Oculus Rift Dev Kits Launching With Custom Unreal Dev Kit

Just a few days ago, we reported that Oculus Rift had partnered with Unity to offer a four month extended trial of Unity Pro to Oculus Rift developers for free. Being an Oculus Rift developer means to be pampered, apparently. Recently, Oculus Rift announced that a custom version of the Unreal Development Kit would be shipping with every Oculus Rift development kit. Those who are UE3 full source licensees will receive a free integration code for the Oculus Rift.

The custom Oculus UDK features the Epic Citadel tech demo. With it, Oculus Rift devs can explore a castle and village setting using the Oculus Rift's VR capabilities.

The Oculus Rift development kit will begin shipping out to Kickstarter backers starting at the end of this month. The custom version of UDK will be available at the Oculus Developer Center in the beginning of April.

Contact Us for News Tips, Corrections and Feedback

Contributor

Catherine Cai was a freelance news writer for Tom's Hardware. She covered a variety of tech industry news, ranging from PC components to PC and console gaming.