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Developers can now sell subscriptions on Oculus Quest
Let’s face it, who doesn’t love gaming? It’s probably the best way to pass time there is. In recent years, video games have come with a new feature…
Facebook announces the new Oculus Quest 2, it is much improved and cheaper at $299
After forming Facebook Reality Labs earlier this month, Facebook has already decided to roll out a new VR headset with the new, smaller, more powerful Oculus Quest 2.…
Facebook is merging its AR/VR business, including Oculus, into ‘Facebook Reality Labs’
Realities other than what is real – Augmented and Virtual — have presented massive potential before engineers, scientists, physicists and perhaps all technologists. However, that presented potential continues…
Facebook sells Oculus Medium VR sculpting platform to Adobe
Facebook has confirmed that the company is selling Oculus Medium to Adobe. It is a 3D virtual reality sculpting tool for creatives which has proved to be an…
Oculus GO finally receives the YouTube VR app
In September, YouTube announced plans to launch its VR application on the Oculus Go platform. Making good on its promise, the company has finally launched YouTube VR on…
The Oculus 4 conference will take place in October this year
Facebook has finally announced the date for its highly vaunted Oculus conference. The event will see some major VR news come to the surface, along with news regarding…
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey working on border surveillance technology for Trump’s wall
Under immense pressure created by Facebook investors over his political views, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey decided to depart the social networking giant earlier this year. The 24-year old…
Oculus has added Chromecast streaming support to Gear VR
Oculus is looking to expand the range of its service and bring VR to more and more people. The company is now bringing Chromecast streaming support to Gear…
Facebook has shut down Oculus Story Studio VR content division
Facebook has decided to shut down the Oculus Story Studio. The move marks a shift in Facebook’s policy as the company branches off from being one that focuses…
Facebook has replaced Oculus computer vision head involved in underage sex scandal
Dov Katz, Oculus’ head of computer vision, was arrested in December last year for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. The crime at the center lay in his…
Oculus is facing yet another patent infringement lawsuit, this time for its 3D imaging tech
Facebook’s VR division Oculus is finding it difficult to distance from court battles, of late. While the ZeniMax lawsuit is far from over, the company has now been…
Oculus’s head of marketing joins Microsoft’s mixed reality department
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey recently left the company he founded. His move was said to be inspired by the bad publicity generated after he was found to be…
Oculus receives Facebook live streaming and voice search in a brand new update
A really huge advantage both Facebook and Oculus have over their competitors in the VR sphere, is their association with each other. While the former can provide the…
Court dismisses Total Recall lawsuit against Oculus
Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey seems to have something about him, that compels many he meets to…well, sue him. Or maybe its just the money. ZeniMax is still out…
Oculus reduces the price of Rift Headset and Touch Controller by $100 apiece
It seems like Oculus and Facebook are finally gearing up to get into the VR market in earnest. I mean sure, they already had their product out and…
Mark Zuckerberg displays Oculus gloves that can let you type and shoot webs in VR
One of the biggest advantages of being Mark Zuckerberg is perhaps the fact that you get access to technologies that would make others drool. The Facebook CEO recently…
Fallout from Oculus-ZeniMax lawsuit could yet haunt the VR industry
Everyone hates lawsuits. They are nasty things that steal your peace of mind and leave you embroiled in the company of lawyers and circling the courts. They are…
Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe steps down, announces formation of desktop and mobile VR divisions
The Facebook-owned VR upstart, Oculus, is going through a major internal restructuring. This is leading the co-founder and CEO Brendan Iribe to step down from his current role…
Oculus releases the developer preview of its WebVR-based browser ‘Carmel’
With VR becoming more abundantly spread around, there arises a need for native web experiences in the virtual world. The researchers are already working on technologies to introduce…
Xbox One games can be streamed to Oculus Rift, starting December 12
Microsoft has officially confirmed that it will be launching a new Xbox One-based application that will allow all current and future Oculus Rift owners to stream and play…
Using Asynchronous Spacewarp, Oculus finally brings VR support to lower-end PCs
While virtual reality is becoming more ubiquitous with each passing day, Oculus is today adding to the innovation with the announcement of a much-awaited technological update. Until today,…