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JUNE 17, 2021

Oculus software update v30 introduces long-awaited features to accessibility, party chat, and Infinite Office. Earlier today, Facebook announced the rollout of its v30 on the Oculus Quest platform, which introduces a handful of highly-anticipated improvements as well as a few pleasant surprises. AIR LINK FOR THE ORIGINAL OCULUS QUEST.

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JULY 21, 2021

Another month, another exciting Oculus Quest update. Facebook today announced the rollout of yet another software update for Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets. This latest update also introduced the ability to plan future sessions directly from the Oculus app. Image Credit: Facebook. Image Credit: Facebook.

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APRIL 14, 2021

Update v28 is an absolute game-changer with new features such as wireless Oculus Link functionality, updates to Infinite Office, and more. Announced yesterday in an official Oculus blog post , the Oculus Air Link expands on the existing Oculus Link software introduced back in 2019. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Horizon Workrooms launched this past August on Oculus Quest 2 headsets. “The way we work is changing, and we’re excited that Zoom and Workrooms are coming together to help you and your colleagues defy distance to stay connected and productive, across realities,” states the company in an official blog post.

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APRIL 23, 2021

Oculus today announced the launch of its new Oculus Avatars on a handful of popular Oculus titles, including Topgolf with Pro Putt, PokerStars VR, and Epic Rollercoasters. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus. ” Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus. . later this year.

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JULY 21, 2020

The Oculus Quest is a fantastic VR headset, but for a piece of hardware built by the most dominant social media company in the world, it’s social capabilities have been surprisingly lacking. Oculus is also simplifying its friend finding process, making it easier to locate friends on Facebook with an Oculus Quest headset.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Originally announced last year at Facebook Connect 2020, Oculus this week confirmed that The Climb 2 , the direct follow-up to 2016’s The Climb , will be arriving next month on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets. I really enjoyed my time with the original The Climb on the Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 goes “hands-free” with this week’s latest update. It looks like the Oculus Quest 2 is in the middle of a growth spurt. As part of a rolling update arriving now on Oculus Quest 2 headsets allow you to use the voice command “Hey Facebook” to navigate your Quest headset. Image Credit: VRScout.

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MAY 17, 2021

Facebook’s latest update introduces several long-awaited features designed to improve how we work and play on the Oculus Quest. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus. Compared to standard mixed reality capture, the process described by Oculus is painfully simple. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus. Live Overlay.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Today I woke up to read this letter from Oculus, sent to me because I’m a developer: Hello, Today, we announced our plans to sunset Oculus Go as we focus on driving forward the future of VR with 6DOF platforms like Oculus Quest. Goodbye Oculus Go. Image by Oculus).

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Oculus has now opened applications for this year’s Launch Pad program , which aims to give a select number of developers from diverse backgrounds some hands-on support with their VR projects. Oculus says development support will be available as participants work to finalize their working prototype in the coming months.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Available now via Oculus TV, the three-part series begins in the French Alps following a handful of the world’s most accomplished mountain adventure athletes, including a world-class steep skier who spends his summers building climbing and mountain biking trails for other adventurers. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus.

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MARCH 16, 2020

In place of GDC this year, which was postponed due to the coronavirus , Facebook is announcing some of its news via the decidedly more sterile environment of the Oculus blog, starting today and going until Thursday, March 19th. Today, the company unveiled its next major update to the Oculus Quest system experience.

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JULY 13, 2020

Oculus has updated its UE4 Quest development tools so that developers can spend less time waiting and more time testing and iterating on their VR applications. SEE ALSO Oculus is (still) Covering Unreal Engine Royalties for $5M in Revenue Per-game Through 2025. Image courtesy Oculus. Skip APK Build When Iterating on Code.

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JULY 10, 2021

Oculus Mixed Reality Capture is a plugin that lets content creators make amazing mixed reality videos of a VR game for the Oculus Quest. Since I had to make some tests with Oculus MRC for our game HitMotion: Reloaded (download it now on SideQuest !) Are you ready to implement Oculus MRC like a boss?

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MARCH 16, 2020

Facebook today announced that 20 Oculus Quest games have broken the $1 million revenue mark, a big milestone for the VR industry as a whole. In a blog post, the company says the $1 million revenue trend “promises to continue as even more people join the VR community.” In fact, Facebook is still pretty confident.

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MARCH 31, 2020

Oculus releases ‘Authentically Us’ in celebration of International Transgender Day of Visibility. Just three months into 2020 and Oculus TV is already crushing it with its selection of captivating 360 and VR180 content. All three episodes of Authentically Us are available now on Oculus TV. was inspiring to watch.

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MARCH 16, 2020

More info is also coming for Quest titles The Room VR: A Dark Matter from Fireproof Games, Lies Beneath from Drifter Entertainment, and Phantom: Covert Ops from nDreams, the company says in a blog post.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Following a two-part blog series in partnership with Crytek , where the studio shared some of its research into VR locomotion comfort , Oculus has now added 8 new experimental locomotion methods to the SDK. A recent entry on the official Oculus blog provides an introduction to the techniques.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

Earlier this morning Adobe announced the purchase of Oculus’ 3D VR sculpting app, Oculus Medium. Adobe is one of the world’s leading creation software companies, and they’re committed to providing best-in-class 3D and immersive tools for artists, including Adobe Dimension and the Substance tools suite,” states Oculus in a blog post.

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JULY 3, 2020

Nate Mitchell, Oculus co-founder and former Head of VR Product at Facebook, has opened a new game studio called Mountaintop Studios. So to make the best games, we’re building a studio that puts the team first — one that’s collaborative, anti-crunch, diverse, and inclusive,” Mitchell says in a blog post.

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JUNE 12, 2017

First of all I want to thank everyone at Oculus and Facebook for allowing me to be part of an amazing opportunity. So many individuals to thank but I will start with Ebony Peay Ramirez-Program Manager, Diversity & Inclusion at Oculus VR. I was a bit down but decided to go to Oculus. wait they can. So Mote It Be.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

He is a very smart professional, and he’s very passionate about AR and VR technologies, and for this reason, I have already interviewed him on my blog. Here you are my chat with him about Oculus For Business! Let’s talk about Oculus For Business… can you remind my readers what is it?

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JUNE 9, 2019

Onward , the popular military-sim tactical multiplayer shooter from Downpour Interactive is in development for the Oculus Quest standalone headset. Could the Oculus Quest develop into the preferred headset among hardcore VR esports athletes? First couple of hours with the hardware on hands, this is cool.

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AUGUST 3, 2019

Applications are now open for the fourth annual Oculus Launch Pad , a program designed to help empower developers and creators from diverse backgrounds. Oculus says the program will include “up to 100 professionals.” They’re also throwing in a free Oculus Rift S to each participant. Image courtesy Oculus.

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OCTOBER 31, 2019

Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted (2019), the VR adaptation of the immensely popular horror game, is getting an Oculus Quest version. You’ll find Five Nights at Freddy’s VR on Steam (Rift, Vive, Index, Windows VR), Viveport (Rift, Vive, Index, Windows VR), Oculus Store (Rift), and the PlayStation Store (PSVR).

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JANUARY 25, 2019

Oculus today announced that it’s bringing two VR experiences to this year’s Sundance Film Festival— the previously announced Traveling While Black for Oculus Go & Rift, and the newly unveiled The Under Presents for Oculus Quest. The experience is said to arrive on Oculus Quest “later this year.”

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Providing “access, support, and savings” to qualifying indie developers, the new Oculus Start program hopes to encourage and enable the development of great apps from those just getting started in VR. The program, which was introduced in a brief post on the Oculus developer blog , has begun to accept applications via this form.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Oculus recently opened applications for its annual Launch Pad program, a developer mentorship that provides funding and resources to people from underrepresented backgrounds. Image courtesy Oculus. This will be Oculus’ third Launch Pad. Check out the full list of last year’s grant winners here.

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MARCH 18, 2019

This years highly-anticipated Game Developers Conference kicked-off with a bang today as Oculus confirmed the release of Beat Games’ insanely popular beat-slashing rhythm game on the upcoming Oculus Quest. Beat Saber running on the Oculus Quest / Image Credit: Beat Games. “I

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Following their highly successful Summer of Rift Sale, Oculus have announced a permanent price cut of the Rift headset and Touch controller package to $399. The new price was revealed by Hugo Barra, Oculus’ Vice President of Virtual Reality at the opening keynote to Oculus Connect 4.

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JUNE 20, 2018

Oculus Home , the hub space that users see when putting on their Oculus Rift, has been updated with virtual screens for embedded Dash content and the ability to import custom objects. Announced in a post this week on the Oculus Blog , Oculus Home version 1.26 Image courtesy Oculus. Image courtesy Oculus.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

According to a recent entry on the official Oculus blog , the team has plans to allow sculptures from Oculus Medium (2016) to be placed into Home spaces. We’ll be adding tons of new content throughout the year, including new items and decorations built by the community,” writes Nate Mitchell, Head of Rift at Oculus.

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MARCH 7, 2024

Meta updated its PC software, previously called the Oculus PC app, with “numerous bug fixes and enhancements,” the company announced in a blog post , noting it’s now changed the name to ‘Meta Quest Link’ app.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

“Foo Fighters love a challenge—from playing the biggest stages in the world to the tiniest clubs to making movies and miniseries… We’ve pretty much done it all,” said Dave Grohl, founder and frontman of the group in the blog update. Those who miss the show can watch a replay anytime in Venues’ “Always On” room or Oculus TV.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Oculus Quest isn’t going to be on sale this Black Friday, although you can save some cash on a premium bit of content you might otherwise pick up anyway; the illustrious and most bad-ass of VR Star Wars experiences to come to Rift and Quest, the Star Wars Vader Immortal series. SEE ALSO Black Friday Deal Brings Oculus Rift S to $350.

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MAY 18, 2018

Oculus developers will now be able to add discrete DLC to their games on Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR. Oculus Rift support isn’t far behind. Oculus says they’re encouraging developers to “experiment with it using Release Channels before pushing asset files or DLC to live users.”

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