News & Reviews
Latest news on the Oculus Rift, and other cool VR stuff!
Meta to Open First Physical Store to Showcase its Hardware Product Line
April 25, 2022 | FRΛNK R.Meta announced its plans to open its first physical retail store next month, situated on the company’s campus in Burlingame, California.
The new Meta Store will open on May 9th and will offer customers the chance to experience Meta’s entire … Read More
Meta Quest Gaming Showcase Set to Return April 20th
March 30, 2022 | FRΛNK R.Meta announced that its second annual Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, formerly known as the Oculus Gaming Showcase, will take place on April 20th and will be filled with all the latest updates and new game announcements for the Quest platform.
Quest Store Surpasses $1 Billion in Content Revenue, 8 Titles Over $20M
February 3, 2022 | FRΛNK R.During Meta’s quarterly earnings call, the company revealed that users had spent more than $1 billion on VR content through the Quest store. A significant milestone since the platform launched in 2019.
While the company did not offer any specifics … Read More
Oculus Quest Rebranded to Meta Quest, and Not All Fans Are Happy
January 27, 2022 | FRΛNK R.Well, it was only a matter of time before the beloved Oculus brand would no longer represent the future of VR. Facebook, now called Meta, has just officially taken another significant step towards phasing out the Oculus name by rebranding … Read More
Oculus Quest ‘Space Sense’ Guardian Feature Detects Objects, People & Pets
November 2, 2021 | FRΛNK R.Meta (formerly Facebook) announced that the latest set of features in software update v34 is rolling out for the Quest platform starting today. Among these new additions comes a significant upgrade to the Guardian system to keep users safe while … Read More
Meta to Reverse Facebook Account Requirement for Oculus Headsets
October 29, 2021 | FRΛNK R.During Connect 2021, Meta (formerly Facebook) CEO Mark Zuckerberg made headlines when he announced that his company is changing its name to ‘Meta’ as part of a rebranding effort. But, another big piece of news revealed is that the company … Read More
Meta is Phasing Out the Oculus Brand
October 29, 2021 | FRΛNK R.At Connect 2021, Facebook announced that it was changing its name to Meta. But it appears the company is taking its rebranding efforts a step further by phasing out the brand that arguably kicked off this entire VR revolution, Oculus, … Read More
Meta’s Presence Platform Brings New Mixed Reality Tools for Developers
October 29, 2021 | FRΛNK R.At this year’s Connect 2021, Meta (formerly Facebook) shared its vision of the metaverse alongside several exciting announcements, including plans to expand support for the mixed reality capabilities of Quest with a suite of new tools that will enable developers … Read More
Facebook Rebrands its Name to ‘Meta’
October 28, 2021 | FRΛNK R.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today during his company’s annual Connect conference that it’s changing its name to Meta. The rebrand is a significant shift for the company as it now focuses its attention and resources on building the metaverse.
Facebook Announces AR Glasses Prototype Codenamed ‘Project Nazare’
October 28, 2021 | FRΛNK R.At this year’s Facebook Connect 2021 developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered not only a glimpse of the upcoming Project Cambria headset, but he also revealed the codename of the company’s first fully-fledged pair of consumer augmented reality (AR) glasses, … Read More