Virtual reality is getting social, according to an Oculus announcement. While this new functionality is not Snow Crash‘s Metaverse, it does offer a way to find friends who also happen to own the ...

The Oculus Quest recently gained support for over 40 Oculus Go and Gear VR games. It also gained the ability to use several Oculus Go and Gear VR apps. These additions almost double the number of ...

John Carmack has offered a "eulogy" for the Gear VR, Oculus and Samsung's trailblazing mobile VR headset. Carmack, Oculus VR's chief technology officer, admitted it was "time for me to give a bit of a ...

Google started the idea of using a smartphone as the heart and soul of a VR headset and others immediately jumped on the prospect of an affordable VR system for the masses. That included Samsung who ...

“As we move forward into the future with Quest, it is time for me to probably give a bit of a eulogy for Gear VR,” said Oculus CTO John Carmack at Oculus’s Connect 6 Conference today. Gear VR is not ...

Oculus CTO John Carmack took to the stage at Oculus Connect 6 to give his patented stream-of-thought speech. Here, he gave what he called a “eulogy for Gear VR,” as he detailed the failings, and some ...

In perhaps the only unsurprising moment during the saga of Samsung’s exploding Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, Oculus has pulled support for the one-time flagship device from its Gear VR headset. Although a ...

The Oculus Quest's game library continues to expand. Recently, the Oculus Quest gained the ability to play compatible Oculus Go and Gear VR games. This update brought dozens of new titles that you can ...

In what is perhaps a long time coming for VR enthusiasts who have expressed faith in Oculus CEO Palmer Luckey’s vision for mainstream consumer hardware, the Facebook-acquired brand is finally putting ...

At its Oculus Connect 2015 conference, Oculus announced a bunch of new content coming to the Gear VR and Rift headset, including Oculus Arcade, Oculus Video, and Twitch support. All the new apps and ...

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