A reflection on Facebook's VR efforts as the Oculus Rift turns five: an astonishing number of problems have been solved but many big challenges remain
and expansive oral history from some of the talented folks who lived it. // https://tech.fb.com/... Jon Ostrower / @jonostrower : Facebook is spending far more on R&D than Boeing and Airbus — combined...
A deep dive into Facebook's big bet on expertise in AR; CTO Mike Schroepfer says the company needs it to remain relevant in 10 or 20 years
Mark Zuckerberg got his first taste of the Oculus Rift, the pioneering virtual reality headset, in January 2014. Standing in one of the few Facebook … Tweets: @kchaykowski . Thanks: @alexkummert Twee...
YouTube debuts 360-degree YouTube VR app on Steam in early access for HTC Vive, but users of the beta are reporting several problems from bugs to crashes
There's a lot of VR content out there, but much of it is for one platform or another — what works on Gear VR may not on Daydream, the HTC Vive or the Oculus Rift.
Second Life creator Linden Lab launches open beta for social VR platform Sansar, currently supported on HTC Vive VR headset, the Oculus Rift, and Windows PCs
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Facebook drops price of Oculus VR headset for the second time in four months, now $399 with Touch Controller for six weeks
The Oculus Rift and Touch controller bundle is $399 for the summer, months before Oculus' big fall event. — Facebook's Oculus Rift VR headset already got one price drop back in March.
Anyone can now make and publish Daydream VR apps
While virtual reality technology and hardware are almost “there”, actual significant content remains hard to come by. With more powerful systems like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, the price of equipm...
Oculus Touch review: precise, usually reliable tracking and fantastic hardware design, but the two-controller package is pricey at $199
Healing the Rift — When the Oculus Rift reawakened our fascination with virtual reality in 2012, it was largely a visual medium.
PlayStation VR review: a decently priced and comfortable headset with some good launch titles, but held back by its motion controllers
This was supposed to be the year virtual reality broke out. The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, the first two high-end consumer devices on the market …
Alcatel's new standalone VR headset, the Vision, has 2 1080x1020 displays, 3 hours of battery, is likely to retail for $500-600, but won't use Daydream platform
While Samsung's Gear VR requires a smartphone and full-fledged headsets like the Oculus Rift require a computer, Alcatel's newly announced Vision doesn't need either.
Minecraft gets Oculus Rift support as part of an update to Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta
Minecraft has landed on the Oculus Rift as part of a free update to the Windows 10 Edition beta. Anyone who owns the PC or Mac version of Minecraft is automatically granted access …