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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus who left the company in 2017, recently published an article with his thoughts on what it will take for VR to reach the mainstream. Perhaps not coincidentally, the piece published on Luckey’s personal blog this week comes just after reported priority shuffling at his former company, Oculus.

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MARCH 17, 2017

Today, Disney is announcing a new virtual reality experience for Oculus Rift with Touch and Gear VR. Lumiere’s Dress Rehearsal is being made available through the Disney Movies VR app that can be downloaded now for free on Oculus Home for Rift and Gear VR. Tagged with: Beauty and the Beast , disney.

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MAY 11, 2017

The game has been available for a while on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, but will feature some new twists. On Rift and Vive you’ll have two hands holding seperated controllers, but Aim has players holding one larger controller, making it a considerably different experience.

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MAY 31, 2017

The Microsoft roll out is one of the most interesting plays for VR dominance given the headsets are extremely light weight and feature precise tracking that requires no outside hardware — so they are much more convenient to set up than a Rift and Vive. Tagged with: microsoft Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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APRIL 21, 2017

This time around, Samsung and Oculus are combining their smartphone powered, VR viewer with a motion controller for deeper immersion and new gameplay opportunities. The full list from the blog includes the following, but you can see a constantly updated list of titles at this link: A Night Sky. Ocean Rift. AFFECTED: The Manor.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

Oculus appears to be listening to recent complaints about tracking stability for its Rift VR headset and Touch controllers, and is offering owners more help today. The VR specialist posted a new blog in which it details ideal set ups for the Oculus sensors that track the headset and controllers.

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MARCH 10, 2017

Unsurprisingly, social giant and Oculus owner Facebook is leading the charge for new social VR sharing options including direct livestreaming to Facebook from a Samsung Gear VR. ” This represents the most significant marriage of services yet between Oculus and Facebook. Tagged with: facebook , livestream , oculus , social.

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MARCH 9, 2017

Writing on a PlayStation Blog post , the studio compared it to a MOBA with a difference. The game is also heading to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive at a later date. Tagged with: Ancient Amuletor , PlayStation VR , PSVR. Enemies descend upon nodes and try to destroy them, and it’s your job to protect them.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

For reasons that stretch beyond what we can think up, Oculus wouldn’t recommend you use any third-party equipment to enhance your Rift setup. A note at the bottom, though, says that these are definitely not recommendations, even if it is a list of products it thinks would be good to use with your Rift. Cable Matters 16.4-Foot

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MAY 10, 2017

Today Google announced via their blog that they’ve acquired Owlchemy Labs, the creators of Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. “We set out on a journey over six years ago to build the kinds of games we wanted to see exist,” states the Owlchemy blog post on the topic.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In a blog post today, Ubisoft ( Assassins Creed , Watch Dogs ) announced that it will be bringing cross-platform multiplayer functionality to its growing list of virtual reality games. When playing on the Oculus Rift I have a very hard time finding enough other users to fill out a full game. 10 ] from Ubisof t.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Just under eight months after it first launched on the Oculus Rift, CCP Games’ EVE: Valkyrie [ Review: 9/10 ] is finally available on the HTC Vive from today, though it’s lacking some features we’d really hoped to see. Instead, players have to use a gamepad, as with the Rift and PlayStation VR versions.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Announced today on their blog , Oculus is transitioning to ratings provided by the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) which is the same system used in the Google Play Store and Nintendo eShop. Existing titles will need to complete the IARC rating process no later than March 1, 2017 to avoid removal from the Oculus Store.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Facebook Connect is coming September, 16th Oculus de facto rebranded as Facebook Reality Labs. Oculus is de facto no more. This week, Facebook has finally announced the date of the Oculus Connect 7, which is September, 16th. But it won’t be called Oculus Connect 7, but Facebook Connect. Top news of the week.

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JULY 11, 2017

On the home page right now you’ll find apps such as Google Cardboard stress-reliever Happinss , rhythmic casual game Thumper for PS VR, and Fearless which gives you a chance to overcome your own fears on Oculus Rift and Gear VR. Tagged with: NewPathVR Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! If he’s right, what surprises me the most is the $499 price tag.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Company founder and CEO, David Braben, confirmed as much on the PlayStation Blog , along with revealing a new trailer that you can see below. Elite already supports the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on PC, but today’s announcement makes no mention of integration with Sony’s headset.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Oculus revealed its very own VR web browser, Carmel , back at Oculus Connect 3 in October. Oculus also launched the Carmel Starter Kit either for download or viewable online if you’ve got a compatible browser. Rift support for Carmel should be arriving later down the line. Tagged with: Carmel , oculus , webvr.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

As announced over on the PlayStation Blog , Darknet , the developer’s futuristic hacking-based puzzle game, is making its way from Gear VR and Oculus Rift over to Sony’s system at some point in early 2017. Tagged with: darknet , E McNeill , puzzle. 10 ] onto the mobile headset.

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JANUARY 14, 2017

” Announced on their blog , Northway Games has put a major new feature into the hands of players: The level editor. Fantastic Contraption is available on Steam for Rift and Vive for $29.99 but is also available in the Oculus store for a few bucks cheaper at $26.99. In an email, developer Sarah Northway wrote “1.6.0

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

As of today, Brendan Iribe, co-founder of Oculus, is no longer the CEO of the company he helped create with Palmer Luckey over four years ago in Irvine, CA. Iribe and Thomason, along with Mike Schroepfer, CTO of Facebook, will reportedly all work together to find a new leader for Oculus VR moving forward. We loved them in our review.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Adding fuel to the fire, Lead Programmer Brian Windover noted that “native VR support” played a role in selecting Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4 as the development tool for the project on a blog on Epic’s site. UE4 is indeed highly compatible with VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

From a blog post about the update: Travel to various Destinations to find hidden item caches using the new Cache Finder tool. The update requires hand controllers like the Oculus Touch or Vive wands for the new features. We haven’t tried it yet, but Destinations is looking a lot like Oculus Toybox.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

Oculus just released the full list of titles coming to its Oculus Touch controllers on Dec. Light fireworks, play ping pong in zero gravity, and interact with a variety of gadgets and games with a friend—wherever they are,” an Oculus blog post reads. Oculus Studios. Ocean Rift. Oculus First Contact.

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DECEMBER 18, 2016

Ever since Oculus was acquired by Facebook in 2014 the industry has wondered how exactly the Silicon Valley titan’s massive social media influence would shape its new acquisition. billion dollar deal was struck there have been a small handful of social VR appetizers (Oculus Social) and convention hall tech demonstrations.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

First, Oculus launched a developer preview of its own VR web browser, Carmel, and now Google is finally bringing beta integration to Chrome on Android. Tagged with: Daydream , google , webvr. It’s been a big week for WebVR. The search engine giant launched the WebVR API on Chrome for Android in a test state.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Update: Since posting this story, Oculus has issued a blog post detailing the updates you can expect for SUPERHOT VR. Original Story: Like a lot of Oculus Touch owners, SUPERHOT VR [ Review: 9/10 ] was one of our favorite games at the controllers’ launch last month, but there’s no denying it was on the short side.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

It successfully communicates what someone is doing in VR, and has been adopted by the likes of HTC and Oculus, though it looks a little strange. Featured in these new clips are Space Pirate Trainer (above) and Fantastic Contraption (below), two games that fully utilize room scale VR on the HTC Vive and, from tomorrow, the Oculus Rift.

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AUGUST 7, 2022

Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. While the price tag dropped during the Black Friday sales, it is still at 699€ in Europe (US $600) and requires at least some decent PC hardware to perform smoothly. Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Samsung Gear VR.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

In an announcement on their blog , Experiment 7 revealed that they’ve penned a partnership with legendary game publisher Wizards of the Coast and Dungeon Chess is the first project born of that collaboration. It will be available on Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR, taking advantage of the Magic Table platform.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

The platform will support the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and OSVR and is free-to-play. A scroll through the company’s Medium blog reveals yet more ambitions, like bringing sculptures from Oculus Medium into the experience. Tagged with: social vr , VRChat.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Facebook s very own CEO, Mark Zuckerberg introduced a new $199 headset, Oculus G o, and permanently cut the price for the flagship Rift to $399 as he talked up VR’s potential. In a blog post, the company said the new price for its immersive headset will be available for a “limited time” as part of a summer sale.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

The Rift starts at $600 while the roomscale Vive starts at $800, each of which require a PC with relatively expensive graphics cards to work right. The Rift and Vive operate at 2160 x 1200 and 90 Hz. “We When asked whether the Rift and Vive would be able to access apps purchased from the Microsoft store, Kipman said “it’s up to them.”.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Microsoft is rolling out development kits for the first VR headset made by Acer later this month, but in a blog post announcing that news, it dropped an even juicier detail. Microsoft’s headsets seem a likely option, but could it go beyond that to also support the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive? Today, we can confirm it will.

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OCTOBER 16, 2022

Meta Connect has been the big event of the week, and as it is a tradition of this blog , I’m going to write today for you a super article where you can find inside ALL the news announced during the event! Adobe to bring its apps on Quest Pro (Upload VR) All work-related updates of Meta Connect (Oculus blog).

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AUGUST 16, 2019

This is the week of this blog’s birthday and so I’m publishing a very special post, that I’m going to split into two parts. The only sure purchase for me on day 1 among the above devices has been the Oculus Quest. If you are not into VR, don’t worry… most of these rules apply to all kinds of companies.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

While Palmer Luckey provided his own Magic Leap One headset to iFixit for their tear down, the founder of Oculus certainly had his chance for a proper review before the spudgers and screwdrivers came out, and he isn’t pulling any punches either. ” First the good, then the bad (as determined by Luckey).

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