VRScout

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

According to a new report by TechCrunch , Facebook has abandoned their plans for a next-gen Oculus Rift headset in favor of minor hardware updates to the original model. In addition to hardware, we have a robust software roadmap and are funding content well into 2020,” an Oculus spokesperson told TechCrunch.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It looks like we’ll have to wait until CES this year to learn if this is more than a positional tracking and 6-DoF tracking update to Gear VR, and whether Samsung is developing their own standalone headsets independent of Facebook’s Oculus Go. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. Support Voices of VR. Subscribe on iTunes.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The company turned to The Leadership Network and Oculus (from Meta) to implement a new Virtual Reality solution. Aptiv brings its strong focus on innovation not just to its product development strategies, but also to the training opportunities it offers to employees. Bringing Oculus Technology to the Team.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

A number of the company’s hardware and software-related job listings last year made a prescient mention of Facebook-built AR headset. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy appeared first on Road to VR. The post Facebook Surges in U.S.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

A pioneer who helped kickstart VR’s renaissance is driving the strategy for Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform, spanning both HoloLens and a collection of VR headsets rolling out later this year. UploadVR has now confirmed Bolas’ role. . Tagged with: mark bolas , microsoft Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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Upload VR

APRIL 28, 2024

Editor's Note: Amanda Watson joined Oculus VR in 2015 and took a cubicle outside John Carmack's office in Dallas where she worked late nights on the mobile SDK. Later in California, she worked on Oculus Link and Air Link before leaving Oculus in 2022. But not Oculus. In early 2024, Watson released CitraVR on Github.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Virtual Desktop , an Oculus Quest app which allows users to control their Windows PCs from inside the headset, now officially offers the ability to stream PC VR games wirelessly to the headset. Shortly thereafter, Oculus forced the developer to remove the feature, saying it didn’t meet its quality guidelines.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 7, 2024

Meta notes how the Caddy demo highlights how VR/MR can increase accessibility to tools such as CAD and 3D modelling software – with Meta noting how the tech can “level the playing field.” Seemingly, that re-organised strategy is underway.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2019

I was browsing the “[GDI] Virtual Reality” group on facebook, and I noticed that someone told that Oculus now allows for referral codes. But then, I remembered that after I updated my Oculus runtime, I could now see a “My referral” button , that wasn’t there with my previous version of the Oculus app.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 11, 2016

But it still believes that consumer VR software could grow from $407 million in revenue in 2016 to $14 billion by 2020. Oculus will hit 355,000; HTC Vive will be 420,000, and the Samsung Gear VR on mobile will be 2.3 Of the VR software sales in 2016, Llamas said about 72 percent of the $407 million would be from games.

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VRScout

MAY 11, 2021

Much like the Oculus app store has games, the VIVE App store will offer any VR app or tool designed for business use. In an official press release, Cher Wang, HTC Chairwoman and CEO said, “Today’s launch marks a major milestone in our strategy to create the very best immersive experiences. Image Credit: HTC.

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Slashgear

MARCH 16, 2018

A launch of Oculus GO VR may take place at Facebook’s F8 conference this year. The wireless headset runs a mobile software experience very similar to that of the Gear VR (AKA Oculus VR app on Android on a Galaxy smartphone.)

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Facebook is selling Oculus Medium — a 3D virtual reality sculpting tool for creatives — to Adobe. The team was an expensive effort for Oculus and its sale signifies a broader rethinking within Facebook in what virtual reality projects they tackle in-house. It’s nice to see it live on.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

forward, OpenXR will retain “full backwards compatibility […], giving software developers and hardware vendors a solid foundation upon which to deliver incredible, portable, user experiences.” Oculus has committed to bringing OpenXR runtime support to both Rift and Quest later this year. OpenXR 1.0 The post OpenXR 1.0

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Ryan Schultz

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Horizon Workrooms get savaged in a highly critical review video by The Verge, a sign of the growing antipathy toward’s Meta virtual reality hardware and software strategy. I wanted to have hope that we could do this, and it would be fun, but I mean, you guys agree that this one of the most buggy software experiences, ever.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The acquisition is slated to include all of ZeniMax’s properties including Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios. SEE ALSO Pressure Mounts for Xbox's Missing VR Strategy as PSVR Revenue Exceeds $2 Billion.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Samsung handled the hardware for Gear VR, Oculus Go was manufactured by Xiaomi, and Oculus Rift S was co-designed and manufactured by Lenovo. All three headsets bore both the partner company's logo and Oculus branding. William Cho, Mark Zuckerberg, and Park Hyoung-sei earlier today at LG headquarters in Seoul. Quest Pro 2?

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2018

If you haven’t heard, Oculus screwed up pretty badly yesterday when they let a software certification expire, leaving Rift owners without access to any of their games for a full day. Hitman GO: VR Edition – is a turn-based strategy game with beautifully rendered diorama-style set pieces.

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2018

Project Santa Cruz, Oculus’ in-development standalone VR headset first teased back at Oculus Connect 2016, doesn’t even really have a proper name yet, but at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) the company will be dedicating an hour-long talk to the fundamentals of developing for the new platform.

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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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AR Insider

DECEMBER 17, 2020

billion in 2020, which includes hardware and software. VR’s biggest accelerant is Facebook’s ongoing investments, including Oculus Quest 2. This competitive pricing is part of Facebook’s longer-term strategy to sacrifice margins to build market share and to get more people into VR.

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Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

The Meta Quest operating system is a fork of the open-source core of Android (known as AOSP), a similar strategy to Amazon's Fire OS for its Fire tablets. Meta has been working on it for at least seven years, as it first arrived in 2018's Oculus Go.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 13, 2017

Ever since Facebook purchased Oculus VR back in 2014 it was clear the company was playing the long-game when it came to their strategy in the VR marketplace. Nevertheless, Oculus has come out to say that almost all Rift owners have also purchased the Touch controllers. “The strategy of content investment is paying off.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 20, 2023

With the dawn of the metaverse growing ever closer, reliance on extended reality experiences is set to increase even further. Not only does this generate new opportunities for hardware creators and software developers, but it also paves the way for a new age of design talent. This means basic knowledge of graphic design will be crucial.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 29, 2024

Android is a semi-open software platform. Its strategy is more akin to wanting to be a second Apple than what Google did with Android. But Meta's strategy also harms its reported own long-term goal of being an Android-like player. Worse, the Quest system software and mobile app are riddled with quality and design issues.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

This may be Apple’s strategy to make people wear something on their head while they wait for a more complex headset. Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. Happy birthday, Oculus Quest! We’ll see…. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

MARCH 3, 2017

Alongside the $100 price cut of both Rift headset and Touch controllers, Oculus also permanently reduced the price of additional Sensors to $59. Oculus have applied the first permanent price reduction for their PC VR hardware since the Rift launched in March 2016 – cutting $100 off both the headset and Touch motion controllers.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Nokia has also very openly talked about its commitment to metaverse development as part of its 2030 strategy. The opportunities for partnering were identified in trending markets and technologies, for example in remote assistance , cloud software, and 5G. LaValle, who was also an early founder and head scientist of Oculus VR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The company offers access to one of the most affordable and flexible VR headsets on the market in the form of the Oculus Quest, allowing all businesses, large or small to explore virtual reality. The technology also integrates perfectly with a range of other design tools and software solutions used in the AEC space.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Following funding via COVID-related investments, the region gained the support required to kick off the VR immersive learning program, starting with just 50 Oculus Gos, before reaching its current hardware figure.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 3, 2018

A Road to VR analysis of the latest data from Valve’s Steam Hardware & Software shows that VR users on Steam have not only been growing, but are at their highest point in history. SEE ALSO Pressure Mounts for Xbox's Missing VR Strategy as PSVR Revenue Tops $1 Billion.

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VRScout

MARCH 5, 2017

Oculus has officially announced their slate of games for 2017. Alongside the many announcements and demos at last week’s GDC, Oculus had a few major ones to share. It’s a gentleman’s strategy shooter dressed up as a frothy-lipped sci-fi horror. Dragon Front – High Voltage Software (also on Gear VR).

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The latter stems from Facebook’s long-term VR strategy that lets it sacrifice margins to build a network effect and win market share. If Quest 2 is having an impact, it’s going beyond its own sales and extending a “halo effect” on the VR market, especially games and software. Evidence Aplenty. Spec-Advantaged.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Project Stardust should work with any SteamVR compatible headset and can be played on the Quest using the Oculus Link cable or Virtual Desktop connected to a VR capable PC. Star Trek: Bridge Crew is available on the Oculus Quest and Rift , Playstation 4 , and on Steam for $24.99. Download Project Stardust for free here. Starblazer.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2017

Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi took the stage and confirmed that “Valve is bringing SteamVR to Mac.” Apple showcasing a combination of HTC Vive and Steam VR signals a new strategy on what the company may have planned when it comes to hardware development and third-party partners.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Quest’s v44 software update is rolling out now, and it’s serving up some long-overdue video capture options along with it, like the ability to record in 16:9 aspect ratio, and increase frame rate and bit rate for video capture.

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