Categories Posted inin Business Documentary filmmaker explores the new visual language of virtual reality Posted byby GamesBeat March 31, 2014 5 min The visual language of a new medium is being discovered ... and games are playing a role. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat community: Write about VR and win The Witch and the Hundred Knight Posted byby Mike Minotti March 28, 2014 2 min We want you to write stories about virtual reality for GamesBeat Unfiltered, and we'll reward a random contributor with a free game. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business This Oculus Rift competitor will work on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 28, 2014 3 min After teasing the device years ago, True Player Gear resurfaces after Facebook acquires Oculus VR. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Valve’s virtual-reality mastermind joins Facebook’s Oculus VR Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 28, 2014 3 min Abrash will take the role of chief scientist at Oculus, and he plans to spend the rest of his career working on virtual reality. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Founder of Facebook’s new virtual-reality company: Sony’s Project Morpheus is ‘a good thing for VR’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 26, 2014 2 min Oculus founder Palmer Luckey thinks that most Morpheus games will end up on Rift. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The superfast rise of Oculus VR: How it went from startup to $2B acquisition in 21 months (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 26, 2014 8 min The founders of Oculus VR describe how their startup survived its charmed life and got acquired by Facebook for $2B. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Oculus-Facebook deal could marry tech, social, and gaming once and for all Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 26, 2014 9 min John Carmack will be working for Facebook and other consequences of the Oculus deal. Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Facebook is buying Oculus for $2B to ‘get ready for the platform of tomorrow’ Posted byby GamesBeat March 25, 2014 1 min “Mobile is the platform of today, and now we’re also getting ready for the platforms of tomorrow,” said Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg,... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Project Morpheus and Oculus Rift are more like ‘The Matrix’ and the holodeck than you think Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 20, 2014 6 min Today's VR experiences are more like the movies than you might imagine. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business A better Rift: Oculus hires former Valve VR engineer Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 11, 2014 2 min Atman Binstock has solved a number of issues with VR gaming, and now he's applying his knowledge at Oculus VR. Continue Reading 2 min