Facebook Confirms AR Glasses in the Works, Reveals Plan for LiveMaps

September 25, 2019 | FRΛNK R.

At Oculus Connect 6 (OC6), Facebook has officially confirmed after months of speculation that the company is developing its own dedicated pair of consumer-focused augmented reality (AR) glasses.

Facebook’s VP of AR/VR, Andrew Bosworth, revealed on stage during his OC6 … Read More

Facebook Partners with Ray-Ban Parent Company for AR Smart Glasses

September 18, 2019 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus-parent company Facebook has been working on augmented reality for the past couple of years, but it now appears that a new partnership with Ray-Ban parent company Luxottica aims to help design and develop Facebook’s pair of AR smart glasses to … Read More

Oculus Patent Reveals New Details for its Pair of Augmented Reality Glasses

August 20, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

A patent application filed by Facebook’s Oculus has revealed new details about some of the technical breakthroughs that the company is working on to develop its highly-anticipated pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses for the masses.

According to Oculus’ patent … Read More

Oculus’ Michael Abrash says ‘Full AR’ Enabled Glasses Will Change the World

April 20, 2017 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus chief scientist Michael Abrash took to the stage at this week’s annual Facebook F8 developer conference to share an ambitious and long-term vision of how the future of virtual computing, specifically augmented reality, has the potential to enhance almost … Read More

Oculus Adding Over 100 New Jobs as it Expands into Augmented Reality

October 28, 2016 | FRΛNK R.

Are you looking for a job at Oculus? Well, the company has started a major recruitment push towards further expanding into augmented reality and continues advancing the development of future VR hardware and technology for the company.

According to the … Read More

Virtual Reality Will Someday Replace Smartphones, says Luckey

November 4, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

So, how big do we expect virtual reality technology to be in the future? Well, according to Oculus founder, Palmer Luckey, believes VR is going to eventually become “more ubiquitous” than smartphones.

Speaking at this year’s Web Summit 2015, Luckey shared … Read More

Oculus is Researching Augmented Reality, says Iribe

October 5, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

In a recent interview with Develop, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe revealed the company is researching augmented reality, and will definitely continue to look into AR technology in the future. However, don’t expect Oculus to suddenly release a device similar to Microsoft’s HoloLens … Read More

Palmer Luckey ‘Super Excited’ About Microsoft HoloLens

January 22, 2015 | FRΛNK R.

While there have been many rumors about Microsoft planning its own virtual reality headset for quite some time, today we finally get a glimpse of Microsoft’s answer to the virtual reality race alongside Oculus, Sony’s Project Morpheus, and others aspiring … Read More