Oculus was a virtual reality company founded by Palmer Luckey. It was acquired by Facebook, now known as Meta, for $2 billion in cash and stock. Virtual reality has been a major initiative for Meta.
However since it's the same as WMR for tracking area, that kills a lot of it for me. That's my #1 complaint about my Acer WMR set, is that it loses tracking around the edges and I miss notes in beat ...
Of all the virtual reality demos WIRED has tried in the past several years, it is arguably the creative applications rather than games or movies that have been most impressive. Tilt Brush, a VR ...
Facebook is closing around 200 of its 500 Oculus virtual reality demo stations at Best Buy locations across the US, Business Insider has learned. The scaling back of Facebook’s first big retail push ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When the Oculus Rift debuts next week, it won't do so with a star-studded launch party or massive marketing blitz worthy of a new video game console or smartphone. Instead, ...
John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and legendary programmer, isn’t shy when it comes to voicing his opinions on all things XR. To Carmack, Meta’s block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) was “far ...
A special case are the headsets „Dynovisor“ by Takara and "Scuba Visor" by Philips, which were released between 1996 and 1998 ...
John Carmack, legendary programmer and former CTO of Oculus, is known for giving his unfiltered thoughts on almost every aspect of the XR industry. While he departed Meta in December, concluding his ...
Thanks for the detailed, comprehensive write-ups, Sam. Ars' coverage has been instrumental in my ability to form accurate opinions of what upcoming tech can do for efforts with VR training development ...