Oculus Connect — An Oculus Conference Coming in September

The Oculus Rift is constantly in the news lately, and for good reason — short of holograms, the Oculus Rift is arguably the coolest thing we could imagine for display technology.

The Oculus Rift is constantly in the news lately, and for good reason — short of holograms, the Oculus Rift is arguably the coolest thing we could imagine for display technology. Virtual reality may not revolutionize gaming, but it will certainly change how we interact with games, and to that end, Oculus is announcing their first conference, Oculus Connect. Oculus Connect is a place for people interested in this new technology to get together, showcase their work with the Oculus dev kits, see what others are doing, and hear from members of the Oculus team. Those interested in feedback can talk directly to members of the Oculus engineering team in hands-0n labs, and the conference will also feature workshops for those interested.

In addition to getting and giving feedback, there will be several keynotes from some of the more influential people within Oculus, namely: Palmer Luckey (Founder), Brendan Iribe (CEO), Michael Abrash (Chief Scientist), and John Carmack (CTO, and generally famous dude). They’ll be talking about Oculus (of course), discussing virtual reality in the industry, and speaking about the future of the video game medium itself.

Oculus Connect will be taking place September 19-20 this year (2014, if for some reason you’re reading this in the future) at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood. It will be open to the public, but the site notes that it will primarily be focused on developers, rather than catering to the public at large. That said, if you are a developer, or if you aren’t but are interested anyways, you can register this Thursday, July 10th. You can find out more about the conference by signing up for the newsletter on their website, or just by perusing the site itself.