Facebook highlights the rising power of Europe’s game industry
Facebook recently hosted a summit for 150 CEOs of European gaming companies that demonstrated just how important that industry has become in this region.
Look out, Line: Facebook Messenger gets its first game
Gaming is a huge part of the success of other chat platforms, and now Facebook is getting in on that action.
New Oculus branding ditches the creepy eye for something more … abstract
Oculus launched a new webpage this morning that shows off its new branding for the first time. The virtual reality platform group dropped the eye-themed logo, simplifying the look with a widened “O.”
Oculus’s ex-Pixar talent wants to make you cry — and show you VR is about more than realism
The company's Story Studio has produced a short VR film about a spiky hedgehog that just loves to hug despite how his spines scare people.
Facebook’s Oculus buys computer vision startup to help the Rift understand the world
The Oculus Rift already understands where you are looking and how you’re moving your body — and now, thanks to an acquisition, it may soon understand the space around you.
Facebook Messenger games could goose its Payments business
As people move off desktops, Facebook Payments revenue is stalling. Messenger-based games could be the answer.
Oculus Rift virtual reality headset won’t ship to consumers until early 2016
Oculus has confirmed that its virtual reality (VR) "Rift" headset won't launch in 2015, and instead it will ship to consumers in Q1 2016.
Facebook launches desktop video app ads to drive game installs
Now even Facebook videos can invite you to social games.
We’re not talking about what VR is doing to our eyes … and our brains
An expert view on the health and safety risks around virtual reality ... or everything you wanted to know about VR but were afraid to ask.