Oculus adds Facebook-powered social features and identity verification

Ever since Facebook acquired Oculus, users expected that the social media giant would begin to integrate its services more deeply and conspicuously into the virtual reality platform. That’s happening today, Oculus says in a blog post, as Facebook-powered social features and identity verification are arriving across the Oculus platform — changes that will require use of a Facebook account, assuming users want to take advantage of them.

The social features were teased at Oculus Connect 6, but now specifically include the following options: