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Facebook Shows Updated Social VR Prototype That Dials Into the Real World – Breaking

Facebook is plugging away on creating their perfect VR app that promises to integrate the social platform into 3D virtual worlds. Last we saw of the prototype in April that introduced a number of features, all of which hinge on Touch,...

VR Audio Specialists ‘Two Big Ears’ Acquired by Facebook

In surprise news, it seems that the British company behind the excellent 3DCeption spatial audio pipeline Two Big Ears, has been acquired by Oculus' parent company Facebook in a move set to see their technology included alongside Oculus' to...

Oculus Setting Up London Team to Build “Really Cool Stuff”

Oculus is coming to the UK in a significant way it seems, as they prepare to open a dedicated base in London with a team that's apparently gearing up to build some "really cool stuff" for virtual reality. Social media...

Disney Signs Nokia Deal to Use OZO VR Camera

Nokia Technologies today announced that it will be providing The Walt Disney Studios with OZO, the company's 360 degree camera. Disney will use the camera to create 'special VR content' for upcoming films. Disney recently used OZO to create two 360 videos for The...

Facebook on Rift Sales: “It’s not going to be material to our financials this year”

During Facebook's Q4 2015 earnings call this week the company reiterated conservative expectations for Oculus Rift sales in 2016. Responding to a question by Macquarie Group analyst Ben Schachter, Facebook CFO Dave Wehner said that revenues relating to the Rift wouldn't be "material"...

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to Testify in Oculus Vs ZeniMax Lawsuit

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been ordered to give a deposition in the long-running dispute between virtual reality company Oculus and games publisher Zenimax media after the latter claimed its intellectual property was used to improve the former's Oculus...

Facebook Expects First Year VR Headset Shipments in Line with Early Smartphones, in the “Hundreds of...

During today's Facebook Q3 2015 earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg set measured expectations for first year shipments of VR headsets. The consumer VR industry has been in an R&D phase for the last few years but the beginning of the...

Facebook-like ‘Code of Conduct’ Governs Voice Communication in Oculus Social Alpha

Oculus released their first social platform to the world last week, a Gear VR app called Oculus Social that currently connects up to five people to watch shared viewings of Twitch and Vimeo streams. And like Facebook, Oculus' parent...

Mark Zuckerberg on Oculus Toybox and Touch “The Craziest Oculus Experience”

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of social media giant Facebook, has become more and more vocal around the company's virtual and augmented reality plans of late. He took to the stage at Oculus' recent developer conference 'Connect' and now he's waxing...

Facebook Founder Confirms Work on Augmented Reality

Faceboook's move to position itself at the forefront of immersive technologies with the acquisition of Oculus VR last year, may have implications beyond Virtual Reality. During a talk at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in San Francisco, Mark Zuckerberg...

Facebook Launch 360 Video News Feed Powered by Oculus

Facebook has today announced an update to the social network's News Feed which will now include support for 360 video. Revealed back in March during Facebook's F8 developer's conference, the company has lined up a number of premium content providers to 'chum the...

Analyst: ‘Facebook Earnings Call Didn’t Rule Out 2015 Oculus Rift Launch’

A report regarding a Facebook earnings call from Gamasutra earlier this week painted a dim picture for an Oculus Rift 2015 release date. However, an equity analyst who spoke with Road to VR says that the call didn't rule out a 2015...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Explains His Vision for Oculus

Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg fielded a number of questions from the community in an hour-long online Q&A session recently, touching on everything from net neutrality to his personal tips on how best to learn Mandarin. The longest answer however came from a solitary...

Oculus’ Michael Abrash ‘Why Virtual Reality Will Matter to You’ Livestream @ 10am PST

Today Oculus' Chief Scientist, Michael Abrash, will take to the stage at Facebook's F8 conference to expound upon virtual reality. As Abrash puts it, "Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday and for the rest of your life—this...

Facebook Experimenting with Live VR Video ‘Teleportation Station’, Adding 360 Video with Oculus Rift Playback

At Facebook's F8 conference which kicked off today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage to open the event. There he revealed that the company will bring support for 360 degree video to the Facebook News Feed, capable of playback...
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