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JANUARY 5, 2023

A lot of metaverse talk in 2022 was about consumers, especially younger ones: activities such as games, virtual experiences or shopping with cryptocurrency and other digital assets. There’s been a lot of talk of VR (virtual reality) — and frankly, we are believers. VR is incredibly exciting and practical. First, the graphic: 1.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Facebook has revealed new links between its virtual reality (VR) headset and the company’s core app. In addition, users will be able to message their Oculus friends inside the headset and on non-VR devices, as well as create events and invite friends. We originally launched Oculus for Business at OC4.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

In recent virtual reality (VR) news, Mastercard, Swarovski and VR have come together to make living rooms more tasteful places, according to a news release posted by BusinessWire. Moreover, one of the persistently named stumbling blocks for VR tech is a lack of variety among applications with which to use it.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

video game and interactive entertainment industry had some big wins in 2016. The revenue is a matchup of hardware and software, peripherals, and in-game purchases. As for other data included in the research, according to the ESA, video game software alone grew by 6 percent to $24.5 Specifically, $30.4 billion in revenue.

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MARCH 28, 2016

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey hand-delivered the first public Rift model to Ross Martin, an Alaska man who managed to beat other VR enthusiasts to the punch and record the first pre-order for the device back in January. He was at work and as a result didn’t have his computer and couldn’t play any VR games for the live camera.

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APRIL 19, 2017

And from there, F8 took on a much more forward-looking tone — with AR/VR and bots playing the day’s starring roles. “If We’re making the camera the world’s first augmented reality platform,” Mark Zuckerberg told the assembled about the series of AR/VR updates coming to the Facebook platform.

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