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Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook Connect.

Facebook unveils Horizon Home social VR, Messenger VR calls, and fitness VR on road to metaverse

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 28, 2021
12 min

Facebook has turned its social media battleship toward the metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such as Snow...

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Facebook leaders talk about Workroom in a press briefing.

Facebook unveils Horizon Workrooms for remote coworking in VR

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 19, 2021
7 min

Facebook is launching its open beta for Horizon Workrooms, a way for people to work together remotely in groups with Oculus Quest 2 virtual...

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7 min

Mountaintop revealed its first concept art for its game.

Nate Mitchell’s Mountaintop raises $30M for player-vs.-player games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 18, 2021
4 min

Mountaintop, the studio that Oculus VR cofounder Nate Mitchell founded, has raised $30 million in funding as it moves to the next stage of...

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4 min

Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy’s Edge — Last Call is coming this fall to Oculus Quest

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 11, 2021
2 min

ILMxLab announced today that Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy’s Edge — Last Call is coming to Oculus Quest virtual reality headsets this fall....

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Niantic recruits Oculus’ Dan Morris to run developer relations as it ramps third-party content

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 2, 2021
5 min

Pokémon Go creator Niantic is gearing up to recruit more developers to its next-generation augmented reality tools using its Niantic Lightship platform. And today it...

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5 min

Colette won an Oscar for best documentary short subject film.

Respawn’s documentary Oscar for Colette is a win for VR

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 26, 2021
2 min

Virtual reality earned a great public relations coup from the Oscars. Respawn Entertainment, a division of Electronic Arts, and Oculus Studios won an Academy...

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Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy's Edge Part II

Oculus shows off 12 VR games at its gaming showcase

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 21, 2021
4 min

Facebook’s Oculus division showed off 12 virtual reality games at its first branded Oculus Gaming Showcase event. With strong sales for the Oculus Quest...

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4 min

Rec Room is one of the VR apps with an Oculus subscription option.

Oculus launches subscriptions on Oculus Quest VR headsets

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 15, 2021
1 min

Facebook’s Oculus division has launched subscriptions on its Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headsets. Subscriptions are the rage, with the success...

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The first Oculus Gaming Showcase is coming on April 21.

Oculus plans a virtual reality gaming showcase for April 21

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 12, 2021
1 min

Facebook’s Oculus division will hold a virtual reality gaming showcase on April 21. The first-ever Oculus Gaming Showcase will take place at 3 p.m....

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GamesBeat + Oculus present: “Science fiction, tech, and games” in VR

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 9, 2021
3 min

Science fiction, tech, and games inspire each other; what was once science fiction is becoming technological fact. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, has often...

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