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Mark Zuckerberg Releases Some Insights From Oculus Research Lab Including Hand Tracking Gloves

February 9, 2017 SJ Kim

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Mark Zuckerberg has been heavily exposed to the VR portion of the business as of late, most recently being the lawsuit of ZeniMax vs. Oculus where ZeniMax was awarded $500 million from Oculus. But today, Zuckerberg offers some positive news from their Oculus Research lab located in Redmond, Washington. He recently took a trip to […]

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Facebook Is Shifting Market Strategies For Oculus By Closing 200 Best Buy Demo Stations

February 8, 2017 SJ Kim

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Last year around this time, Oculus was developing a lot of hype for the upcoming Rift VR headset. They garnered the market’s attention and infatuation for the newly developed Rift. And around May of 2016, the Facebook owned Oculus put multiple demo units across the nation at Best Buy stores, regardless of the fact that […]

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Here’s what CTO of Oculus John Carmack And Zenimax Had To Say About The $500 Million Verdict

February 2, 2017 SJ Kim

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Recently, Zenimax filed a lawsuit against Oculus for infringing on their intellectual property used in the Rift VR headset. The trials took place last week and the verdict was finally announced yesterday where the jury awarded Zenimax $500 million in damages from Facebook owned Oculus. Today, John Carmack, CTO of Oculus provided his opinion on […]

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Breaking: Jury Has Awarded ZeniMax $500 Million In Oculus Court Case

February 1, 2017 SJ Kim

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The verdict has come in between Oculus vs. ZeniMax over the technology used in the Rift VR headset. After a continuous deliberation between the two companies, the jury has awarded ZeniMax with $500 million from Oculus for mishandling the non-disclosure agreement that Palmer Luckey (Founder of Oculus) signed. However, the jury decided that Oculus did not mishandle trade […]

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Oculus Sensors Are Now Individually Available For Order At $79

October 31, 2016 SJ Kim

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Oculus has finally released a way to purchase individual items. Through the Oculus store, you’re able to purchase specific products like the sensor from the Rift bundle. The sensor is the part that creates the 3D space for the Rift. It tracks the distance in space of where the Rift headset is from the sensor. However, it […]

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Facebook Recruits Executive Producer Rachel Franklin of ‘The Sims’ as Head of Social VR

October 11, 2016 SJ Kim

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Through the eye’s of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook envisions to be the largest social VR platform in the future. With the tall task of achieving this goal, Facebook recently hired Rachel Rubin Franklin, former VP of ‘The Sims’ at EA. Rachel was highly visible throughout the Oculus Connect 3 conference that took place last week. She was a prominent […]

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Oculus Touch is now available for Pre-Order

October 10, 2016 SJ Kim

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Oculus from Facebook has announced the release of their motion-tracked controllers called the Oculus Touch. As of today, it’s available for pre-order. These controllers are similar to how Vive uses its controllers to create a more immersive experience in virtual reality. Oculus looks to move away from their current controllers (Xbox One Controllers) and have […]

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The First Oculus Rift Has Been Hand Delivered By Founder Palmer Luckey

March 27, 2016 SJ Kim

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First Oculus Rift delivered personally to Alaska by the founder himself The Oculus Rift is set to start shipping tomorrow March 28, 2016 to the masses. But the founder of the company, Palmer Luckey, thought it’d be best if the first Rift was hand delivered to its recipient who happens to be living in Alaska. So they flew him off to the northern state with […]

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