VRScout

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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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 10, 2019

I’m writing my review on the Oculus Quest (it will be out tomorrow!) All the developer studios working on Oculus Quest when the Quest was announced (Image by Upload VR). Oculus wants to ensure that every person buying a Quest will be able to play only high-quality games. So, I am ok with content review.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 13, 2017

A new commercial-focused hardware bundle including Rift headset, Touch controllers, three Sensors, and three facial interfaces was revealed at Oculus Connect 4 this week. Oculus still doesn’t doesn’t offer a commercial/enterprise app platform, something that Valve and HTC have been focusing on lately through Steam and Viveport.

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Gravity Jack

APRIL 14, 2023

The virtual reality (VR) landscape has been rapidly evolving over the past few years, and one of the most promising advancements that are set to change the game is the Oculus passthrough functionality. First and foremost, the Oculus passthrough functionality brings a new level of safety and convenience to VR experiences.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 27, 2022

Meta Platforms has begun raising prices $100 on its Meta Quest 2 headsets, media reported on Tuesday, citing an announcement from the Oculus blog. It wrote in the post, “Starting in August, Meta Quest 2 will cost $399.99 USD and $499.99 USD for the 128GB and 256GB versions respectively.

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JULY 13, 2017

Oculus Medium is a creative platform that enables users to create amazingly detailed digital sculptures using the power of VR with their Oculus Rift and Touch controllers. The Oculus team took to their official blog to share the news that Studio Share is on the way and currently in beta.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2021

More recently the game launched on Oculus Quest where it has become one of the headset’s most popular titles. Facebook announced the acquisition today on the Oculus blog , saying that it is “eager to support Dante [CEO] and Downpour Interactive in growing Onward as one of the foremost multiplayer VR games […].”

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Road to VR

MAY 15, 2017

Oculus Research, the VR and AR R&D division of the company, today announced a new display technology that they’re calling the “Focal Surface Display.” ” Oculus Research’s Focal Surface Display prototype | Photo courtesy Oculus. .” An accompanying blog post offers additional detail.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2021

” FitXR’s new HIIT studio is available now on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets with three introductory classes available free of charge. The support for HIIT training marks a major milestone for FitXR and the VR fitness industry as a whole, offering users a purely fitness-focused experience.

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2020

All last week Oculus announced their VR news through the Facebook Game Developers Showcase. The three-day event featured videos and special blog posts. On Tuesday, a post went live on the VIVE blog detailing what their digital GDC alternative offerings will look like. “The Facebook posted VR news without any teasers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 3, 2017

Recently Oculus announced via their blog that they’ve added native MR support to their flagship PC VR headset, the Oculus Rift. There are a couple things the Oculus team recommends you keep in mind if you want to take advantage: You’ll need a way to mount the Touch controller for dynamic camera tracking.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2021

Last week we started seeing reports that users couldn’t find Oculus Quest 2 across a range of Amazon EU websites. The headset is still unavailable in many Amazon Europe sites as of this week, but Oculus isn’t saying why. Oculus has dealt with this issue previously.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 17, 2020

Much like the Game Developers Conference (GDC) which it’s replacing, Facebook’s Game Developers Showcase is a chance for the company to announce both consumer and industry-focused news, with the first day mainly concentrating on Oculus Quest. As VRFocus has previously reported , the OpenXR 1.0

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Upload VR

JUNE 4, 2024

— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) June 3, 2024 If you're somehow unaware, Luckey founded Oculus VR in 2012 to launch the Kickstarter campaign that would eventually lead to the consumer Oculus Rift in 2016, essentially reviving VR from the dead. Luckey went on to co-found defense company Anduril Industries, recently valued at $12.5

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2020

In June, Oculus announced that it would no longer carry Go. As if in response, Pico announced the addition of new headsets in its G2 4K line – cornering the market on industry 3DoF. It may not seem like it, but it’s been over two years since Oculus launched the Go. Oculus has since made good on its promise.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The company announced that Oculus will be backing out of GDC over similar concerns. Every year, we donate a portion of F8 ticket sales to an organization working to diversify the tech industry,” adds Facebook. Sony, Microsoft, EA, and several other major names are reportedly skipping this year’s conference as well.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In my career as an XR professional, I’ve got to know people from all over the world, especially thanks to this blog, social media, and the international events I attended. Do you know that there are some XR blogs and magazines all in Spanish to cater to Spanish and Southern American markets? applicants as of this writing).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 8, 2024

Apple Vs Meta The Vision Pro’s debut has put a lot of industry vendors, veterans, and leaders on the note; the fresh face in the industry is creating buzz due to the firm’s ability to drive interest and investment into its chosen computing segment.

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2022

. “Our initial suite of parental supervision tools, which include a Parent Dashboard accessible from the Oculus mobile app, will allow parents to link to their teen’s account,” Meta says in a blog post. The parent can then approve or deny the request from the Oculus mobile app.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Facebook’s Oculus VR team is announcing a new bundle for its Oculus Rift VR system. With it, customers can get a Rift headset, the Oculus Touch controllers, an ASUS VivoX PC , and four free games for the total price of $1300. The bundle will be available in “select territories” through Amazon and NewEgg.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2021

Facebook announced the acquisition today on the Oculus blog, saying that Population: One has “consistently ranked as one the top-performing titles on the Oculus platform.” Which of course makes players wonder whether or not the game will continue to be supported on non-Oculus platforms.

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Cats and VR

MAY 31, 2016

Looks like Oculus Rift is getting a hotly anticipated VR exclusive. The Superhot team announced via a blog post that they will be coming to Rift later this year. We're now working super close with the guys at Oculus to release Superhot VR later this year," the team said in its first developer's log. Cats And VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

In a surprise announcement, Facebook is announcing today that it will be shuttering Oculus Story Studio. Story Studio is the team within Oculus that focused on the creation of narrative driven virtual reality content like the emmy award winning Henry, emotionally moving story Dear Angelica and breakout content like Lost.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2016

The usual suspects were there in force, but this year’s E3 also set the stage for significant announcements from major gaming industry players who have committed to joining the VR industry. The post Major Gaming Industry Players Jump into VR at E3 2016 appeared first on Road to VR. E3 2016 has come to a wrap.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

After releasing a major update for Boneworks on Steam this week , virtual reality (VR) developer Stress Level Zero has now brought the videogame to the Oculus Store for Oculus Rift. Adding to the announcements, the studio has confirmed a new version based on Boneworks is in development for Oculus Quest.

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Cats and VR

MAY 16, 2016

Today Oculus kicked off a new initiative today called VR for Good by launching two pilot VR film programs to inspire the next generation of VR creators – starting with high school students, rising VR filmmakers, and nonprofit organizations. Information provided by the Oculus Blog Check out Cats And VR's 360° Videos here: [link].

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JULY 10, 2017

Oculus is parting ways with another long-standing employee today. Underwood wrote about the decision to leave Oculus on a blog today , revealing that he was leaving to join indie videogame publisher, Raw Fury. “With that said, Oculus, and the people within it, completely changed my life. .

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DECEMBER 18, 2016

Ever since Oculus was acquired by Facebook in 2014 the industry has wondered how exactly the Silicon Valley titan’s massive social media influence would shape its new acquisition. billion dollar deal was struck there have been a small handful of social VR appetizers (Oculus Social) and convention hall tech demonstrations.

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Road to VR

MARCH 1, 2017

In an aggressive move to that’ll help lower the bar of entry still further for VR, Oculus have announced sizeable permanent price drops for both the Oculus Rift headset and Oculus Touch controllers, both now cut by $100 each. SEE ALSO Oculus Touch Review: Reach into Rift. ’ announcement.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

The Oculus Rift headset allows employees to enter the vehicle and feel the facilities. Aerospace industry is not willing to tolerate any kind of error. Augmented Reality and VR solutions for manufacturing industries are perfect. Ford Motor Company. Ford has adopted VR to develop and design its designs. Boeing Aerospace Company.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 27, 2018

While Palmer Luckey provided his own Magic Leap One headset to iFixit for their tear down, the founder of Oculus certainly had his chance for a proper review before the spudgers and screwdrivers came out, and he isn’t pulling any punches either. That is not good for the XR industry. Image courtesy FCC. than Consumer AR 1.0.

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InstaVR

AUGUST 13, 2019

As mentioned in last week’s blog , the Oculus Ques t has blown away sales expectations since launching three months ago. The Oculus Quest, in particular, is a great vehicle for delivering VR experiences. So what use cases do Enterprise clients have for InstaVR + Oculus Quest? VR for Training Using Oculus Quest.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

It was well over a year ago that the promise of Xbox streaming to the Oculus Rift was first promised by Phil Spencer during a June 2015 press event in San Francisco. ” According to the blog, the data will be shared between the two systems via your home’s wifi network. Tagged with: Headset , microsoft , oculus , rift.

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2019

Beat Games CEO Jaroslav Beck announced the news in a video blog , saying he optimistically expected the game to reach 150,000 copies before its release, a number three times larger than the team’s pre-launch estimation. Beat Saber is available on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows VR headsets (early access), and on PSVR.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

“With this collaboration, we’re further strengthening our partnership with Verizon to solve new challenges in the industry and advance consumer and enterprise AR use cases.” Is it weird-looking? Sure, a little bit. But no weirder than wearing an AR or VR headset in public, which is slowly becoming the norm. .

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

With Sumerian, you can build multi-platform experiences that run on hardware like the Oculus , HTC Vive , and iOS devices using WebVR compatible browsers and with support for ARCore on Android devices coming soon. Thank you Tara Walker for providing info via your blog post

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Announced today on their blog , Oculus is transitioning to ratings provided by the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) which is the same system used in the Google Play Store and Nintendo eShop. Existing titles will need to complete the IARC rating process no later than March 1, 2017 to avoid removal from the Oculus Store.

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