PC Tethering on Quest is a Huge Upgrade, Making Rift S a Tough Sell
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...
Facebook: Users Have Bought Over $100M in Oculus Store Content to Date
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.
Zuckerberg maintains that the Oculus Store—which provides content for Rift, Quest,...
‘Beat Saber’ is Getting New DLC Featuring Panic at the Disco Next Week, 360 Mode in...
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.
The 360 mode, first shown on...
Oculus Reveals New VR Headset Prototypes with Major Advances in Optics Form-factor
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...
Backed by $4.4M in Funding, Devs Behind ‘Job Simulator’ & ‘Fantastic Contraption’ Announce New XR Startup
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...
‘Star Wars: Vader Immortal – Episode 2’ Now Available on Rift & Quest, Trailer Here
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...
Rift Exclusives ‘Asgard’s Wrath’ & ‘Stormland’ Get October & November Release Dates
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.
Asgard's Wrath is slated to arrive on October 10th for the Rift platform.
The combat-adventure game is...
‘Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond’ Revealed as Respawn’s AAA VR Shooter, Trailer Here
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.
Set to...
Facebook is Building an AR Headset, Starting By Making a Digital Copy of the Real World
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...
‘Facebook Horizon’ is a New Social VR App Coming to Quest & Rift Next Year, Trailer...
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...
