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Oculus Launches Referral Program, Free Store Credit When a Friend Buys Rift or Go

As the adage goes, the more, the merrier. Oculus is taking it to heart this holiday season in the US with its new referral program that could net you, and up to three friends significant savings on hardware and...

Oculus Founder: Price Isn’t What’s Holding VR Back From Mass Adoption

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus who left the company in 2017, recently published an article with his thoughts on what it will take for VR to reach the mainstream. Price, he argues, matters little if the experience is...

Oculus Now Lets You Record Abusive Behavior on Go & Gear VR

Oculus released an update yesterday that brought screen casting to its standalone VR headset, Oculus Go. In a measure to increase user safety on the platform, the company also launched a new security feature which now lets you to...

Oculus Patents Wireless Relay Tech for VR Headsets

In a patent issued this week to Oculus, the company describes a wireless relay system designed to prevent loss of signal even when a user is out of range of the primary transmitter and receiver. Spotted by Redditor valdovas, the document...

Oculus Co-founder Departs Facebook Amidst Rumor of Rift 2 Cancellation

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe is leaving Facebook. Citing "a source close to the matter," a report from TechCrunch indicates his departure is related to the cancellation of a Rift 2 headset, though Facebook has denied that element of the...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: ‘Oculus Quest Completes Company’s First-Gen Lineup’

Oculus Quest, the newly announced standalone 6DOF VR headset (ex-Project Santa Cruz), completely stole the show at this year's Oculus Connect with the promise of offering some very Rift-like experiences in a mobile form-factor. There was a torrent of...

‘Oculus Home’ Update Brings New Improvements, Social Features & More to All Users

Rift’s new system software, previously known as Rift Core 2.0, is now rolling out to everyone, bringing with it a number of performance improvements, UI updates, and a more customizable Oculus Home area with support for up to eight...

Oculus Job Listing Reveals Interest in Creating Location-based VR Games

Oculus published a job listing recently that could mean the company is finally looking to enter the VR arcade space. The listing, which calls for a 'Producer of location based entertainment', is tasked with building and curating a "portfolio...

Oculus CTO: Quest is ‘In the Neighborhood of Xbox 360 / PS3 Processing Power’

Speaking on stage at Oculus Connect this morning, Oculus CTO John Carmack gave his signature unscripted talk, somehow going into depth despite covering a wide range of topics from Go to Quest to Rift, and plenty more. Part of...

Oculus CTO Explores Next-gen Oculus Go Feature Wishlist

Legendary programmer and Oculus CTO John Carmack took the stage today at Oculus Connect to have another one of his famous off-script, stream-of-thought talks. Carmack was instrumental in architecting the company's mobile VR platform, so when he talks about...

Oculus Shows off Colored Quest Headsets at Connect

Oculus Connect, the company's annual developer conference, kicked off yesterday with the surprise announcement of a new high-end standalone VR headset. Dubbed Oculus Quest, the headset is being shown off at Connect in an array of colors outside of...

Facebook & RED Unveil ‘Manifold’ Volumetric VR Camera

Last May, Facebook and RED Digital Cinema announced they were working on a volumetric video camera based on Facebook’s Surround360 technology. At Oculus Connect 5 today, the company's annual developer conference, Facebook and RED revealed a first-look at the...

Oculus Announces Quest, The High-end Standalone Headset Starting at $400

Oculus today introduced Quest, the consumer version of the 'Project Santa Cruz' headset that the company first revealed way back in 2016. The headset is high-end standalone, meaning it doesn't rely on a PC, but still manages to include...

Watch Oculus Connect 5 Opening Keynote Livestream Here

Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, is returning for its fifth year today. While we're not entirely sure what the company has to announce in its all-important opening keynote, you can watch along with us here, starting today...

What to Expect at Oculus Connect 5 This Week

Oculus Connect, the company's annual developer conference, is here once again. Now in its fifth year, Oculus is expected to update the world on what's next from in VR content and hardware. Here's a look at what we expect...
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