PC Tethering on Quest is a Huge Upgrade, Making Rift S a Tough Sell

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Oculus today announced an upcoming PC tethering feature coming to Quest headsets in November. Oculus Link, as it’s called, will let users plug into VR ready PCs and play games originally designed for Rift. Oculus is calling it “the best of both worlds,” but then where does that leave their latest PC VR headset, Rift S?

Facebook: Users Have Bought Over $100M in Oculus Store Content to Date

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Oculus Connect  today where he announced that the Oculus Store has now sold over $100 million worth of content to date.

‘Beat Saber’ is Getting New DLC Featuring Panic at the Disco Next Week, 360 Mode in December

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Beat Games took to the stage at Oculus Connect today to make a surprise announcement that Beat Saber’s (2018) next music DLC is set to feature music from American pop rock band Panic! at the Disco.

Oculus Reveals New VR Headset Prototypes with Major Advances in Optics Form-factor

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On stage at Oculus Connect today, Facebook Reality Labs Chief Scientist Michael Abrash revealed two new prototype VR headsets from the company, Half Dome 2 and Half Dome 3. Both headsets offer improvements over the original Half Dome prototype showed off last year.

Backed by $4.4M in Funding, Devs Behind ‘Job Simulator’ & ‘Fantastic Contraption’ Announce New XR Startup

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Developers behind critically acclaimed VR games Job Simulator (2016) and Fantastic Contraption (2016) today announced they’re founding a new studio dubbed Absurd Joy. To give them a big push along their quest to “invent entirely new ways to interact, play, and experience immersive technology,” the company today announced it’s raised $4.4 million in funding.

‘Star Wars: Vader Immortal – Episode 2’ Now Available on Rift & Quest, Trailer Here

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At Oculus Connect 6 today, ILMxLab showed off some new footage of the second installment of Star Wars: Vader Immortal, and in a surprise ending, Facebook announced the experience’s sequel is now available on both the Quest and Rift platforms.

Rift Exclusives ‘Asgard’s Wrath’ & ‘Stormland’ Get October & November Release Dates

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Oculus Connect 6 has offered up a deluge of VR news, and on stage today Facebook announced launch dates for both Asgard’s Wrath and Stormland.

‘Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond’ Revealed as Respawn’s AAA VR Shooter, Trailer Here

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Respawn has been know to be working on a ‘AAA VR shooter’ for two years, but today finally revealed the game. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond brings the iconic franchise back to life, now realized for virtual reality.

Facebook is Building an AR Headset, Starting By Making a Digital Copy of the Real World

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Today at Oculus Connect 6, Facebook formerly announced plans to develop a consumer-focused AR headset. But while the company wasn’t ready to actually talk about the product, they said their focus is starting first on a building a copy of the real world called LiveMaps.

‘Facebook Horizon’ is a New Social VR App Coming to Quest & Rift Next Year, Trailer Here

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Facebook today revealed at Oculus Connect 6 a new social VR app, something the company calls “the first step into an ever-expanding world of connection and exploration.” Although it’s clear the announcement trailer isn’t a 1:1 representation of how Horizon will actually look, it basically feels like the social VR app Facebook should have built all along.

Oculus Quest Will Soon be Able to Play All Rift Games via ‘Oculus Link’ Tether Feature

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At Oculus Connect 6 today, Facebook announced an upcoming software feature called Oculus Link which will allow Quest headsets to tether to VR ready PCs to play any game in the Oculus Rift library.

Facebook Reveals Hand-tracking Update for Quest, Coming Early 2020

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Oculus Connect 6 is starting today, and ahead of the festivities Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased a video showing off some pretty nuanced hand interaction, something he says will be apart of his talk today. Now, we know that Quest will soon include optical hand-tracking.

Watch Oculus Connect 6 Opening Keynote Livestream Here @10 AM PT

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Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, is back again for its sixth year. We’re none the wiser as to what the company has planned for its all-important opening keynote; you can watch along with us here, starting September 25th at 10 AM PT (local time here).

Co-op VR Shooter ‘After the Fall’ to Launch on PSVR & PC VR Next Year

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Vertigo Games, the studio behind Arizona Sunshine (2016), announced that its previously revealed co-op VR shooter After the Fall is also headed to PSVR in addition to PC VR headsets.

NBA to Broadcast 26 Games Live in VR This Season via NextVR

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Starting next month, the NBA and NextVR will be broadcasting 26 basketball games live in VR, some of which are free to watch for US-based users with a VR headsets.

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