Oculus Archives - Page 22 of 24

For better or worse, consumer virtual reality is here with the Samsung Gear VR

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 20, 2015
6 min

The second generation of virtual reality is now officially a full-blown consumer product. We can no longer linger around the outer rim of virtual...

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The new $100 Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR opens for preorders in the U.S. today

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2015
1 min

We knew it was coming some time in November, but Samsung has confirmed that the new Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR is open for preorders...

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Facebook-owned Oculus acquires Pebbles Interfaces, an Israeli motion-sensing technology company

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 16, 2015
2 min

This marks the sixth acquisition Oculus has made since it was bought by Facebook.

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The DeanBeat: E3 will bring us reboots, ‘toys to death,’ and VR madness

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 12, 2015
6 min

Game makers are investing as heavily as ever. But is the money going into the right games?

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Oculus reveals the final design of its Rift virtual reality headset

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 11, 2015
1 min

A whole virtual reality economy is riding on Oculus Rift, which is the premiere technology for viewing apps in VR. Digi-Capital estimates that the combination of augmented reality and virtual reality will be a $150 billion market by 2020. The potential is so huge that Facebook bought Oculus last year for $2 billion.

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New Oculus branding ditches the creepy eye for something more … abstract

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 9, 2015
1 min

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.”