A recent study by Facebook IQ, in which people completed one-on-one conversations in VR, concluded that most people respond positively, and introverts in particular feel more comfortable. Facebook IQ is a team established to assist marketers in understanding the way people communicate online and offline. Facebook has been exploring the potential of social VR since...
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The Oculus Acquisition May Cost Facebook $3 Billion, Not $2.3 Billion
Last week a lawsuit filed against Oculus and its management started its trial in Dallas, Texas. The suit is being filed by ZeniMax, an umbrella company that owns several high profile gaming studios such as Bethesda Softworks and id Software. The plaintiff alleges Oculus CTO John Carmack abused his former position at ZeniMax to give...
VR Livestreaming to Facebook Now Supported by NVIDIA GeForce Experience
At CES 2017 it was announced that users with NVIDIA’s Geforce Experience software will be able to stream gameplay of whatever they’re playing, including VR content, to Facebook Live. An update now available for the software enables the feature, including the ability to share 360 degree screenshots. GeForce Experience—software unique to Nvidia’s GPUs which keeps drivers...
Palmer Luckey Answers Questions In ZeniMax Court Case
Publicly, Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey has been missing in action since the revelation that he supported a political propaganda campaign back in September 2016. This week, however, he’s unavoidably stepped back into the spotlight as he answered questions in the ongoing Oculus-ZeniMax legal battle. Yesterday was an eventful day for the case, with Facebook CEO Mark...
Oculus Store Transitions to IARC to Provide Regionally Accurate Game Ratings
Back in August of 2016 one of our writers opened up about his fear of VR’s perception and how the existing ratings system would be influential in that. At the birth of VR’s gaming ecosystem, a couple games got an “M” rating from the ESRB right off the bat, citing “VR interactivity” as a significant factor...
Oculus Story Studio’s ‘Dear Angelica’ To Ship ‘So Soon’
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival kicks off tomorrow in Utah and, after skipping out CES, it marks the first big event of the year for Oculus. Facebook’s VR company has traditionally made a big splash at the prestigious event, which celebrates independent film making. Two years back it introduced the Oculus Story Studio division along...
Facebook Says Introverts Feel More Comfortable with VR Social Interaction
A recent study by Facebook IQ, in which people completed one-on-one conversations in VR, concluded that most people respond positively, and introverts in particular feel more comfortable. Facebook IQ is a team established to assist marketers in understanding the way people communicate online and offline. Facebook has been exploring the potential of social VR since...
Inside IMAX’s Big Bet to Rule the Future of VR
The company that turns cinema to spectacle is betting big on the future of face-computers. The post Inside IMAX’s Big Bet to Rule the Future of VR appeared first on WIRED. Source: Inside IMAX’s Big Bet to Rule the Future of VR
Gear VR’s ‘Darknet’ Will Hit PlayStation VR Very Soon
One-man VR development force E McNeill released his third game onto Gear VR last week, but his original project is finally coming to PlayStation VR, too. As announced over on the PlayStation Blog, Darknet, the developer’s futuristic hacking-based puzzle game, is making its way from Gear VR and Oculus Rift over to Sony’s system at...
Valve Head Affirms Work on First-party VR Games and Interest in Future Technology
During a Q&A on Reddit, Valve head Gabe Newell affirmed that the company is continuing development its own first-party VR content, as well as exploring interests in new technologies which could play a part in Valve’s future. After dodging a flurry of Half-Life 3 related questions, Gabe Newell addressed a question asking what direction the company...