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MARCH 17, 2016

As Oculus has just weeks remaining in its countdown to the release of its highly anticipated Rift virtual reality headset, one of its biggest competitors just announced that Oculus will win the battle for headlines at the time of launch — at least, that is, until the fall.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Over the summer, Wayfair rolled out Patio Playground for Oculus Rift users and opened access to its 3D library of scanned items through an updated API. There is also a 3D option, but those will either require special 3D equipment or the Lenovo Tango-enabled Phab 2 Pro.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

When Facebook bought Oculus Rift for $2 billion in 2014, the acquisition wasn’t exactly regarded as a stroke of business genius. They then noted what was the popular “uncharitable view” of the time: “Oculus VR is a boy’s toy for Facebook’s still-youthful CEO: He tried the Rift and loved it so much he bought the company.”.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The HoloLens — as opposed to, say, the Oculus Rift — is designed less as a consumer gadget and more as a commercial tool, particularly for developers. Priced at $3,000, this is not the newest Xbox. But that expense comes with robustness.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

2014: Facebook bought the virtual reality company Oculus, whose virtual reality Rift headset went on sale in 2016 for $600. The new space created a new opportunity for Building 8 teams to collaborate with Oculus and other hardware development teams. 2015: Facebook and Eutelsat launched a satellite together.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Other recent attempts at similar experience-based draws include the Intel Experience with in-store demonstrations of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Best Buy is betting that its physical location and ability to create specialized stores within stores will offer it the edge.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Daydream is actually a more cost efficient VR option than the $599 Oculus Rift or $799 HTC Vive — but it isn’t exactly a directly competing product either. The Rift and the Vive are fully immersive VR experiences favored by serious gamers. They require a PC.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

Blocks is a free app which works on the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive VR headsets and is reportedly intuitive enough that it’s easy for newbies but also has enough features to make complex models. The engineer pointed to Google Blocks and Tilt Brush as two AR apps that anyone can use to create 3D content.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Facebook has yet to release any word on what kinds of projects B8 and the signed-on universities will be working on — though previous Facebook technological endeavors have included its Aquila solar-powered drone project, the Oculus Rift VR headsets , and investigation into artificial intelligence , among a plethora of other technological endeavors.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Abi Mandelbaum, CEO of VR platform YouVisit, explained how even though a $1,400 Oculus Rift may seem like cutting-edge tech, what virtual reality in retail needs right now is a way in with consumers. “Mobile will be a huge driver for consumer adoption of VR,” Mandelbaum told RetailDive.

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MAY 2, 2017

On the VR end, Facebook recently announced the first major offering since acquiring Oculus three years ago: Facebook Spaces, a sort of social VR experience. Anyone who owns an Oculus can log in via Facebook to connect with friends who also own the VR system. Still, don’t expect too much too soon of the tech.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

AR via a mobile device is a very different experience and attracts a very different user than AR and Oculus Rift headsets. How far outside of gaming and how that actually happens is a function of how mainstream the AR UI actually becomes. That suggests that the direction of AR could head in two very different directions.

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MAY 26, 2016

One such recent initiative is with the Oculus Rift, the virtual reality headset. Best Buy is also betting on driving engagement through in-store special areas for tech companies such as Apple, where customers can get exclusive presentations and services.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Participants were able to create VR or AR consumer experiences for Oculus Rift, Microsoft HoloLens or HTC Vive. Another team, headed by ‎Senior Software Developer at Raizlabs Michael O’Brien with Raizlabs Designer Samantha Broccoli, was working to create a shopping experience for the Oculus Rift headset.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

Even assuming there will be a mass adoption “winner” for AR and VR tech — at this moment it is hard to predict exactly which one(s) it will be: the Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear and Google Daydream are all vying for the crown.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Who can forgot the excitement around, say, virtual reality (VR) and even Oculus Rift from past CES shows? One of the main lessons of CES, perhaps, is that things often look better on maps — that is, the promise of something, or how something appears in the imagination, can be much more interesting than the actual reality.

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MARCH 24, 2016

With the proliferation of virtual reality devices, from the fast-selling Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift headsets to McDonald’s turning its Happy Meal packaging into fully functional virtual reality headsets , a virtual reality disruption may be coming faster than we think.

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AUGUST 12, 2016

Oculus Rift rose from being a plucky crowdfunded upstart to a $2 billion dollar acquisition by Facebook – a deal that Marc Zuckerberg touted at the time as a first step toward using AR/VR tech to connect the entire world in wholly different ways.

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APRIL 2, 2016

That same episode also features an electric car that looks awfully similar to the Prius, a VR-based video gaming system that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Oculus Rift and an eReader that looks an awful lot like the Kindle. .

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MAY 31, 2016

Lyft, Meerkat, Oculus Rift, Snapchat, and Medium are among the many San Francisco-based companies founded a year or two earlier, and that were in the market with a product. I guess the other interesting aspect of this story is who didn’t make the cool kid’s list.

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JUNE 10, 2016

The prototype he developed is a virtual interior planner that allows users to customize a simple living room by changing the models and textures of a furniture set using the Oculus Rift. one from their own home).

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MAY 4, 2018

The launch of the Oculus Rift Go. (No, The social media giant had lots of things to announce this week at F8 : new features, like the “clear history” button; upgrades, like the video chat enhancements coming to Instagram and Snapchat and redesigns, like the great streamlining of Messenger. No, just kidding.).

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