘DOOM’ Official, But Was Denied

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At E2 2012, Carmack got a chance to go hands-on with an early Oculus Rift prototype running Doom 3: BGF Edition, a remastered version of the iconic shooter released in 2004. “I had some hope, but that was still too small potatoes to make anything happen in a Microsoft company.”

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Here’s Where Facebook “Guaranteed” Users Would Never Need a Facebook Account to Use Oculus Headsets

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If you wondered why yesterday’s news stirred such a significant reaction from the VR community at large, it’s not just because Facebook doesn’t have a stellar reputation on privacy, it’s also because the company specifically promised it wouldn’t force users to log-in with a Facebook account to use their Oculus headset.

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You Can Now Play The Entirety of GTA 5 In VR, Cutscenes And All

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Despite having originally released all the way back in 2013, Rockstar’s fifth entry in their beloved Grand Theft Auto video game series is more popular than ever. The mod natively supports Oculus and SteamVR headsets,” states the mods creator, LukeRoss00 on the official Github page. The free “R.E.A.L” Image Credit: GTA Boom.

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‘Obduction’ Adds Motion Control, Coming to Vive and Oculus Touch This Month

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Cyan’s spiritual successor to Myst is launching with all-new motion control support on March 22nd for HTC Vive and Oculus Touch. The original VR support for Oculus Rift began as a stretch goal during the game’s 2013 Kickstarter campaign , and arrived in October 2016, a couple of months after the standard game launched on Steam.

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John Carmack Stepping Down As Oculus CTO To Develop ‘Strong AI’

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Facebook has its company flag flying at half-mast this week after it was announced that video game legend John Carmack would be stepping down from his position as Oculus CTO and migrating to a “Consulting CTO role” beginning this week. . The post John Carmack Stepping Down As Oculus CTO To Develop ‘Strong AI’ appeared first on VRScout.

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Oculus to Support WebVR Through New VR Browser Codenamed ‘Carmel’

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Oculus announced at Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, that they’ll be officially supporting WebVR through their new VR web browser codenamed Carmel. Oculus has listed a number of real-world examples on their WebVR page to give prospective devs an idea of what to build for the coming VR web.

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John Carmack Moves to “Consulting CTO” Role to Make Time for Non-Oculus Ventures

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Legendary programmer and Oculus CTO John Carmack today announced he’ll be moving to a “consulting CTO” role in order to reduce his time spent at the company to a “modest slice.” Carmack was a key player in the Oculus Rift genesis story and is a widely known and respected software engineer.

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