Facebook is Discontinuing the Rift Product Line in 2021, Will Focus on Standalone VR Headsets

September 16, 2020 | FRΛNK R.

With the reveal of the Oculus Quest 2 at the newly renamed Facebook Connect online event today, the company also announced that it plans to discontinue the sale of the Oculus Rift S early next year to focus its efforts … Read More

Watch the Facebook Connect Keynote Livestream Here

September 16, 2020 | FRΛNK R.

The seventh annual Facebook Connect AR/VR developer conference, formerly known as Oculus Connect, is being streamed online today. Oculus’ parent company Facebook is expected to make several announcements, including the official reveal of the long-rumored Oculus Quest 2, which has … Read More

Facebook Wants to Build AR Glasses that Gives Users Hearing Superpowers

September 4, 2020 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus’ parent company Facebook has been working on developing its own pair of AR glasses for quite some time now, and a new report from the Facebook Reality Labs Research (FRL) team reveals how sound could play a significant role … Read More

Facebook Halts Oculus Headset Sales in Germany Amid Regulatory Concerns

September 2, 2020 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus’ parent company Facebook has temporarily halted the sales of all Oculus hardware in Germany, including the Oculus Rift S and the Quest, due to pending discussions with regulatory authorities.

“We’ve temporarily paused the sale of Oculus hardware to consumers … Read More

Facebook ‘Horizon’ Invite-Only Beta Will Start in the “Coming Weeks”

August 28, 2020 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus’ parent company Facebook has been working on its new social VR experience, Facebook Horizon, for quite some time now. This week the company announced that it is expanding access to Horizon and making it available as an invite-only beta.

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Oculus Connect is Now Facebook Connect, Set for September 16th

August 25, 2020 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus’ parent company Facebook is continuing its efforts to rebrand the Oculus name. The company has revealed that its annual Oculus Connect event will now be known as Facebook Connect. This year the event will be held virtually on September … Read More

Oculus Headsets will Soon Require Users to Log In with Facebook Account

August 18, 2020 | FRΛNK R.

In a significant policy change that will affect current and future users of the Oculus VR platform, the Facebook-owned company has announced that it will begin to require that all users log in with a Facebook account when using an … Read More

Facebook’s Oculus Signs Multi-Year Partnership Deal with NBA

August 18, 2020 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus’ parent company Facebook has signed a multi-year partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA), which makes Oculus an official marketing partner and the first-ever virtual reality headset to team up with the NBA, Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), and … Read More

Facebook ‘Neural Supersampling’ Improves VR Rendering Performance

July 3, 2020 | FRΛNK R.

Oculus’ parent company Facebook has developed a technique for supersampling real-time rendered 3D content, using a machine learning-based approach that could enable much higher-resolution graphics in games and applications on future VR headsets.

In a Siggraph 2020 technical paper entitled … Read More

Facebook Researchers Reveal the ‘Thinnest VR Display’ Optics to Date

June 30, 2020 | FRΛNK R.

Facebook Reality Labs (FRL), the company’s AR/VR R&D division, has published new research on a holographic optics architecture that could enable the development of thinner, and lighter virtual reality headsets not much bigger than a pair of sunglasses.

Facebook discussed … Read More