Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2019

Optimization is no easy task, especially with the limited resources of mobile hardware like the Snapdragon 835 processor in the Oculus Quest. In nine minutes, this crash course offers up an indie-dev focused overview of optimizing VR games built in Unity for mobile hardware like Oculus Quest.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Oculus Quest, the company’s newly announced high-end standalone headset, has a USB Type-C connector. Oculus CTO John Carmack tweeted recently that although “it was debated a lot,” the team ultimately decided against adding in VirtualLink functionality.

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Slashgear

OCTOBER 22, 2021

An Oculus Go unlocked OS build was released today, courtesy of John Carmack. It’s a surprise, honestly, now that Oculus is owned by Facebook. After a prolonged period of time and a whole lot of work in securing the rights to release the software, Carmack and crew made this build a reality. It IS a welcome surprise, in any case.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

John Carmack, legendary programmer and key player in the Oculus Rift genesis story, announced recently that he’s won a decisive battle within Facebook to finally release root access to Oculus Go, the 3DOF standalone VR headset launched in 2018. Photo by Road to VR.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This week, we look at Oculus Quest's 2nd birthday, Varjo's new hardware, and Accenture's big VR buy. The post Spatial Beats: Oculus, Accenture & Varjo appeared first on AR Insider. Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Quest Pro is here and brings with it some welcomed hardware improvements but a dubious value proposition that’s highly dependent on someone else making the right apps. Curiously, neither of these use-cases really demand the hardware that Quest Pro brings to the table. The former is pretty straightforward. Did the first bar close?

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2024

Palmer Luckey, Oculus founder and creator behind the original Oculus Rift, teased an upcoming announcement that he’s working on a new XR headset. Luckey says in a post on X that he’ll be talking more about the device at Augmented World Expo (AWE), which takes place in Long Beach, California from June 18-20.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The company will cease delivery of all hardware pending “discussions with supervisory authorities.” ” Earlier this morning, Facebook announced a temporary halt on the sale of Oculus products in Germany to ensure their products comply with local laws. “We hope to resume sales again in the future.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey may have left Facebook in 2017, but as the designer behind the Oculus Rift and its two developer kits, he has unique insight into what makes VR headsets tick. Whatever your hardware hackery skill level, Luckey issues a pretty big proviso worth noting first: WARNING: Be careful if you try this yourself.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 12, 2019

Sony is the market share leader for VR hardware revenues according to the latest report from Strategy Insights. That’s followed by Oculus (presumably all variants) at 25 percent and HTC (same) at 22 percent. Sony [PSVR] is making the same play… Oculus could tap into that market with something that’s even more convenient.”.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Zuckerburg reveals hand and finger tracking without the need for additional hardware. Facebook’s Oculus Connect 6 kicked off this morning with a slew of big reveals for the Oculus Quest standalone headset, one of the biggest being the reveal of hand and finger tracking. Image Credit: Facebook. Image Credit: Facebook.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2021

At the time, however, this was one of the most advanced pieces of consumer electronic hardware you could buy for under $600. . Real Commodore 64 – Virtually is actually based off an earlier version that Gomberg built for the Oculus Go back in 2020, which itslef was based on a Commodore 64 project by Jonas Minnberg called Machineroom.

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VRScout

MAY 12, 2021

Co-founder Dave Baszucki says the Oculus Quest makes “perfect sense” for the popular online multiplayer game. Could Roblox be heading to VR via the Oculus Quest? ” Unfortunately, you will need a VR-ready PC in order to access the game in VR on Oculus Quest, but it’s a surprisingly simple process.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Oculus Link, the upcoming feature that will let you play Rift games on Quest, is set to launch sometime in November. SEE ALSO The Most Interesting Thing About Quest Tethering is What it Says About Next-gen Oculus Headsets. SEE ALSO The Most Interesting Thing About Quest Tethering is What it Says About Next-gen Oculus Headsets.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

You can still buy an Oculus Rift S.for now. The company also made the official reveal of the Oculus Quest 2 —a lighter, faster, all-in-one VR headset available this October beginning at $299. You can still order a Rift S via the Oculus website… for now. It’s been an exciting week for VR!

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VRScout

MARCH 5, 2021

Today I’m going to be explaining how to play Roblox in VR on your Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headset. In order to run Roblox on the Oculus Quest/Quest 2, you will need a VR-ready PC. Image Credit: Oculus. OCULUS LINK (Wired). If you’re looking for convenience, Oculus Link is the way to go.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. More info (HTC is going to launch a new hardware) More info (Second tweet from HTC) More info (Third tweet from HTC). Chinese VR manufacturer Pico has just got a big round of financing of 242M yuan (circa 37 million dollars) to continue developing its hardware and software platforms.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Alongside a wave of game and hardware announcements, the company revealed Infinite Office, a collection of work-focused features perfect for creating your own virtual workspace. The post Oculus Quest 2’s ‘Infinite Office’ Lets You Create Your Own Virtual Workspace appeared first on VRScout. Image Credit: Facebook.

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VRScout

JANUARY 15, 2021

Oculus Quest and Quest 2 owners are finally getting several features they’ve been asking for since launch: support for multiple accounts and app sharing. Support for multiple accounts will extend first to the Oculus Quest 2 followed by original Oculus Quest headsets at a later time. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

Last year a user going by the name Pixelacos on YouTube posted a video of Dolphin running natively on an Oculus Quest headset. Some games work better than others according to Pixelacos, though to get any Nintendo game running natively on Oculus hardware is a feat in its own right. Feature Image Credit: Pixelacos Gameplays.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In a tweet made yesterday by Oculus Support, the company elaborated on its Terms of Service after a string of customer complaints, clarifying that the use of a single Facebook account on two or more Oculus VR headsets will NOT result in a suspension or permanent ban, despite what customer support might have said.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The Oculus Quest 2 is the most exciting piece of VR hardware to hit the market since Facebook’s original standalone VR headset, offering incredible visuals, increased processing power, and a smaller, lighter design—all for a lower price than the first-generation model. The best VR headset on the market just got even better.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2024

While Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions a range of “specialized” third-party headsets running its OS, and consequently having access to its store of XR apps, former Oculus CTO and legendary programmer John Carmack says we shouldn’t expect cheaper VR headsets than Quest as a result. Unquestionably.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Another month, another round of free games and apps for the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2. The following VR games and apps are available now on the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2 100% free of charge via the Oculus Quest Store, App Lab, and SideQuest: COUCH. Couch is available free on Oculus (Meta) Quest via the App Lab. NEVER BOARD.

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VRScout

AUGUST 25, 2020

Oculus Connect is now Facebook Connect according to an update by Andrew Bosworth, head of the new Facebook Reality Lab. Facebook’s VR/AR division, Oculus Research, is also receiving a bit of love in the form of a new label: Facebook Reality Labs. Stream it on the Facebook Reality Labs page or in Oculus Venues September 16.

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VRScout

JULY 15, 2021

The popular PC VR RPG experience A Township Tale has finally arrived on Oculus Quest headsets, and the game is already creating some serious buzz among players. Personal Server – Oculus Quest players can start their own cloud-hosted server with an eight concurrent player limit. For more information, click here !

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Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2022

Facebook announced back in late 2021 that it would rebrand itself to Meta and eventually dissolve the Oculus brand. In 2022 the company has steadily taken steps to make this a reality, including rebranding its flagship VR headset, Oculus Quest 2, as Meta Quest 2. The Oculus logo and type under Facebook. Not yet, anyway.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 8, 2017

Oculus has had a few stumbles since it launched the Rift VR headset just over a year ago now. No hardware manufacturer in my memory has given away as much software for free as Oculus has in its first year.” No hardware manufacturer in my memory has given away as much software for free as Oculus has in its first year.”

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Facebook today announced that it’s working with Rockstar Games to bring Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) exclusively to the Oculus Quest 2 headset. This follows a trend of established studios reformatting older games, such as Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 (2005), for the Oculus Quest 2 hardware.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2021

brings improvements to error handling of Oculus Link and Air Link which is meant to improve reliability. Valve has committed to making Steam a hardware agnostic place for VR headsets, even going so far as actively maintaining the code that makes Oculus headsets work on the platform in the first place.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The Oculus brand will be phased out, with the Quest product line becoming Meta Quest. The Oculus brand, which has existed alongside the company’s other products, will be phased out in order to allow the company’s metaverse and XR efforts to be positioned under Meta as the parent brand. Image courtesy Meta.

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VRScout

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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and key player in the VR startup’s genesis story, says Sony’s upcoming PSVR 2 headset may be see a bumpy road to adoption based on its high price and potential for scattershot geographic distribution. Looking to learn all about PSVR 2 before it launches this month?

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Upload VR

JULY 18, 2024

Meta's AR/VR hardware teams have been told to cut spending by 20% by 2026, The Information reports. Taking into account the total spending since acquiring Oculus in 2014, that figure could be close to $100 billion.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 12, 2024

XR was the future of computing, he wagered, and in buying a little known startup called Oculus, Meta would beat Apple to the punch. And he put his money where his mouth was by dropping more than $2 billion in 2014 to buy Oculus, a small startup that precipitated a grassroots resurgence of virtual reality technology.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, you just picked up your Oculus Quest 2 headset and you’re ready to dive into a massive catalog of AAA games and apps like The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners , Beat Saber, or Blaston! Next, download the official Oculus companion app via the iOS App Store or Google Play. Unfortunately, this is non negotiable.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2019

Record yourself in the virtual world with Oculus’ official MRC kit. Yesterday, Oculus launched its official set of Mixed Reality Capture Tools for the Oculus Quest, allowing users to record high-quality gameplay footage where real-world objects and people appear in VR. Image Credit: Oculus. Compatible USB or HDMI camera.

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