February 2, 2021 Top Dog SuperData: Oculus Quest 2 shifted 1 million units in Q4 "The Quest 2 benefitted from a lower price than its predecessor"
December 1, 2020 Going Virtual Omdia: Consumers will spend $3.2bn on VR this year This figure set to triple by 2025
November 12, 2020 Asia Experts PlatinumGames, 2K Games, XL Games, Hypergryph and more: G-STAR announces speaker line-up G-CON 2020 is in less than one week and the content is shaping up to be world class: register now!
September 17, 2020 New Hardware Facebook officially reveals Oculus Quest 2 Hardware starts shipping next month, comes with $299 price tag
September 1, 2020 Staying Put Facebook claims Oculus brand isn't going anywhere Follows confusing announcement from the social media giant
August 27, 2020 New Identity Oculus rebrands as Facebook Reality Labs "Together, AR and VR will change how we work, interact, and play, with novel use cases we haven’t even begun to imagine"
August 19, 2020 Another Account Oculus hardware will soon require a Facebook account to use all features "We know that social VR has so much more to offer, and this change will make it possible to integrate many of the features"
June 24, 2020 So Long Oculus will stop producing its Oculus Go hardware To focus on the Rift and Quest
June 23, 2020 Join The Team Facebook acquires Lone Echo developer Ready At Dawn for Oculus Studios No figure placed on the deal just yet
May 20, 2020 Quest For Gold Over $100 million has been spent on Oculus Quest content The hardware was released a year ago
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November 14, 2019 Job News John Carmack leaving Oculus CTO position Will still serve in a consulting role for the VR firm
August 14, 2019 Moving On Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell leaves virtual reality company “Virtual reality is still on the bleeding edge of technology, and this community continues to pioneer the way forward”
May 10, 2019 Job News EA, Zynga and Kabam vet Verdu heading up Facebook AR and VR efforts as Barra steps aside Former AR and VR content boss Rubin moves to new role
April 16, 2019 Augmented Oculus Oculus staffing up for new augmented reality glasses "In the future, our AR glasses will merge the physical and digital worlds"
April 12, 2019 Company Roundup Meet 31 of the top most exciting Washington state games companies Get a chance to meet with the state's finest at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle on May 13th to 14th
October 22, 2018 Jobs News Former Oculus CEO and co-founder Brendan Iribe follows Palmer Luckey out the door Spent six years with the virtual reality pioneers
October 17, 2018 Legal Rift John Carmack's legal dispute with Zenimax Media ends But the fight for Oculus isn’t over yet
September 28, 2018 Vr Versus Switch Carmack on the Oculus Quest: "Realistically, we're going to end up competing with the Nintendo Switch" The veteran engineer sees the standalone VR headset as a secondary device for console or PC owners
September 27, 2018 Remote Discovery Oculus mobile app adds Rift Support so users can find and install VR games remotely App also lets users find events and connect with friends
September 26, 2018 Standalone Oculus Quest offers all-in-one wireless virtual reality headset for $399 No PC or smartphone required
June 29, 2018 Ruled Out Judge halves Facebook’s Zenimax payout to $250 million in Oculus dispute Headset sales won’t be blocked either, Judge rules
May 1, 2018 Into The Wild Facebook wants to make virtual reality more accessible with $199 Oculus Go launch F8 Developer Conference attendees get free headset each
January 9, 2018 Go Mi Oculus partners with Xiaomi to manufacture upcoming standalone VR headset Oculus Go Xiaomi also creating its own near-identical headset for the China market
October 16, 2017 Seeing Clearly Is it price or vision that limits VR’s reach? Putting Oculus Go’s price in context
October 12, 2017 Oculus Go Facebook unveils new standalone virtual reality headset Oculus Go Social Networking giant targets sweet spot between affordability and quality
September 28, 2017 Gear Refunds Oculus unveils new refund policy for Gear VR content For anyone who uses an app for less than half an hour
September 1, 2017 Job News Oculus hires new Chief Marketing Officer Rebecca Van Dyck steps in after Liz Hamren's departure to Microsoft
June 22, 2017 Round Two "Big, hairy fight" rumbles on as ZeniMax demands block on Oculus sales or 20% share Also looking for another $500 million in damages
May 16, 2017 Zenimax Gear Vr ZeniMax accuses Samsung of infringing on trade secrets for its Oculus-powered Gear VR headsets Alleges plan for device was secretly devised within its own office
April 12, 2017 Oculus Fights Back Oculus files motion for new trial to battle $500 million in damages sought by Zenimax Claims damages are excessive
March 31, 2017 Not So Luckey Oculus designer and co-founder Palmer Luckey leaves Facebook It's unknown if he was kicked out or left of his own accord
February 2, 2017 Zenimax Sues Oculus ZeniMax sues Oculus for $500 million for failing to comply with an NDA Former CEO Brendan Iribe paying $150 million himself
January 30, 2017 Shared Vision Facebook taps ex-Xiaomi VP to head up Oculus Hugo Barra takes control of all VR and AR projects
December 14, 2016 Oculus Shuffle Oculus CEO Brendan Iribie steps down to head up new PC VR division Jon Thomason taking lead on new mobile VR division
October 31, 2016 Virtually Hired Oculus hiring over 100 new staff as it boosts AR and future tech development Developing new headsets and experiences
October 11, 2016 Touch The Rift Oculus opens pre-orders for $199 Oculus Touch VR controllers Shipping December 6th
October 7, 2016 Moving On Up Oculus looking to invest $50 million into mobile VR developers Setting aside money for education and diverse developers
October 7, 2016 Look, No Cables! Oculus working on standalone VR headset that's more advanced than the Gear VR Lowers system specs for Rift devices
October 6, 2016 Big Money Oculus takes virtual reality developer funding up to $500 million as it searches for the killer app A quarter of what Facebook spent to buy Oculus
September 20, 2016 Vr Is Here Oculus Rift virtual reality headset launches at UK retail for £549 VR revolution gets underway
May 17, 2016 Setting The Pace Samsung has sold more than 300,000 Gear VR headsets in Europe in 2016 Driven by discount for Samsung Galaxy S7 customers
September 7, 2015 Laying The Foundations Current VR tech is "relatively primitive" and "expensive," says Oculus creator Palmer Luckey: "It is inevitable that it will become better"
June 11, 2015 Looking Good Oculus reveals finalised Rift design, dual Touch controllers, and Xbox One support Price still unconfirmed however
May 6, 2015 The Wait Goes On Oculus announces it will be announcing Oculus Rift details later in 2015 Virtual reality headset due Q1 2016
April 28, 2015 Vr For All Following Mary Lou Jepsen hire, Oculus adds ex-Valve bizdev Anna Sweet Anna Sweet and Mary Lou Jepsen make a real move
February 26, 2015 Competition Oculus launches $1 million Mobile VR Jam 2015 competition Virtual reality contest opens for entries
January 9, 2015 Looking Good The early pioneers of VR have the best opportunity to win big, says Oculus' Rubin Strike while the VR iron is warming