Facebook F8 2018
Oculus Claims Breakthrough in Hand-tracking Accuracy
One of Facebook's underlying goals for VR is to use it as a means of connecting distant people. While today friends can talk and play in a range of social VR applications, including Facebook Spaces, the representation of users...
Oculus Reveals 140 Degree VR Headset Prototype with Varifocal Displays
Oculus today at F8 overviewed some of the latest VR technology that they'd been working on internally. Among the projects mentioned is the 'Half Dome' prototype, a Rift-like headset with a 140 degree field of view, varifocal displays, and...
Oculus Replaces ‘React VR’ Framework With Rebranded ‘React 360’
At Facebook's F8 developer conference, Oculus today announced it's both overhauling and rebranding React VR, the company's open-source JavaScript library that lets developers create cross-platform WebVR experiences. Now dubbed React 360, the company says the framework now "provides clearer prioritization for...
Facebook Partners With RED Digital Cinema for Volumetric VR Camera
Today at Facebook's F8 developer conference the company announced a new partnership with RED Digital Cinema, a high-end digital film camera company, to create a VR camera based on Facebook's Surround360 technology.
Last year at F8, Facebook announced two new...
Oculus Go Includes Glasses Spacer and Brackets for Prescription Lenses
Oculus Go, the company's $200 standalone headset, is finally here. While the headset retains much of the basic functionality of Samsung Gear VR, including access to the communal Oculus app store, there's a few neat ergonomic updates to the...
Oculus Revamps ‘Rooms’ for Go, New Apps ‘Oculus Venues’ & ‘Oculus TV’ Coming Soon
Following today's Oculus Go launch announcement at Facebook's annual F8 dev conference, the company also revealed that Rooms, the social VR space first launched on Gear VR, is getting revamped to inaugurate Go. The company announced two upcoming apps...
F8 2018: Keynote Livestream @9:30 AM PT – Possible Facebook VR News
Facebook's F8 developer conference is getting ready for its two-day event starting today. Here's how to catch the keynote livestream.
Watch the livestream of Facebook's F8 2018 keynote by heading to the F8 website. The keynote begins at 9:30 AM...
Facebook Gives Away Oculus Go to Everyone at F8 Dev Conference
Facebook's annual developer conference F8 starts today. While the company launched the long-awaited $200 Oculus Go standalone headset there this morning, it wasn't certain if the rumors were true, that F8 attendees would be receiving a headset for free....
What to Expect in AR and VR at Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference
While Oculus holds their own annual developer conference (coming later this year), parent company Facebook has in years past had plenty of exciting news to share at their own F8 developer conference. With F8 just around the corner on...
