Oculus to Require Facebook Account by 2023
The official announcement came August 18, 2020: Oculus users would soon be required to connect via an active Facebook account
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Vive Pro 2, Vive Focus 3 & More at ViveCon 2021
At ViveCon 2021, HTC VIVE’s potentially annual flagship event this May, the company made several product reveals and announcements that
Digest
2020: The Year in Review
In a year utterly dominated by one continuously evolving story, the global COVID-19 pandemic, there was little room for news
Interviews
Man Drops 30lbs Playing Beat Saber
Geoff Bowman claims to have lost 30lbs playing Beat Saber and other VR games over a six-month period. He stuck
Events
Inside CES 2021: Virtual Edition
Formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, the annual conference of all things tech took place entirely digitally this year
A New Oculus Appears
Goodbye Oculus Go! Hello, unconfirmed leaks and speculation! As the Facebook subsidiary announced the discontinuation of its entry-level Oculus Go
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Beating Isolation with VR Travel
As the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic came to be understood and resulted in governments essentially isolating millions upon millions
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Oculus Go, Going, Gone
“You’ve told us loud and clear that 6DOF feels like the future of VR. That’s why we’re going all-in, and
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Magic Leap Still Kicking
Last time Virtual Reality Observer focused on Magic Leap, the Florida-based “spatial computing” company headed by Rony Abovitz, things weren’t
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NFL’s Newest MVP: VR
Football fans may be miffed that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation or postponement of the 2020 seasons
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The Uncertain Future of Magic Leap
In a move deemed not at all surprising to many industry pundits, Magic Leap, who led the charge to bring
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COVID-19 Quarantined Workers Turn to VR
Telecommuting may now be commonplace among the global workforce but the spread of the novel human coronavirus COVID-19 is putting
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Porn Pushes VR Forward
It has long been believed that sex drives commercial, technological, and societal progress about as much as any other human
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VR Again a Strong CES Presence
The tech industry’s preeminent meeting of the brightest minds and most innovative ideas takes place every year at CES (formerly
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Expanding Your Virtual Sexual Horizon
Last month we discussed Intimacy and Exploration in Virtual Reality and how VR tech can shape our understanding of intimacy
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