Facebook adds Windows support to Spark AR Studio Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 30, 2019 1 min Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the Spark AR Studio augmented reality app creation platform will now have support for Windows and Mac,... Continue Reading 1 min
Oculus Quest interview — Standalone VR built for value-conscious gamers Posted byby GamesBeat April 30, 2019 9 min Since its announcement last year, Oculus Quest has been touted as the next evolution of VR — a completely standalone, tetherless device with the... Continue Reading 9 min
Oculus Quest: Here’s the 53-game launch lineup Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes April 30, 2019 2 min The wireless Oculus Quest is coming May 21. But what the heck will you be playing on your new $400 VR headset? At launch,... Continue Reading 2 min
Oculus Quest review: Virtual reality’s freedom day is transformative … and pricey Posted byby Jason Wilson April 30, 2019 5 min The Oculus Quest addresses everything that’s wrong with PC and mobile virtual reality these days: It cuts the cords and puts the sensors on... Continue Reading 5 min
Oculus VR’s cross-buy strategy main goal: Facebook platform lock-in Posted byby Jason Wilson April 14, 2019 6 min Facebook is on the path to platform lock-in with Oculus Quest. In case you are unfamiliar with the concept, “customer lock-in” is an economics... Continue Reading 6 min
GamesBeat Summit 2019: Talks on refugees, peace, climate change, and accessibility Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 10, 2019 4 min For 22 of his 24 years of life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan... Continue Reading 4 min
Facebook’s Jason Rubin: Oculus Rift 2 would need ‘radical new tech’ Posted byby Jason Wilson April 7, 2019 1 min The Oculus Rift S was introduced to a somewhat mixed reception last month. Oculus touted a device that made it simpler and easier to get into... Continue Reading 1 min
Raising the bar on content moderation for social and gaming platforms (VB Live) Posted byby GamesBeat March 27, 2019 4 min How did hate speech, abuse, and extremism become the “cost of being online” — and how can you make social platforms engaging, safe, and... Continue Reading 4 min
Lual Mayen: From refugee to game developer Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 23, 2019 3 min For 22 of his 24 years of life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan... Continue Reading 3 min
Oculus Rift S versus Oculus Rift: the spec comparison chart Posted byby GamesBeat March 20, 2019 2 min After months of rumors and a somewhat damning leak, Facebook’s Oculus division today made the Oculus Rift S official as its follow-up to 2016’s... Continue Reading 2 min