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MAY 29, 2019

Though I would love to let my birthday piggyback on that accomplishment, credit actually goes to Facebook-owned Oculus, which launched its Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S headsets on that day. Having participated in a VR tournament using this cutting-edge headset, I can honestly say that Oculus’ hard work is apparent.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Answers are starting to seep out from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s turn being questioned in the case brought by ZeniMax against Oculus and its management. ” “Oculus products are based on Oculus technology,” Zuckerberg said in a Dallas court today. ” pic.twitter.com/edcUTKcPTy. —

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Not only is the company’s just-launched cloud streaming service headed by Jason Rubin, a former Oculus executive, but VR cloud streaming is being talked about at the highest levels of the company. As our beta progresses and cloud technology scales, we’ll increase the variety of game genres.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Jason Rubin joined Oculus in 2014 and has been a key figure in guiding the company’s content investments and strategy. Following the recent Oculus shakeup and deeper absorption into Facebook, Rubin is now overseeing AR and VR content & partnerships at Facebook.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Here’s how Bye says it all started in 2014: The first Oculus Developer Kits (the Oculus DK1) were shipped in March of 2013, and I bought my DK1 on January 1, 2014. Kent Bye is officially prolific.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

Nate Mitchell, Facebook’s Head of VR Product, and the last of Oculus’ co-founders, has announced that he’s leaving the company. Mitchell announced his departure on the Oculus Subreddit on Tuesday. Mitchell announced his departure on the Oculus Subreddit on Tuesday. This is because of you.

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MARCH 12, 2021

Further underling Facebook’s bet that immersive technologies are the future of computing, a report from The Information claims that the company is currently employing nearly 10,000 people to work on AR/VR. Facebook has been very forward with its intentions to own the space since acquiring Oculus in 2014 for $2 billions.

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

Facebook looks to up the Oculus ante by investing in eye-tracking technology. There’s been a host of exciting announcements in the past week alone, but one of the most notable bits of information was just released yesterday: Oculus has acquired eye-tracking technology developer, The Eye Tribe.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Following the open-sourcing of the Rift DK1 plans back in 2014 , Oculus today released the recipe for the Rift DK2, the company’s second development kit headset released in 2014. On the company’s developer blog today, Oculus open-sourced the Rift DK2 plans under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

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MARCH 21, 2020

According to leaked documentation recently discovered by a handful of Oculus developers, it appears as though Facebook has already begun development on its next VR headset. Code-named ‘Del Mar’, the device was referenced briefly in an infobox posted on the official Oculus website. Looks like a new Oculus headset is in the works?

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JUNE 22, 2017

The year started out with ZeniMax Media taking Facebook-owned Oculus to court over an alleged theft of technology. A jury eventually ruled that Oculus must pay ZeniMax $500,000,000, but that wasn’t the end of things — ZeniMax wants more. Facebook, of course, is disputing the requests.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Meta Connect, formally Facebook Connect, is an annual online showcase event highlighting the firm’s technology updates and roadmaps. The event also saw Meta refocusing away from its social media foundations, moving the firm towards immersive Web3 technology and software. What is Project Cambria?

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JULY 30, 2017

Alien: Isolation (2014) is a survival horror game that’s rich detail, atmosphere, and tense moments make it a great candidate for terrifying VR experience. A new mod has been released which adds VR support to the game for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift. ” SEE ALSO Alien: Isolation in VR is Beautiful and Terrifying.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

” That might really be the case, as several innovations for example in the fields of displays, processors, batteries, sensors, miniaturization, and manufacturing technology will still have to be mastered before metaverse becomes a seamless part of our everyday lives in a way similar to our use of mobile phones and Internet.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Extended reality technology is a part of “ the metaverse ” – a materializing virtual/physical world that seems perpetually here and perpetually around the corner. InfiniteWorld is a digital content management and strategy company working on emerging technology solutions with emerging technology companies.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Next week, on September 26th-27th, Oculus will perform its annual showcase event: Oculus Connect , that has now arrived at its 5th edition. The latest event, the OC4 has been full of news and interesting information , both on Oculus products and VR in general and I think that this year won’t be different.

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

This vast network of virtual worlds is the stuff of science fiction brought to life with today’s technology. When talking about the metaverse, the term isn’t exactly referring to technology per se. It’s a space where you can use real-world technology, such as AR and VR, in digital worlds to augment reality. Virtual Real Estate

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JANUARY 21, 2021

While modern VR technology is still a long way away from offering lifelike experiences, it serves as a fine alternative in the meantime. For some of us, that’s enough, and with new headsets like Oculus Quest 2, it’s easier than ever to get involved. Available on Oculus Quest and Steam , you can go it alone or play with friends.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

In a lengthy Facebook post , CTO-in-waiting Andrew Bosworth detailed about 15 minutes later following the completion of the keynote that as part of the new rebrand, they will be killing off the Oculus brand. “We all have a strong attachment to the Oculus brand, and this was a very difficult decision to make. .

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It’s since when I launched my blog that I always dreamed of interviewing someone from Oculus , and finally today this dream has come true. The VRX conference will be held in San Francisco on December, 12-13th and will feature very high-level speakers from companies like Oculus/Facebook, HP, Snap and many others. Hey, Antony.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe is leaving Facebook. Brendan Iribe was among the founding members of Oculus, and held the role of CEO from the 2012 inception of the company, through the 2014 Facebook acquisition, until the end of 2016 when he stepped down to head the PC division of Oculus as Hugo Barra took over as head of Oculus.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The legal battle between ZeniMax Media v Oculus VR has a verdict from the jury. In the first of many questions put to the jury, they decided Oculus did not misappropriate trade secrets. The help Carmack offered Oculus during this time and the dispute of what code was made available to Oculus made up much of the trial.

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MAY 31, 2023

The original Leap Motion was a desktop hand tracking accessory launched in 2014 that could be mounted to the front of early modern VR headsets like the Oculus DK2. Leap Motion was acquired in 2019 by UK-based haptic technology firm UltraHaptics, merging to become Ultraleap.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is Zuckerberg's first publicly-known trip to South Korea since 2014, when he visited Samsung to finalize the Gear VR smartphone-holder headset partnership. Samsung handled the hardware for Gear VR, Oculus Go was manufactured by Xiaomi, and Oculus Rift S was co-designed and manufactured by Lenovo.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

I’m Chen, General Manager and Chief Editor of VRTUOLUO , also a senior media expert who has dug and studied deeply the XR industry since 2014. With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg just posted to his personal account on Facebook a first-ever peek inside Oculus Research, a lab based in Redmond, Washington dedicated to VR and AR advancements. Tagged with: glove , Oculus Research , zuckerberg.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Having seen how far the technology has come though, it raises a question: why hasn’t Nintendo made a VR headset yet? ” Granted, the technology has changed a great deal since 2014, the same year Oculus Rift DK2 came out. Fun Labo VR adds-on aside, Nintendo has expressed some skepticism of VR in the past.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

In an official press release, Bob Buchi, President, Worldwide Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures said, “Bigscreen’s virtual reality platform offers a new way for fans to experience films in their homes,” adding, “We’re excited to be a part of this experiment using cutting-edge technology to give fans a new entertainment option.”.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Now the team that has been showcasing independent VR projects and hosting events around the world is kicking off a new program to support creators in collaboration with Oculus. Successfully funded projects will go into production in early 2017 and will be available on the Oculus platform. Balthazar Auxietre. Daniël Ernst. Gabriela Arp.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Oculus VR trial had officially begun in Dallas, TX. After leaving ZeniMax and id Software, the game development studio he co-founded, he joined Oculus as CTO in 2013. Today, an Oculus spokesperson issued this official statement to Upload via email: “We’re eager to present our case in court.

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MAY 26, 2016

Microsoft may be preparing a new, much more powerful version of their Xbox One games console codenamed ‘Scorpio’ to power the Oculus Rift some reports are suggesting. It’s also claimed MS are pursuing a partnership with Oculus to supply headsets to go with the new console, said to be released in 2017.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

Oculus VR is one of the first major legal disputes to happen in our young new industry. In our previous report of the lawsuit , we explained that ZeniMax alleges the Rift was created with stolen technology sourced from ZeniMax employees. You might remember that, quite famously, John Carmack joined the Oculus team as CTO in 2013.

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

In a post to the company’s official blog , Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe confirms he’ll be stepping down from the company’s top position to head the new PC VR group. Brendan Iribe was one of Oculus founding team members back when the company formed in 2012. At present, that leaves Oculus without a executive head.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Leading the design of these ambitious locations is Napoleon Smith III, the producer behind the 2014 film reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ; he’ll be working alongside Arizona-based real estate developer True North Studio to bring his vision to life in Phoenix later this year.

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MAY 30, 2019

Available now on major PC VR headsets via SteamVR and Oculus, Steel Wool Studios VR adaptation of Scottgames’ infamous point-and-click horror series takes players back to the decrepit halls of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza for another round of haunted animatronic babysitting. Image Credit: Steel Wool Studios.

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MAY 4, 2017

Words spoken by Oculus team’s head of PC VR Brendan Iribe and a passage from Facebook’s quarterly report indicate more than five percent of the company’s total workforce are devoted to virtual reality in some capacity. There he was asked to address why he stepped down as the CEO of Oculus.

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