‘Arizona Sunshine’ Studio Signs Deal with Oculus for 5 New VR Games
Vertigo Games teased that its long-awaited co-op VR zombie shooter After the Fall would be getting some “big news” to share at today’s Facebook Connect, but it seems the company had something bigger in mind. The VR studio and publisher announced a new partnership with Facebook which will bring five new VR games to the Oculus […]

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‘Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ in Development for Oculus Quest 2
Facebook today announced that it’s working with Rockstar Games to bring Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) exclusively to the Oculus Quest 2 headset. The company said in its Facebook keynote today at Facebook Connect 2021 that it has been working “for years” to bring the game to VR. “This new version of what I think is […]

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is coming to Oculus Quest 2

During his Facebook Reality Labs keynote, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is coming to Oculus Quest 2. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Mike Minotti

Facebook’s Metaverse Takes a Baby Step with Customizable ‘Horizon Workrooms’ Environments
Facebook launched Horizon Workrooms back in summer, bringing to Quest a new enterprise-focused virtual collaboration platform that connects both VR and video chat users in the same place. Soon the app will let you choose from different environments which will be customizable to some degree—a prescient step on the way to Facebook’s vision of its metaverse. […]

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Facebook Rebooting VR Enterprise Offering, Bringing Business Tools to Consumer Quest Headsets
At Facebook Connect 2021 today, the company announced it will be releasing a new Quest for Business program that’s rebooting its enterprise-focused VR software by bringing its growing suite of business tools to the consumer version of Quest 2, which you can buy from anywhere. Facebook will be allowing what it calls ‘Work Accounts’ for […]

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Unity Slices: Table Brings People Together, No Matter The Distance

Unity Slices: Table is a new mixed reality application launching for the Oculus Quest 2 by game engine developer Unity. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jason McMaster

New Cloud Save System for Quest Will Work with Every App Automatically
Facebook announced at its Connect 2021 AR/VR developer conference today that Oculus is finally replacing its janky cloud save system for one that will work with every Quest app automatically. If you’re a hardcore Quest user you may already be used to saying goodbye to game progress as you inevitably make room for a new […]

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Facebook unveils Horizon Home social VR, Messenger VR calls, and fitness VR on road to metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg talked about Facebook’s focus on the metaverse and the VR and AR tools the company is making to get us there. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

Oculus Expanding Quest Mixed Reality Capabilities With Enhanced Developer Tools
Oculus plans to further open up the mixed reality capabilities of Quest with new tools that will allow developers to build apps which more intelligently integrate with the user’s real room. In the near future developers will also be permitted to distribute mixed reality apps to customers via the Quest store or Oculus App Lab […]

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Facebook Boosts AR Developers Tools for Forthcoming AR Glasses
Today Facebook announced that it plans to expand the capabilities of its Spark AR platform to give developers more tools to build experiences that leverage existing smartphone-based AR and the company’s upcoming AR glasses. Facebook has made no secret that its Ray-Ban Stories camera glasses are just its first step toward building full blown AR […]

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