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Facebook Acquires ‘Beat Saber’ VR Development Studio Beat Games
Facebook is acquiring Beat Games, the development studio behind the virtual reality hit game Beat Saber. Following the acquisition, Beat Games will still continue operating independently from its Prague headquarters…
VR Ad Trailers: Christmas Promotional Offensive Begins for PlayStation VR and Oculus Headsets
Sony and Facebook are ramping up the promotional drum for their virtual reality headsets in the run-up to the Christmas season. Both companies have released promotional ad trailers for their…
Facebook Officially Discontinues “Spaces” VR Chat App to Pave Way for Facebook Horizon
Facebook’s social VR network “Horizon” is currently on the horizon and as a result, its virtual reality chat app “Spaces” has now been discontinued. Facebook Horizon will launch in 2020.…
Facebook Opens Oculus Link Hardware Specs to Third-Party Manufacturers
The Oculus Link for Quest enters into the beta phase a few weeks from now. This will allow the standalone Oculus Quest virtual reality headsets to be connected to a…
Superdata Market Research: 180,000 Oculus Quest Headsets Sold in Q3 2019
The Oculus Quest headset doesn’t appear to have been a smash hit as expected. Market insights from Nielsen’s market research firm SuperData Researcher paints a more sobering picture of the…
OC6: Facebook Says Oculus Link Will Also Work with SteamVR Games
Facebook says its Oculus Link update should work with SteamVR which means users should be able to play SteamVR games such as No Man’s Sky and The Elder Scrolls V:…
OC6: New Oculus for Business Launching this November
A new Oculus for Business B2B platform was announced during the Oculus Connect 6 yesterday which launches in November 2019. Companies will be able to leverage this B2B platform to…
Facebook Teases New Half-Dome Prototypes for Oculus Rift 2
Facebook Reality Labs Chief Michael Abrash has teased two new prototype virtual reality headsets, Half Dome 2 and Half Dome 3, during the Oculus Connect 6 today. Both headset prototypes…
Virtual Reality Standardization: Oculus Begins OpenXR Integration
Facebook has already incorporated OpenXR support for its Oculus Rift and Oculus Rift S virtual reality headsets. OpenXR refers to the open standard API for virtual reality and augmented reality…
Social VR App ‘AltspaceVR’ Launches on Oculus Quest on September 12
AltspaceVR was one of the pioneering social VR apps launched for headsets such as the Samsung Gear VR. It created a virtual space where users could hang out, create events…