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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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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Oculus is a company of ups and downs. The most recent of these stumbling blocks came when the company’s founder, 24-year-old Palmer Luckey, was connected to Nimble America — an inflammatory political organization that supports conservative candidates. “He decided not to attend [Oculus Connect 3].”

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Compatible with SteamVR and Oculus headsets, Cybershoes allows you to physically walk and run in VR from a comfortable seated position. The company is also hosting an NFT Tournament open to all Cybershoes owners on the Oculus Quest on November 6th. More on that later!

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MARCH 4, 2019

ESL, the world’s largest esports organizer, and Oculus announced that season three of the VR League will kickoff on March 24th. VR League: Season 3 will have weekly cups in both Europe and North America, and terminate in an offline Grand Finals event at Haymarket Theatre in Leicester, UK. McKelvy, head of esports at Oculus.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

The Walking Dead Onslaught launches September 29th on PSVR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive; just in time for the season 10 finale October 4th on AMC. This digital launch will be followed by a physical release on PSVR October 2nd in Europe and October 13th in North America. Visit your local retailer for additional details and availability.

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MARCH 5, 2020

Google has taken its sweet time bringing its VR creation app Tilt Brush (2016) to PSVR, although having recently slimmed down the app to fit on the modest mobile chipset of Oculus Quest may have given the company needed incentive to finally launch on PSVR. Europe – CUSA18231_00. Japan – CUSA18283_00.

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APRIL 20, 2020

The Russo Brothers join Holoride’s new advisory board alongside Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey. Holoride, one of the leading companies in the rapidly-expanding in-vehicle entertainment industry, last week announced the formation of a brand new strategy board composed of several big names in both tech and entertainment.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

TPCAST announced last month plans for an Oculus Rift version of their wireless module. At the SVVR Meetup #46 on Tuesday, TPCast showed the first public demo of their wireless Oculus Rift module. The post TPCAST Shows Off Oculus Rift Wireless Module, Due Out By Year’s End appeared first on Road to VR.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

million Series A investment, something the company says will allow them to both expand the current product to Oculus Quest 2, and set up partnerships with institutions in Spain, South America, and other markets affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Immerse , a language learning startup focusing on teaching English in VR, has secured a $1.5

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Today, you can do more than imagine it—you can be Captain America when Sam Wilson joins our lineup of fantastical avatars in Meta Horizon. The avatar transforms your look into a stylized version of Sam Wilson/Captain America, as played by Anthony Mackie in Captain America: Brave New World, in theaters Friday, February 14.

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MAY 10, 2017

Having founded Oculus in 2012 and been an important face for the company throughout its growth from fledgling startup to $2 billion acquisition by Facebook and beyond, it was a shock to see Palmer Luckey leave the company just two months ago. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey on stage at Oculus Connect 2015 | Photo courtesy Oculus.

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

This means you can watch on Google Daydream View and Cardboard, and with a little extra creativity, on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with Opera’s new experimental browser and Gear VR through Samsung Internet. Discovery TRVLR comes exclusively to YouTube and DiscoveryVR.com, and on the Discovery VR app.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

‘Traveling While Black’ details the importance of the Green Book for Black America in the early to mid 1900’s. Image Credit: Oculus. Image Credit: Oculus. Image Credit: Oculus. Image Credit: Oculus. Traveling While Black is available now for free via Oculus.

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APRIL 26, 2020

Bizarre Barber , an Oculus Launchpad title, is a curious and playful haircutting adventure for all ages. It’s actually a response to the creators’ own immigration to America 5 years ago. Bizarre Barber is available now on Steam , Viveport , and Oculus ! Bizarre Barber is much more than a simple hair cutting game, however.

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JULY 15, 2020

Available free on Oculus Rft/Rifts, Oculus Go, and YouTube, CrashCourse Brain Fly-Through offers users a rare look at the physical and emotional effects of concussion-related injuries via a 360-degree tour of the human brain, from the blood vessels and nervous system all the way down to the cerebrospinal fluid cavities.

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APRIL 20, 2021

A version of Zero Caliber VR (2018), the military shooter from A-Tech Cybernetic (2020) developers XREAL Games , is coming to Oculus Quest on May 13th, 2021. Zero Caliber VR first came to PC VR back in 2018, launching its story-based campaign to ‘very positive’ reviews via Steam Early Access and the Oculus Store for Rift.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

“ActiVaR,” one of the first technical training programs in Latin America, was launched at an event in Quito, Ecuador where 150 participants experienced VR and AR training techniques–many of them for the first time. “The ActiVaR pilot program will be amongst the first of its kind in Latin America.

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JULY 13, 2018

Oculus has been on quite the hiring spree as of late, with over a hundred positions currently advertised on the company’s career website aimed at bringing hardware and software engineers into the Seattle area. The post Facebook Spent Over $88M This Year on Oculus’ Seattle Area Satellite HQ appeared first on Road to VR.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

That’s the question Oculus, Tool of America, and director Kevin Kornish set out to answer with the new experimental VR experience, Fall in Love VR. He pitched the idea to Tool of America, who jumped on board right away. “ After securing a partnership with Oculus, Fall in Love VR was officially born.

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JULY 14, 2020

Oculus Go’s days are numbered , however Pico Interactive seems undeterred by Facebook’s move to retire the 3DOF VR headset. Starting today, a new version of its Pico G2 “4K” headset is available; another enterprise-focused iteration set to follow this year.

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MARCH 8, 2021

This week, we look at takeaways from Microsoft Ignite, Space X, Pokemon Go and VR training from Bank of America. Bank of America is bringing VR instruction to its 4,000 banks. Corporate America is slowly seeing the use cases of VR. Oculus has partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

The app will be publicly available on the Oculus App Lab immediately after the event. The organizers of “Inspiring Hope: An Immersive Virtual Reality Experience in Haiti” will also be launching an app called Haiti VR that attendees will be able to preview during the event. Those interested will need to fill out an application.

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MAY 27, 2021

Moving forward, ForeVR has a variety of updates planned, including an in-game YouTube player (yes, please), premium ball upgrades, smooth locomotion, and various Oculus Avatar improvements just to name a few. on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets. ForeVR Bowl is available now for $19.99 Feature Image Credit: ForeVR.

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JULY 1, 2020

The company’s original Reverb headset is well known to industry users, but is less popular among casual users than models by companies like VIVE and Oculus. All of this was to hype the launch of preorders in North America on May 28. However, the launch of their second-generation headset is drumming up a lot of buzz.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Numerous superstorms have made North America’s entire West Coast inhospitable. It’s not certain exactly where the work will be featured when Oculus Quest launches in Spring 2019, but you can be sure we’ll be looking out for it. Here’s the synopsis of The Last Oasis in his own words: It’s the year 2125.

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JULY 15, 2019

At San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) this year, Oculus and BBC Studios are giving US crowds their first chance to demo the upcoming VR game Doctor Who: The Edge of Time. The demo will be available at the BBC AMERICA Booth (#4129), which also includes a sneak peek of the show’s beloved space-time travel device, the TARDIS.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The studios’ Lightsaber Dojo from last year, which was based on the mini-game from Vader Immortal: Episode II (2019) , was held in pop-up locations across North America. The ILMxLAB team is excited to bring a new chapter to the Lightsaber Dojo experience,” said ILMxLAB Senior Producer, Shereif Fattouh.

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JULY 15, 2019

Doctor Who: The Edge of Time , an upcoming interactive VR experience from Oculus and BBC Studios, is set to launch September 29th on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift/ Rift S, HTC Vive, and Vive Cosmos. Image Credit: Oculus. Featured Image Credit: Oculus. We know they’re going to love it.”.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Sandbox operates a number of VR locations in major cities across North America as well as Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, and Jakarta. Sandbox says however that developers can create using more modest setups such as an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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JULY 30, 2019

Addressing shareholders during Facebook’s Q2 2019 earnings call last week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that unit sales of Oculus Quest are exceeding the available supply of the headset. This quarter, we shipped Oculus Quest, our first all-in-one headset with no wires and full freedom of movement. Image courtesy Oculus.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

At CES 2017 today, VentureBeat reports that Samsung Electronics America chief Tim Baxter has officially stated during the company’s press event that they’ve officially sold 5 million Samsung Gear VR headsets, which are powered by the Oculus Home platform. Does the 5 million number surprise you?

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JULY 20, 2017

The first-person mech shooter is now available on the official PlayStation Store for $39.99, and is due to arrive on ‘other leading VR platforms’, including the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, on August 2nd. The post ‘Archangel’ Launches on PSVR, Vive and Rift Support Coming in August appeared first on Road to VR.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Set to release on PSVR, Oculus PC, and SteamVR on September 29th, The Walking Dead Onslaught will be priced at $30 for the Standard Edition and $40 for the Deluxe Edition before a 10% pre-order discount. Additionally, purchases via the PlayStation Store will also receive a special PS4 Theme and Avatar pack.

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APRIL 16, 2020

Pistol Whip (2019) , the VR rhythm-shooter from Cloudhead Games, just got a new dielselpunk-inspired update, available now on Oculus Quest and SteamVR-compatible headsets. You can nab Pistol Whip for $25 via Steam and Viveport for your standard mix of SteamVR headsets, and the Oculus Store for Rift and Quest.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Luckey founded Anduril Industries after Facebook fired him from Oculus , the previous company he founded which became Meta's Reality Labs division. Luckey's IVAS takeover announcement photo echoes his 2015 Time cover, 'The Surprising Joy Of Virtual Reality'. I can hardly believe I managed to pull it off.

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MARCH 28, 2020

Turn the globe over and you’ll uncover additional information regarding the fate of North America. Spoiler alert: it’s not good.

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