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Oculus Connect 7 to be Held as a Digital Event Later This Year, Facebook Says

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The company also committed to donating $500,000 to organizations serving San Jose residents, the city in which the conference has been held for the last several years. Facebook is saying that Oculus Connect 7 will be “digital,” not “virtual,” so we don’t expect that to change this year.

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Oculus, HTC And More Head To 2017 SVVR Expo, Save $200 Here

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If you’ve been following VR for a while then you’ll likely recognise Silicon Valley Virtual Reality (SVVR) as one of the original events designed to evangelise and promote the technology, starting out as a small meetup for enthusiasts and steadily growing into a massive conference that gathers industry figureheads under one roof.

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Zuckerberg: ‘One Million People Use VR Every Month’

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Zuckerberg again marched onto the stage in San Jose yesterday morning following a short introduction from Facebook CEO Brenden Iribe. At last year’s Oculus Connect developer conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg came out at the start of the keynote speech for a brief few words. He had a lot more to share.

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Gaming-Themed Atari Hotels Will Include VR And AR Entertainment

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If I were a betting man, I’d put money on each location offering access to popular VR experiences available on existing headsets like the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Rift S rather than developing their own original content. The ill-fated Atari Jaguar headset in all its glory / Image Credit: Geek.com. Feature Image Credit: Atari Inc.

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NVIDIA Estimates VR Is 20 Years Away From Resolutions That Match The Human Eye

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Virtual reality has a resolution problem but according to one of the industry’s most active corporations, we may only be a couple decades away from 100% believable digital worlds. NVIDIA’s GPUs are what power many PC-connected VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.06.23): HTC teases the Vive Cosmos, Oculus announces AR at OC6 and much more!

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HTC has revealed the design of the Vive Cosmos. HTC has finally unveiled some information on the Vive Cosmos. HTC has told in the past that this is a headset more consumer-oriented , but Sebastian Ang of Mixed Reality TV has reported that, according to a reliable source, the price will be 899. Top news of the week.

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Oculus Connect 3 Registration Now Open, Early Bird Passes from $199

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Held in San Jose, CA between October 5th and 7th, Oculus Connect returns once again and, as before, promises to become a Mecca for virtual reality developers around the world. Might we finally learn the precise launch date and price of Oculus’ Touch motion controllers?

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