Sentences with phrase «maker oculus»

Carmac left id Software in November 2013 to work full - time as Chief Technical Officer for virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR.

The social networking company announced in March it reached a $ 2 billion deal to acquire Oculus VR Inc., which owns virtual - reality headset maker Oculus Rift.

After acquiring virtual reality headset maker Oculus for $ 2 billion last year, Facebook is looking to cater to the medium by making virtual reality versions of its apps.

Facebook purchased VR Headset maker Oculus in 2014 for 2 billion dollars, looks like it finally found a spokesperson (pokes - person?)

One person taking up the challenge of Hideo Kojima was Palmer Luckey, creator and founder of VR headset maker Oculus (and now a bit of a controversial figure thanks to his political involvement) Palmer Luckey.

Since its release in 2011, the novel has been hailed as a generally great science - fiction read and has gained even more attention since the acquisition of VR maker Oculus to Facebook earlier this year.

Facebook recently completed the $ 2 billion purchase of virtual - reality goggles maker Oculus VR Inc., which is based in Irvine, California, while Walt Disney Co. is buying Culver City, California - based Maker Studios for almost $ 1 billion.

Facebook set tongues wagging when it paid $ 19 billion for instant - messaging startup WhatsApp last March, then followed it up a month later by shelling out $ 2 billion for virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR.

Although Facebook's (FB) $ 2 billion acquisition of virtual reality gear maker Oculus in 2014 represents the bulk of VR investments since 2010, there are plenty of other companies looking to plow money into the technology.

It has been revealed the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg tested Sony Computer Entertainment's (SCE) Project Morpheus virtual reality (VR) headset for PlayStation 4 before making the decision to purchase Oculus Rift headset makers Oculus...

It could bring about a whole new era of social videogames, especially when remembering who just bought Oculus Rift makers Oculus VR for some $ 2 billion USD.

David Georgeson, development director for the team's EverQuest franchise, confirmed as much to IGN while speaking about the recent acquisition of Oculus Rift headset makers Oculus VR by Facebook.

Today Oculus Rift makers Oculus VR get a chance to shout back with their own GDC presentation teasing the future of the hardware.

Not exact matches

An Oculus blog post stated Pebbles would be joining the hardware engineering and computer vision team of the maker of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, «to help advance virtual reality, tracking, and human - computer interactions.»

Though the company sells the Oculus virtual reality headset, it acquired its maker and didn't create the original product.

There's been plenty of hype about virtual and augmented reality gaming this year with the recent arrival of first - generation headsets from Facebook's Oculus unit and smartphone maker HTC.

When most people think of virtual reality, they think of 3 - D gaming or Oculus, the maker of headsets that Facebook acquired for $ 2 billion.

Two more virtual reality headsets are hitting the market from Taiwanese gadget maker HTC and Facebook's Oculus VR business unit.

For those planning to purchase a Rift unit at Best Buy (bby), be aware that «quantities will be extremely limited» because the hardware maker still needs to «catch up on Rift pre-orders,» warned Oculus.

Facebook - owned Oculus and Taiwanese phone maker HTC have had to live with these truisms since introducing their respective VR headsets, the Rift and the Vive, earlier this year.

That created a schism: Companies like Pebble, a smartwatch maker, and Oculus, a virtual reality headset developer, raised millions on crowdfunding sites from eager early customers and used that surge to prove that buyers wanted their fledgling products.

The big winners of Facebook's $ 2 billion deal to buy Oculus VR, a virtual reality headset maker, include a roster of elite venture capitalists who invested in the company early on.

The social network is paying $ 400m in cash plus 23.1 m Facebook shares for the maker of the Oculus Rift headset, with a further $ 300m in incentives if it hits certain milestones in the future.

Among its bets was Oculus VR, a virtual reality headset maker that was discovered early on by Lonsdale and Koo, who later joined the company's Series A and B rounds.

So when Facebook shocked everyone on Tuesday by announcing it was spending $ 2 billion to buy Oculus VR, a maker of virtual reality headsets, you knew game enthusiasts would have something to say about the deal.

The discussion evolves across a few topics, we touch on Oculus» founder Palmer Luckey, video game accessory maker MadCatz» recent bankruptcy filing, and Nintendo's YouTube approach.

One false move and the company could have ruined years of groundwork laid out by companies like Oculus VR, and the PlayStation makers are no strangers to miscalculated peripherals and lacklustre 3D technology.

Earlier in the month it was announced that Oculus VR, maker of the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) head - mounted display (HMD) had teamed up with CCP Games for create a special offer for those that are looking to pre-order the kit.

Oculus Rift also has the backing of storied game makers, such as legendary video game programmer (and co-creator of Doom) John Carmack.

The VR headset makers announced Lucky's Tale as the one to be surfaced with Oculus.

The VR headset makers are all set to ship their devices in the first quarter of 2016 with first VR game for Oculus Rift being Lucky's Tale.

Oculus CTO John Carmack cited a similar rationale, explaining that the virtual reality maker partnered with Samsung on Gear VR to «bypass the development hell of Android.»

Oculus Go, a $ 199 phone - free device from the makers of the Oculus Rift, is expected to arrive in May.

Oculus Rift also has the backing of storied game makers, such as legendary video game programmer (and co-creator of Doom) John Carmack.

Facebook has previously gambled on other futuristic technologies — including virtual reality, with a $ 2 billion purchase of Oculus, the virtual reality goggles maker, in 2014 — but Mr. Zuckerberg has acknowledged that it has had difficulty finding traction.

Samsung is developing the Gear VR in collaboration with Oculus VR, makers of Oculus Rift.

Qualcomm thinks standalone virtual reality (VR) is the way of the future, and to help move that future along the chip maker is out with its second reference design headset on which partners like Google Daydream, HTC and Oculus will base their own devices.