Categories Posted inin Gameplay ProBeat: Oculus Connect 5 taught me Facebook Live still sucks Posted byby GamesBeat September 28, 2018 2 min As part of our Oculus Connect 5 coverage this week, we sent Dean Takahashi to the event in San Jose, California while the broader... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: Will the Oculus Quest get Zuckerberg to his 1 billion VR users? Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 28, 2018 7 min It was a big moment for virtual reality this week when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Oculus Quest, a standalone, wireless VR headset... Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Face Your Fears 2 for Oculus Quest hands-on — Jump scares are frightening in VR Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 27, 2018 3 min Face Your Fears 2 is one of the titles coming for the Oculus Quest wireless virtual reality headset in the spring. And it checks... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Oculus CTO John Carmack hopes VR will connect people across the globe Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 27, 2018 3 min John Carmack had an apt opening line in his Oculus Connect 5 keynote speech today in San Jose, California. “A long-term vision can be... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Oculus CTO Carmack plans microSD and low-power support for Go, more for Go 2 Posted byby GamesBeat September 27, 2018 3 min During a freewheeling day two keynote speech at Oculus Connect 5, Oculus CTO John Carmack spoke about a number of technical and design challenges... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Oculus Quest hands-on — The freedom of playing tennis in VR without wires Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 27, 2018 3 min Facebook showed a demo of its new Oculus Quest virtual reality headset on Wednesday, and it could be quite liberating because it gets rid... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Why Insomniac is making its fourth virtual reality game Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 26, 2018 10 min The contemporary version of virtual reality has only been around for a few years, but Mike Daly is one of its veterans. As a... Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Nate Mitchell interview — How Oculus is staying the course in greenlighting VR games Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 26, 2018 6 min Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in 2016 that the social network had invested $250 million in virtual reality apps and games for the Oculus Rift... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Oculus Connect 5: The big gaming announcements Posted byby Mike Minotti September 26, 2018 2 min Oculus Connect 5 focused on the Oculus Quest, the new standalone VR headset that is coming out in spring. But the event still had... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Ready At Dawn Studios will launch Lone Echo II for Oculus Rift in 2019 Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 26, 2018 1 min Ready At Dawn Studios won high praise in 2017 for its Lone Echo and Echo Arena virtual reality games. Now the studio will launch a single-player sequel,... Continue Reading 1 min