Oculus to Support WebVR Through New VR Browser Codenamed ‘Carmel’
Oculus announced at Connect, the company's annual developer conference, that they'll be officially supporting WebVR through their new VR web browser codenamed Carmel. WebVR is an API that provides headsets access to web-based VR content.
Touted as an easy way to share VR experiences...
Facebook Founder Says Company Invested $250M in VR Content, Will Invest $250M More
At Oculus Connect's opening keynote today, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage to drive home the company's commitment to the virtual reality space. How much commitment? Some $500M worth.
Amid a flurry of announcements at Oculus Connect 3's...
Getting Social – Oculus to Offer Persistent Avatars Across Multiplayer Games
Up until now, multiplayer games on Oculus Home have relied on their own individual avatar selectors, meaning you couldn't have the exact same avatar in two different apps. In an effort to socialize the entire platform, Oculus is introducing...
Final Touch Battery Life Improved 40% Over Original Prototype, Up to 30 Hours of Use
At a session breaking down the design of Touch during Oculus Connect, designers of the controller explored the choices that drove the form and functionality of the device.
Oculus Touch finally has an official launch date of December 6th and...
Video: Watch Mark Zuckerberg Demo Facebook’s Latest Social VR Prototype
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Oculus Connect, the company's annual developer conference, to show off Facebook's latest social VR prototype.
Zuckerberg toured the newest features of the app including more lifelike avatars complete with facial expressions triggered...
Oculus Announces $49 Earphones Accessory for Rift, Launching December 6th
At today's Oculus Connect keynote, a number of new hardware announcements were made, including the reveal of a new pair of Oculus 'Earphones' that replace the removable headphones that come with the Rift.
Releasing on December 6 with pre-orders on...
Oculus Connect: Talk “Designing Touch” Live Blog @6pm PST
Oculus Touch is almost with us, but as launch day now approaches, how exactly did the unique half-moon VR controllers come to be? This talk from Oculus' Industrial Designer Peter Bristol looks to explore the challenges and decisions that...
New Oculus Render Tech Cuts Entry Level VR PC Costs to $499
Keeping games chugging along at 90 frames per second (fps) while rendering modern graphics is a tall order, which is why building a VR-ready computer is pretty much impossible with less than $600. Well, now the minimum spec—at least...
Hands-on: Oculus’ Wireless ‘Santa Cruz’ Prototype Makes Standalone Room-scale Tracking a Reality
On stage at Oculus Connect 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased that Oculus is developing a new, standalone, wireless VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. Following the keynote, I was whisked away behind closed doors to see the so-called...
Oculus Wants You to Talk With ‘Parties’ and Play in ‘Rooms’
Remember that friends list you made back when you got your Samsung Gear VR or Oculus Rift? Yeah. It's been pretty useless. Today Oculus announced that they'll soon be turning on social with the help of two new social...
