Oculus and the Rift will now be fully supported by the Unity engine.

The partnership was announced earlier today during the Oculus Connect 2014 conference, along with various details about how the two will work together to improve the development process for VR in Unity.Through an add-on in Unity, developers will have a wide range of tools at their disposal to hone the more VR-specific elements of a Rift game, including stereo imaging optimization and 3D audio support.Oculus' hardware will be supported in both the Free and Pro versions of the Unity engine.Several games on the Oculus have already been developed on the Unity engine, including Superhot, Lucky's Tale, and DarkNet."We hope the partnership enables more developers to leverage Unity’s toolset to build the next generation of virtual reality games and experiences," reads the official post on the Oculus blog Along with their partnership with Unity, Oculus also announced a new prototype headset and revealed details about an in-house developed mobile game for Gear VR Keep it locked to IGN to learn more about Oculus and VR as details emerge.

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