Facebook Acquisition of Oculus VR is Now Officially Complete

July 21, 2014 | FRΛNK R.

In March of this year, Facebook announced plans to acquire Oculus VR for $2 billion. After being approved by the FTC in late April, and recently passing the California Department of Corporations fairness hearing, the Facebook acquisition of Oculus is now officially complete.

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Oculus Reportedly Working on its own VR Motion Controllers

July 18, 2014 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus VR is reportedly developing its own first-party motion controllers for its Oculus Rift virtual reality headset to give users a much more immersive experience for gaming and simulations, according to CNET.

While it seems like a great idea for … Read More

‘Too much cool stuff going on,’ Palmer Vows to Start Tweeting More

July 16, 2014 | FRΛNK R.

After a long hiatus of not actively participating within the Twitterverse, the one and only Palmer Luckey, Founder of Oculus VR made a surprise “announcement” on Monday via his official Twitter account revealing that he is going to start tweeting more often, and … Read More

Samsung to Launch ‘Gear VR’ Headset at IFA 2014

July 9, 2014 | FRΛNK R.

Back in June, rumors surfaced about Oculus VR and Samsung collaborating to develop a virtual reality headset for high-end smartphones. Now a new image of what appears to be a rendered concept design of Samsung’s VR headset gives us a glimpse of what … Read More

Oculus VR Acquires Game-Networking Engine RakNet

July 7, 2014 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus VR has announced today that it is acquiring RakNet, a cross-platform, C++ game networking engine. RakNet is recognized as one of the leading networking middleware systems in the gaming industry.

According to an official Oculus VR blog post, the … Read More

Oculus VR Announces ‘Oculus Connect’ Developer Conference

July 7, 2014 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus VR has announced today that it will hold its first-ever developer conference, known as Oculus Connect. The conference will be open to the public and take place in Los Angeles, California this September 19-20 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel.

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Oculus VR Hires Plants vs Zombies 2 Producer Bernard Yee

July 5, 2014 | FRΛNK R.

The latest industry veteran to join the Oculus VR team is senior producer of PopCap games Bernard Yee. According to an exclusive interview with GamesBeat, Yee will take the role of producer or product manager for Oculus at its Seattle … Read More

Oculus VR Plans to Emulate Android as Model for Expansion

June 28, 2014 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus VR has big plans to bring virtual reality to the masses. After being acquired by Facebook back in March for $2 billion, the company has hired some of the best talents in the industry, including a recent acquisition of Carbon … Read More

Oculus VR Officially Responds to ZeniMax Lawsuit

June 25, 2014 | FRΛNK R.

Back in late May, ZeniMax Media and its subsidiary id Software filed a lawsuit against Oculus VR accusing the company of stealing and “illegally misappropriating” intellectual property used in the development of the Oculus Rift VR headset.

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Oculus Acquires Design Team Behind Xbox 360 Controller

June 24, 2014 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus VR announced today that it has acquired Carbon Design Group, a Seattle-based product design and development firm, best known for designing the popular Xbox 360 controller, and the original Microsoft Kinect motion sensor.

According to an official blog post, Oculus revealed … Read More