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Facebook Teases “breakthrough technologies” Coming to New Oculus Products, Tours R&D Lab
Following the recent unfavorable court decision which saw a $500 million judgement levied on Oculus and some of its founders last week, Facebook has shared a glimpse into what they call "the most advanced virtual and augmented reality research center...
Oculus Home Voice Search Now on Rift and Gear VR Makes Browsing Your VR Library a...
Recent updates to Oculus Home on both desktop and Gear VR have added a Voice Search feature which makes zipping around your VR content library much easier than the old method of digging through menus and thumbnails.
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Facebook CEO Asks for Investor Patience on VR, ‘it’s not going to be really profitable for...
Ever since Facebook's acquisition of Oculus in 2014, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has poised the move as a strategic bet on a technology that would eventually change the way we communicate. In the company's most recent earnings call, Zuckerberg asked for...
Oculus Rift & Touch 1.11 Update Brings Improved Touch Roomscale & Multi-Sensor Support
Oculus have released update 1.11 for the Rift VR headset and Touch motion controllers that bring promised enhancements for the system's "experimental 360" degree roomscale support with multi-sensor setups and fixes for the guardian boundary system.
Oculus released their Touch...
ZeniMax v. Oculus Lawsuit Awards $500M to Plaintiff, Verdict Detailed in Court Documents
While it wasn't the $4 billion slam dunk ZeniMax was hoping for, a Dallas, TX jury today awarded $500 million to ZeniMax after finding that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey had breached nondisclosure agreements. However, Oculus was not found to...
Oculus Further Details Ideal Hardware and Sensor Configurations for Roomscale VR with Touch
The Oculus Team have published a detailed guide on Roomscale VR setup. This four-part series expands on the Experimental Roomscale Guide published before the launch of the Touch controllers, discussing sensors, bandwidth, host controllers and extra equipment.
While Oculus continues...
$4 Billion ZeniMax v. Oculus Verdict Could Come as Early as Today, Here’s What You Need...
This week the eyes of the virtual reality industry are on a federal court in Dallas, Texas where ZeniMax (and child company id Software) and Facebook (and child company Oculus) have been engaged in legal battle over a dispute...
Facebook Picks Former Android VP as New Head of Oculus, Looks to ‘Take VR mainstream’
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has tapped Hugo Barra, Xiaomi's current Global VP, for the position of CEO at Oculus VR. Barra will be tasked with not only leading Oculus, Facebook's subsidiary, but all of Facebook's VR projects. Barra will be replacing...
Oculus Deploys New Age Rating System for VR Content
By March 1st 2017, every title in the Oculus Store will be assigned through the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) rating process. IARC is a globally streamlined age classification process for digital games and mobile apps.
In a recent entry...
Oculus Launches ‘Quill’ Tutorial Series for Aspiring VR Artists
Oculus has created a series of tutorial videos for newcomers to Quill, the company's VR paint app. Available for free with every Touch purchase, Quill is an artistic creation tool designed for virtual reality and motion controllers.
The recent launch...
Oculus CEO Steps Down to Head PC Division, Founder Palmer Luckey to Shuffle Too
In a post to the company's official blog, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe confirms he'll be stepping down from the company's top position to head the new PC VR group. Founder Palmer Luckey will also land in a new role.
Brendan...
What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations
If you're at all involved in the VR space, you likely recently saw a flurry of downtrodden headlines describing "slow," and "modest," holiday VR headset sales, with some even calling VR "the biggest loser this holiday."
The impetus of those headlines...
Watch Us Test Oculus Touch Front Facing Tracking to its Limits
Oculus Touch is out tomorrow and we finally get to test just how well the optical 'Constellation' tracking system handles itself, all the way from rug scale to beyond roomscale.
The term "roomscale" has really only been in popular use...
Oculus Touch Global Backorder Has New Orders Shipping 10 to 15 Days After Launch
The long anticipated Oculus Touch controllers launch on December 6th. If you're just putting in your pre-order with Oculus today, you may not have your hands on the device until later in the month. Other retailers may still have unordered...
Xbox Game Streaming to Oculus Rift is Finally Launching Next Month
Announced nearly a year and a half ago, Oculus and Microsoft are finally making good on their promise to stream Xbox One games into a virtual theater on the Rift.
Xbox One users have been able to stream their games...




















