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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

AWE USA 2025 is set to include speakers from some of the biggest names in the XR industry, including Oculus & Anduril founder Palmer Luckey, along with Jason Rubinone of the only remaining early Oculus executiveswho is presently Meta’s Vice President of Metaverse Experiences.

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APRIL 23, 2024

The news is prompting significant discussion within the XR industry, including from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey. What eventually became the ‘Quest’ headset and ‘Horizon OS’ platform from Meta started when the company bought a VR startup called Oculus back in 2014. Hopefully it isn’t too late.”

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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. The post Oculus Rift Creator Palmer Luckey is Developing a New XR Headset appeared first on Road to VR.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Augmented Empire revives the Oculus Go narrative strategy game next month with mixed reality support on Quest, and we went hands-on. Developed by Coatsink, Augmented Empire is a 2017 turn-based strategy game initially developed for Oculus Go and Gear VR. 0:00 / 1:20 1× Augmented Empire gameplay footage on Oculus Go.

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MAY 2, 2024

Barra warns that, like the company’s first standalone headset Oculus Go, the novelty around casual content consumption will probably fade fairly quickly. Most users who bought Oculus Go completely abandoned the headset after a few weeks. Most users who bought Oculus Go completely abandoned the headset after a few weeks.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Meta's CTO says he "loved and hoped to keep" the Oculus brand. "I This is very different than Oculus, a name I definitely loved and hoped to keep. Boz (@boztank) March 19, 2025 Meta, then Facebook, acquired Oculus in 2014 for almost $3 billion in total. No, I'll definitely tell the story some day.

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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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JUNE 19, 2024

This week at AWE 2024, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey spoke briefly about a new XR headset he’s developing. Luckey founded Oculus in 2012, the company whose Rift headset was the spark that rebooted the modern era of VR. Likely that “stuff” refers to enterprise-focused use-cases like training, education, and design.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Developed by PlaySide Studios and published by Meta’s in-house Oculus Publishing arm, we can expect the game on Quest 3, Quest 3S and Quest Pro sometime this December. Navigate through eerie vignettes filled with intricate puzzles and unsettling scenarios, all while exploring Jessica’s fragmented memories.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

At E2 2012, Carmack got a chance to go hands-on with an early Oculus Rift prototype running Doom 3: BGF Edition, a remastered version of the iconic shooter released in 2004. “I had some hope, but that was still too small potatoes to make anything happen in a Microsoft company.”

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JANUARY 24, 2025

Now-defunct Oculus Video app | Image courtesy Meta Without rehashing ancient history (the list of now-defunct home theater apps goes on), Meta’s most recent attempt was in Horizon Home on Quest, which was updated in 2021 to allow multiple users to join your home space and do things like watch videos and launch into VR apps together.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

Recently, independent developer I-Illusions ( Space Pirate Trainer ) shared several updates on the upcoming court-size shooter, teasing a multifaceted multiplayer experience for the Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2. That being said, Space Pirate Arena is far from the first “hall-scale” VR shooter on Oculus Quest headsets.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

Brought to us by developer Moon Mode, Spacefolk City is an upcoming VR city-building game for Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, and SteamVR headsets that will have you constructing complex urban environments in order to save the inhabitants of a solar system on the verge of destruction. on Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, and SteamVR headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

So, this article helps you learn these: How to setup hand-tracking in Unity The different uses for hand tracking in your VR projects A quick guide to hand-tracking design for AR/VR with the Oculus Quest When you should use controllers or hands When and how to use levers Other interesting facts about hand-tracking. What is the Risk of Failure?

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JANUARY 9, 2025

Attention Labs Attention Labs is a company working on “Real-time auditory focus” This is a concept that I have found fascinating since the time that Michael Abrash introduced it at an Oculus Connect some years ago.

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AUGUST 21, 2021

Connect the dots in this relaxing VR puzzle game available now on Oculus Quest headsets via the App Lab. Entrance yourself in a zen-like flow as you connect the dots to create massive whales, ducks, and other 3D designs in Skybinder , a meditative VR experience available now on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Every year I make this prediction game about what Facebook is going to announce at Oculus/Facebook connect, and this year won’t be an exception! Oculus Rift 3. Oculus Quest 2 Pro / Oculus Quest 3. Facebook is going to announce the Oculus Quest 2 Pro. Updates on Oculus Store. New Facebook Name.

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DECEMBER 11, 2021

At Facebook Connect 2021, Meta has announced Application SpaceWarp, a new solution to boost the framerate of Oculus Quest 2 applications up to +70%. Thanks to Application SpaceWarp, which can be shortened in AppSW, your Oculus Quest 2 experience can run at half the frame rate without impacting how the user sees it.

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AUGUST 14, 2021

2017’s charmingly odd platforming game Getting Over It is getting an unofficial VR remake for the Oculus Quest and PC VR. In that same thread, Bezbro confirmed that the title would be heading to Oculus Quest and—after some initial confusion—PC VR headsets. Image Credit: u/BezBro via Reddit.

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JULY 14, 2022

That is, an application built for the Oculus runtime can also run for the Valve Index on SteamVR. Since I use Quest+Link, I have added Oculus Touch Controller Profile. This means that if you are using OpenXR to build for Quest, you can’t use the functionalities of the Oculus Utilities package. And that’s it!

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Originally released in 2013 on the original Oculus Rift DK1, the HL2VR mod allowed early adopters to play through the entirety of Half-Life 2’s single-player campaign in VR with support for the Razer Hydra motion controllers. The mod will be available on up-to-date Oculus Rift and SteamVR headsets. Source: RoadToVR *.

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JUNE 16, 2022

Windows 11, Oculus, and SteamVR. If you have Windows 11, you may have issues with virtual reality, especially if you are using Oculus Link or Oculus Air Link. These problems become even worse when you use Oculus in conjunction with SteamVR. How to solve SteamVR performances issues with Oculus Link on Windows 11.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Fujita, a DreamWorks Animation veteran, is also known for his work at the now defunct Oculus Story Studios on VR animated short films Henry (2015) and chapter 1 of Wolves in the Walls (2018), as well as a massive slate of VR animations , some of which you can see in the Theater Elsewhere app right now.

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JULY 7, 2022

Meta accounts offer the same functionality as Facebook and Oculus, allowing you to manage your Quest headset as well as download new games and apps from the Meta Store. You’ll be able to find Accounts Center in Settings in the Oculus mobile app, on our website, and in-headset. There are some other changes in the pipeline as well.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Available now on the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2 via SideQuest, Hauntify MR is a unique VR experience that utilizes the Quest’s Passthrough+ technology to transform your real-world environment into a mixed reality hellscape stalked by a horrifying evil spirit. Hauntify MR is available free to download on Oculus (Meta) Quest 2 via SideQuest.

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JUNE 6, 2022

In March of 2022, the company announced plans to bring Move support to the Oculus app, allowing you the ability to track your VR workouts both inside and outside your Quest headset. Those on iPhone have the ability to access their Move stats straight from the Oculus app by enabling support in their Quest headsets.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

There were company-specific events like Oculus Connect and Unity’s Vision Summit. In the early days there were many industry conferences that had a significant draw for the pioneers of XR’s modern epoch. There were XR pockets within big tech conferences like CES, GDC, and E3.

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OCTOBER 24, 2021

Earlier this week Oculus Studios launched Resident Evil 4 VR on Oculus Quest 2 headsets, offering players a fast-paced horror-action experience expertly ported to VR. .” Those interested can check out BrianMp16’s official Ocarina of Time VR Setup Guide here. Image Credit: Nintendo.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2025

In a post on X , the former Oculus CTO once again clarified his position on standalone and PC VR, a position he has held for more than a decade. In 2012, before he even formally joined Oculus, Carmack described his goal of a headset that would use "mobile phone hardware" and cameras for positional tracking with no wires.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

Minecraft Bedrock edition initially rolled out Oculus Rift support in 2016, and then in 2017 for Windows VR headsets. . “After you receive the final update, you will still receive updates on your PC and be able to play without a VR/MR device,” the Bedrock 1.21.40 changelog reads, echoing the previous statement made about PSVR.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

During her time at Meta/Oculus, Watson worked on a number of Quest-related projects, including both the tethered Link and the company’s Wi-Fi streaming tool, Air Link. .” “It is quite literally an ‘Android Apple Vision Pro’ but the execution was excellent.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Coming soon to the Oculus Quest—or should I say Meta Quest— Captain ToonHead vs. the Punks From Outer Space is a VR tower defense game from developer Teravision Games that’s as outrageous as it is brilliant. Battle flying cats, massive dinosaurs, and blood-thirsty chickens in this one-of-a-kind VR tower defense game.

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MARCH 18, 2025

And that the company went on to dissolve the ‘Oculus’ brand, which had long been the most recognizable name in the industry for enthusiasts and even outsiders. So much has happened in VR in last five years that if you had told me back in early 2020, I’m not sure I would have believed you.

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AR Insider

JUNE 25, 2024

Mixed Reality (MR) on the Oculus Quest and Apple Vision Pro, and… Continue reading → Mixed Reality and Mobile AR Dominate AWE This post appeared first on AR Insider. The 15th Augmented World Expo (AWE) took place in Long Beach last week.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Battle friends and family in immersive free-roam battles using your Oculus (Meta) Quest VR headset. ” MissionX doesn’t include hardware, so you will need to provide your own Oculus (Meta) Quest headsets (between 2-10), a wifi router, a monitor, and Windows PC or laptop in order to play.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Oculus Studios consists of the seven acquired studios building VR and MR games: Beat Games, Camouflaj, Sanzaru Games, Downpour Interactive, BigBox VR, Armature, and Twisted Pixel. Two years ago Meta said 150 games were in "active development", and now it says 100 were shipped in 2024 while 200 are currently in "active production".

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

It is called “First Hand” because it has been roughly inspired by Oculus First Contact , the showcase demo for Oculus Touch controller released for the Rift CV1. But sometimes, I wonder: what is the point of having such a detailed Oculus/Meta SDK, if it works on only one platform?

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