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XR Talks: Behind Facebook’s Spatial Strategy

AR Insider

We’ve estimated that its annual XR R&D spend — not including its $2 billion Oculus acquisition — approaches $10 billion. That includes both AR and VR, the latter being more tangible today, given Oculus’ in-market status. It’s playing a long game and is firmly committed. Evolutionary Path.

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Oculus Founder Reacts to Horizon OS News: “Hopefully it isn’t too late”

Road to VR

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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Interview with Robert Scoble about Oculus Quest 2, Apple Glasses and more!

The Ghost Howls

He has also recently written together with Irena Cronin “The Infinite Retina” , a great book about the technologies of the future, like XR, AI, and autonomous vehicles. But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on.

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Led by Former Oculus Exec, Facebook’s New Cloud Gaming Service Paves the Way to VR Streaming

Road to VR

Not only is the company’s just-launched cloud streaming service headed by Jason Rubin, a former Oculus executive, but VR cloud streaming is being talked about at the highest levels of the company. For the purposes of our beta, that includes genres like sports, card, simulation, and strategy games.

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FTC Sues Facebook Over Alleged Monopolization – What it Could Mean for Oculus

Road to VR

Oculus, the company’s XR organization, is not directly mentioned in the suit, but it’s clear that the case’s outcome would have wide ranging repercussions for all of Facebook’s business segments. The post FTC Sues Facebook Over Alleged Monopolization – What it Could Mean for Oculus appeared first on Road to VR.

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Samsung’s VR Strategy with Tom Harding, Director of Immersive Products

Road to VR

.” He said, “The question is ‘How do we combine the benefits of those two technologies together for our next VR system?'” I had a chance to talk with Samsung’s Tom Harding, who is the Director of Immersive Products in charge of product strategy and bringing VR to the market. Support Voices of VR.

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Oculus should change how it rejects apps for Quest

The Ghost Howls

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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