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Oculus Quest Now Available for Pre-order, Starting at $400 with May 21st Launch
Facebook today announced that their long-awaited standalone VR headset, Oculus Quest, is now available for pre-order. The mobile VR headset, which starts at $400, is slated to ship on May 21st alongside the PC VR headset Rift S across 22...
Facebook is Working on a Voice Assistant for Oculus Devices, Portal & More
Facebook is currently developing a voice assistant that could function similar to Amazon Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant. Notably, it's intended to support Oculus headsets in addition to Portal, and "future products."
Citing several sources familiar with the matter, a...
Oculus Quest & Rift S Controllers Could Hide an Unintended Easter Egg Message Inside
Nate Mitchell, Oculus co-founder and head of VR product at Facebook, revealed that a number of Touch controllers for Quest and Rift S hold an unintended hidden message inside, something he calls "inappropriate."
Although Mitchell admits in a tweet that...
Oculus Explains Rift S Design & Manufacturing Partnership with Lenovo
When Oculus revealed its newest PC headset, Rift S, at GDC last month, it was a surprise to see the 'Lenovo' logo on the side. Oculus explained that Facebook tapped the company to help in both the design and...
Latest Oculus Update Brings Hidden Rift S Tutorial App
Oculus Rift S doesn't have a launch date yet, although it seems the most recent Oculus software update has brought along with it a few day-one essentials for prospective Rift S owners. Digging through files that came along with the...
Oculus Launches ASW 2.0 with Positional Timewarp to Reduce Latency, Improve Performance
Oculus today released ASW 2.0, an upgrade to the company's 'Asynchronous Spacewarp' technology which is designed to smooth out the visuals inside the headset to compensate for performance fluctuations and to keep latency low for a comfortable experience.
Oculus today announced...
Oculus Brings More Lifelike Avatars to Rift & Go in ‘Expressive Avatars’ Update
Oculus is today launching their 'Expressive Avatars' update on Rift and mobile VR; it's a significant step up in realism thanks to a few additions including cleverly simulated eye models, lipsync, and even microexpressions. If you're also hurting for more...
Oculus Rift S vs. Oculus Quest – Specs & Features
Oculus has announced Rift S, the headset's fabled hardware refresh that brings with it a modest spec bump and a few other changes to the original Rift that the company hopes will appeal to new entrants in PC VR...
Full Reveal of ‘Star Wars Vader Immortal’ Quest Launch Title Coming Next Month
ILMxLab is to finally demo its upcoming Star Wars Virtual Reality series, Vader Immortal at the annual Star Wars Celebration event in April.
We reported on ILMxLAB's latest immersive VR experience way back in October last year, after the studio...
Facebook Shows Off Research Aiming to Deliver Truly Realistic Avatars
Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) chief scientist Michael Abrash believes AR and VR will be the primary way people work, play, and connect in the future. Abrash regularly speaks about when he expects these fundamental milestones in technology to occur,...
How to Spend That $15 ‘Rift Outage Day’ Store Credit Before It Expires
Nearly a year ago a debilitating software error occurred that rendered every Rift on Earth basically inoperable for about a day. As recompense, Oculus handed out $15 in Store credit (or regional equivalent) to pretty much anyone that used Rift in...
Facebook is Developing Enterprise Versions of Oculus Quest & Go
Facebook has been pretty hands-off when it comes to providing VR solutions for enterprise, although that may be changing with the entrance of bonafide enterprise versions for both Oculus Quest and Oculus Go.
As first reported by Variety, Facebook recently...
‘Marvel VR’ Has Seen Its Last Update as Focus Shifts to 2019 Rift-exclusive Lineup
Following its fourth update this week, there are no plans for further updates to Marvel Powers United VR (2018), an Oculus spokesperson has confirmed to Road to VR. For developer Sanzaru Games, publisher Oculus Studios, and Rift owners alike, the...
Rift Platform Update Now Lets Users Import Custom Home Spaces
Rift users looking for a change of scenery from the stock cabin model in Oculus Home are in for a surprise, as the company has just pushed an update that now brings user-created spaces to the platform.
Last summer Oculus...
Leaked Zuckerberg Email Reveals Facebook’s XR Strategy, ‘Our goal is not only to win, but to...
An internal email sent by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to senior executives offers a glimpse into the strategic thinking behind the company's feet-first leap into XR following the 2014 acquisition of Oculus.
Update (February 14th, 2019): Sources tell Road to VR...

















