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Facebook Cancels F8 Conference Over Fears Of A Coronavirus Outbreak

VRScout

The company announced that Oculus will be backing out of GDC over similar concerns. This year, we’re doubling that donation amount to $500,000 and will prioritize organizations serving local San Jose residents.”. Sony, Microsoft, EA, and several other major names are reportedly skipping this year’s conference as well.

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Hands-on: Oculus’ Wireless ‘Santa Cruz’ Prototype Makes Standalone Room-scale Tracking a Reality

Road to VR

On stage at Oculus Connect 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased that Oculus is developing a new, standalone, wireless VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. This was Oculus’ Santa Cruz prototype, a ‘feature prototype’ demonstrating, for the first time, the company’s inside-out tracking technology.

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GDC Summer Coming to San Francisco in Early August

Road to VR

GDC organizers say that many of the developer presentations that would have been given at the conference will be available for free online via YouTube and the free section of GDC’s video vault. The post GDC Summer Coming to San Francisco in Early August appeared first on Road to VR.

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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!

The Ghost Howls

The most important info shared Friday is a (weird) video with the external new design of the device. Oculus has teased the OC6. Oculus has just announced the dates for the Oculus Connect 6. It will be held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California on September, 25–26th. Other relevant news.

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What F8 2017 Means for Mass Market Adoption of Immersive Technologies

VRScout

More than 4,000 people attended the event at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, and more than 3 million worldwide watched the keynote via Facebook Live. At last year’s F8, the key focus was on Messenger and, to a certain extent, Live video. F8 2017 was held on April 18th and 19th 2017. Augmented Reality.

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Is Oculus Touch Priced at USD 199?

VRWorld

Even though they’re not the only VR headsets on the market, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift attract the most attention and command the mainstream media presence. When announced, Oculus Rift launch price of $599 presented a main advantage over HTC Vive’s $799. Oculus Touch controllers to cost £190 in the UK.

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China watches and learns from the US in AR/VR competition

TechCrunch VR

“I can’t imagine any Chinese corporations willing to invest in AR and VR as heavily as Microsoft, Apple or Facebook today,” said the founder, whose company sells headsets both in and outside China. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips are used almost exclusively by serious players, from Facebook’s Oculus Quest in the U.S.

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