Since that time, Oculus continued to improve the technology through a number of pre-production models, including the DK1 in late 2012 and the DK2 in mid-2014, both of which were provided to developers in the hopes of making the most out of the technology. The crowdfunding campaign was a massive success, earning over $2.4 million and far surpassing its $250,000 goal. The Oculus Rift initially got its start in 2012, when Oculus VR (then an independent company) showcased a unit to various members of the public and press, prior to the launch of its Kickstarter campaign. Though it was based on very early marketing buzz, the project was endorsed by personalities like Cliff Bleszinski from Epic Games, Gabe Newell from Valve (who later partnered with HTC to develop the Vive), and John Carmack, who eventually left id Software to become CTO at Oculus. It’s been a long road, with humble beginnings, but the Oculus Rift could mark a major change in entertainment. It’s taken a while for the virtual reality headset to make its way to market, but many consider it’s worth the wait once they step into its immersive possibilities. Fans will undoubtedly be hoping for a similar cross-game functionality from Valkyrie.The Oculus Rift ships today to both pre-order buyers and early adopters from its initial Kickstarter campaign. Dust 514 players can join EVE corporations, and actions in one game world can affect actions in the other. The developers will be releasing more information later this year.ĮVE: Valkyrie will be CCP’s second spin-off title with free-to-play team-based multiplayer first person shooter Dust 514 launching on the Playstation 3 in May this year.

The spin-off will be coming to the PC in 2014 and is being developed at CCP’s Newcastle studio. ’What started as a passion project by a small, incredibly talented group of CCP developers became one of the most highly anticipated games of the year, before we even announced it.’ ’From the moment this year's Fanfest attendees first got their hands on EVE-VR, the question has been, “When can I have this?”’ said CCP chief executive Hilmar Veigar Pétursson. It is not yet clear if the game will be playable without the Oculus Rift or if it will even have a single player campaign.ĬCP decided to work on the title after fan reaction to EVR was so strong. EVE Online developer CCP has announced a multiplayer space combat spin-off title from its brutally cruel MMO based around the Oculus Rift hardware.ĮVE: Valkyrie is built around a tech demo that CCP built called EVR that took its space-economy MMO title into the Oculus Rift’s virtual reality environment.

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