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Oculus shows off Avatars, Parties, and virtual reality Rooms

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Now we know why social networking firm Facebook cared so much about Oculus VR. Today, the company shared many more details about its social virtual reality strategy.

Among the announcements are Avatars, Parties, and Rooms. Now, you can create your own avatar to represent yourself in VR and then join parties of as many as eight people with a single click. You can also gather in virtual rooms, where you can do things like watch a movie or play minigames.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.