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Oculus Is Hiring More Than 100 People Amid AR Expansion

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With the full weight of Facebook behind it, Oculus is no stranger to hiring sprees. The Oculus Rift maker has over 100 positions listed on its Careers page across a range of fields right now. On top of the hires, Oculus recently put out a call for research in several fields with a $250,000 grant on offer.

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Windows Reveals New Mixed Reality Controllers

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Microsoft brought their latest mixed reality efforts front and center Thursday at its Build conference in Seattle. On top of partner device and price announcements that challenge the likes of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, Microsoft also unveiled new controllers as part of mixed reality headset bundles.

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VR at PAX West 2016: What’s There and How to Find It

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Seattle’s annual PAX West 2016 gaming convention starts tomorrow with VR once again expected to have a significant presence. So, here’s a reference guide on where to find VR on the show floor along with some handy expo floor maps to ease your itinerary planning. Oculus Rift). HTC Vive, Oculus Rift).

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Doghead Simulations CEO Turns VR Social Platform Into His Own Personal Gym

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I’m in Seattle. Depending on the workout, Chacon would use either an Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, or an HTC Vive to pump up his cardio. Some workouts required the tetherless 6DOF VR from headsets like the Quest, such as working out in 3D boxing ring ; more simplistic exercises, such as burpees , worked best with the Oculus Go.

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Upcoming Steam Changes Could Improve VR Content Saturation

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When PC VR headsets first launched a year ago now, we worried that there wouldn’t be enough support from developers, and Oculus Rift and HTC Vive owners would be facing a content drought. In the end, the opposite turned out to be true. In the past year well over 1,000 pieces of VR content have released for Vive and Rift on Steam.

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Gable Newell Teases ‘House-Scale’ VR, Three ‘Full’ Valve Games

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At a press briefing in Seattle this week, as reported by Gamasutra , company founder Gabe Newell teased what it was working on in VR right now, and shared thoughts about where he thought the tech would go in the near future. The knowledge that Valve was working on a VR game was enough to get any headset fan excited.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Wires are a VR buzzkill, but the untethered VR headsets are powered by smartphones – which are graphics-processing lightweights compared to the robust PCs behind the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. Seattle-based Polyarc received an Epic Games Unreal Developer grant for an unannounced project, code name: Moss.

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