VRScout

JUNE 2, 2019

Facebook’s standalone 6DOF headset, Oculus Quest hit retail stores on May 21 st , and in just one week after launch, the VR headset was listed as sold out at many U.S. Douglas Dominguez, a plumber from Hampton, GA who is part of a Facebook Oculus Quest group, shared a Facebook post about a gentleman he knows who is confined to a wheelchair.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 26, 2020

When Facebook purchased Oculus back in 2014—two years before the Oculus Rift was released—it wasn’t entirely clear what plans the social media giant had for the fledging virtual reality company. Read more.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 22, 2017

The wildly popular puzzler The Talos Principle (2014) from Croteam is soon to be making its way to VR in a separate version, playable on SteamVR-compatible headsets; i.e. HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The post Hands-on: ‘The Talos Principle VR’ Feels Like It’s Come Home in Virtual Reality appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2021

Granted, the report doesn’t go into specifics; the 10k number likely reflects a wide range of devices and services outside of Oculus Quest, its Project Aria AR efforts, and its Ray-Ban smartglasses built in cooperation with Luxottica.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Oculus Chief Scientist VR Industry Predictions: From 2014 to Now It may only be two years old, but Oculus’ Connect developer conference has already established some cherished traditions.

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ARPost

JANUARY 18, 2022

The future of the metaverse continues to be a hot topic of conversation amongst tech developers, virtual reality users, and an increasingly digital native population. As we move further towards engaging with a completely virtual online world, tech giants such as Meta and Microsoft continue to lead the way.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The firm gained a massive asset when it purchased Oculus in 2014. Following the acquisition, the Meta Quest, previously known as the Oculus Quest 2, emerged as a stand-out device for entertainment, work, and education. The firm also supports Horizon developers with a series of XR funds and boot camps. What is Project Cambria?

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Road to VR

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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Upload VR

MARCH 22, 2023

Meta will continue using the Oculus name as part of its third-party VR games publishing program, now officially titled Oculus Publishing, with 150 games in active development.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The Audi VR experience will make use of both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headset, depending on where it will be shown, and will render vehicle data in real-time to show you the tiniest of details, such as the polish of the aluminum inlays or the various gloss levels of the paint finish depending on the position of the virtual light source.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Facebook looks to up the Oculus ante by investing in eye-tracking technology. With 2016 coming to a close, it’s time to start looking toward the state of virtual reality in 2017. This saves an immense amount of computational power since the system doesn’t have to render the entire virtual world all at one time. .

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Road to VR

MARCH 28, 2017

Late last year, NBC’s popular late night talk show the Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon debuted a new Virtual Reality Pictionary segment which uses the HTC Vive and Tilt Brush. As far back as 2013, when he was hosting Late Night , he saw an early protoype version of the Oculus Rift that was held together with gaffers tape.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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. One of the biggest stories of 2017 for the VR industry is also one of its longest.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2016

NBC’s popular late night talk show The Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon has debuted a new segment called Virtual Reality Pictionary which uses the HTC Vive and Google’s Tilt Brush VR paint app. Jimmy Fallon is no stranger to VR. He’s also had the HTC Vive on the show in a number of one-off segments.

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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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VRScout

MARCH 27, 2019

The infamous survival horror title arrives on PSVR, Oculus, and SteamVR this April. Much like the haunted animatronics lurking throughout the halls of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, 2014’s Five Nights at Freddy’s is a seemingly unkillable entity.

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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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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Virtual reality looks to its adolescence It’s time for VR to grow up. After more than two years of heavy public hyping since Facebook’s 2014 acquisition of Oculus for $2 billion, virtual reality is reaching an important turning point.

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InstaVR

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The Virtual Reality (VR) landscape is constantly evolving and improving. After a relatively quiet summer — outside of the Oculus Quest release ! Speaking of Oculus, a lot of headset news coming from their offices (more on that below). Oculus is the unquestioned leader in sales for mobile standalone VR headsets.

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Road to VR

JUNE 4, 2018

Valve’s monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out again, and it appears HTC Vive is holding firm ground on the platform after Oculus Rift took majority market share in March as the most popular VR headset on Steam. Virtual reality usership on the platform is up 0.09% since the penultimate survey.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 20, 2023

In April 2012, Oculus hit Kickstarter with the Oculus Rift developer kit , and the tech world whipped itself into a “this is the future” frenzy. Facebook slapped a $2 billion check on the table and acquired the company in 2014. VR — as in, a system for being exclusively in virtual reality — barely exists as a concept anymore.

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Road to VR

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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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Team RiftWare’s winning Leap Motion hack lets you leverage the power of the Oculus Rift, Leap Motion, and Android Wear – so you can reach into virtual reality and control it with voice commands. The post Cal Hacks 2014: Voice-Commanded Virtual Reality and Musical Data appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Meta (formerly Facebook) acquired Oculus in 2014 in a bid to bring virtual reality experiences to the real world. Its vision is to create a virtual world where users, through avatars, can connect with each other using VR headsets. Fortnite .

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TechCrunch VR

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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VRScout

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. Eliza Mcnitt. Elliot Cole.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2017

So, you just bought an Oculus Rift and you want to know what to download first (besides the free stuff). In our breakdown of the top 5 games for Oculus Touch and top 5 for the Xbox One gamepad, we take a look at some of the best games currently on the Oculus Store. Top 5 Oculus Touch Games. Robo Recall. EVE: Valkyrie.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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. “We are highly confident in Oculus technology. .

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VRScout

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (10/15/16). Audioscape is a Virtual Reality app that completely immerses the viewer in music they help create. Get ready to snap in your phone scouts!

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2016

Well it looks to be ready to drop soon as a recent blog post from Minecraft developer Mojang, who was acquired by Microsoft back in 2014 for a reported $2.5Bn, has stated that they expect Oculus Rift support to be “turned on” in the “coming weeks”, marking the first time the game has officially appeared on the platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

If I had to choose the most common question I’ve received in these 4 years on the blog, social media, and Quora, I would surely pick “How do I get started with virtual reality?” How I got started with virtual reality. This is how I got started with Virtual Reality development.

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Road to VR

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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 25, 2017

Tonight Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Hugo Barra will become the new head of Facebook’s virtual reality efforts, which includes leading its Oculus team. Co-founder Brendan Iribe recently vacated his role as CEO of Oculus to lead a PC-focused VR group. to lead Team @oculus. So excited!”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 13, 2016

As we digest the news today that Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe is stepping down from his role as CEO of the company and moving to head up the PC VR team, we asked Oculus whether Palmer Luckey would be staying with Facebook and Oculus through the transition. In the run-up to the bitterly divisive U.S.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

At Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, we got fresh insight into where Oculus is heading, and a new look at how Facebook’s money is funding battles on all fronts of the industry’s increasingly competitive landscape. Oculus Rift + Touch Price Cuts in 2017. Old Enemies – HTC. Launch – $800.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 28, 2017

Social VR is now a reality for Facebook proper and as a result it raises a few questions concerning the corporation’s pre-existing properties. In between these two conferences, Facebook released a smattering of other Social VR applications within the Oculus brand. ” Facebook Spaces is available now on Oculus Home.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 25, 2020

Facebook is moving further away from the Oculus brand. The company says it is changing the name of their augmented reality and virtual reality division to “Facebook Reality Labs,” a division which will encompass the company’s AR/VR products under the Oculus, Spark and Portal brands.

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