High risk, (maybe) high reward: Devs bet big on VR’s success at Oculus Connect

Oculus Connect felt less like a developer conference and more like a LAN party. You could still watch panel discussions and talk business over meals, but beyond that was something you normally don’t see at these events: laptops and PCs scattered across the hotel’s floors. That’s just the way some developers chose to show off their virtual reality games and applications.

Six months after Facebook acquired Oculus VR for $2 billion, the VR company hosted its first developer conference from Sept.19-20 at Loews Hollywood Hotel. Nearly 1,000 people came to sunny Los Angeles to learn about the latest advancements in VR technology. The space Oculus rented was barely big enough to house them all.