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Facebook Takes on VR ‘Experts’

by Tom Allen

Facebook has hired a team of VR ‘experts’ in London, according to The Telegraph. The recruitment creates Facebook’s first European base for its Oculus division. Mike LeBeau leads the UK team. He is a …

Tags:| Mobile Display Monitor| Recruitment & Appointments| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Samsung Deepens Facebook Partnership

by Tom Allen

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg made an appearance at Samsung’s MWC 2016 press conferenceSamsung supplied 2,600 Gear VR headsets, with customised Galaxy smartphones, for the Facebook F8 developer conference recently. The intent was to push developers …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| | HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Facebook, Oculus and the Future of VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

After Facebook bought Oculus for the round sum of two billion dollars, the world has assumed that Facebook has a clear vision and plan for how to benefit from one of the frontrunners in …

Tags:| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Facebook to roll out 360-Degree Videos

by Bob Raikes

Facebook, in a blog post, said that it would support 360º videos in its News Feed. There are a number of publishers sharing new 360 videos on Facebook already, including Star Wars, Discovery, GoPro, …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| | Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Facebook Earnings Call Implies No Oculus in 2015

by Tom Allen

While there had been rumours of a consumer launch this year, it appears that the Oculus Rift will not be reaching shelves in 2015. The CFO of Facebook (which bought Oculus last year – …

Tags:| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Oculus Rift Does Demos

by Raverstead

Oculus was at I/ITSEC with about 8 stations that allowed attendees to try several games using the DK2 Rift HMD

Tags:| I/ITSEC 2014| Simulation

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Oculus Rift: Does the Emperor Have Any Clothes?

by Helen Vince

Personal Eyewear – Since 2012, Display Central has published roughly 60 articles that discuss the Oculus Rift. I’ve reviewed most of them and not one of them mentions the terrible image quality produced by …

Tags:| Nvidia| Oculus Rift| Vol 21 - Issue 46

VNS Brings 3D Content Directly to Oculus Rift

by Raverstead

Taiwan’s VNS is developing a pure hardware 3D adapter for the Oculus Rift. The ‘VR Box’ (G-204) supports frame-packed/line interleaved/frame sequential/side-by-side/top-and-bottom 3D content, at 1920 x 1080 resolution and 24fps. It is able to …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Eyewear| | Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Oculus Welcomes Sony to the Virtual Reality Market

by Helen Vince

Virtual Reality – Virtual reality has been around for some time and if you like, every movie theater experience is a form of virtual reality without glasses. People like movies, but so far don’t like …

Tags:| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Oculus Brings New Display to Crescent Bay

by Super User

Announced at the recent Oculus Connect developer conference, ‘Crescent Bay’ is Oculus VR’s newest prototype headset. While the focus appears to be on audio (the unit features built-in removable headphones and custom audio software), …

Tags:AR Glasses| | Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21