Bastille are trying virtual reality technology on for size, via a partnership between the band, label EMI Records, creative agency WPP and Epic Games.
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Facebook reveals its new corporate umbrella brand: Meta
Facebook the company has made its move to separate its brand from Facebook the social network – a move akin to Google’s past decision to rebrand its corporation as Alphabet.
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VR music game Beat Saber gets a 10-song Billie Eilish pack
Beat Saber has been one of the bigger hits in the virtual reality games industry, selling 4m copies across various headsets by February this year.
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Facebook Horizon Workrooms puts meetings into virtual reality
So you say you’re tired of Zoom meetings? What if you could do them in virtual reality instead, as a legless avatar? Thanks to Facebook, you can…
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Music startups TribeXR and FitXR use Oculus’s new subscriptions
Facebook’s VR subsidiary Oculus is introducing subscriptions to its Oculus Store, enabling developers to charge recurring fees for their apps and games. It follows the traditional app stores model: “For some, […]
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VR music game Beat Saber has sold 4m copies (and 40m songs)
Slowly but surely, Facebook’s Oculus Quest virtual reality headsets are making a stronger business case for VR, and music game Beat Saber is at the forefront of that. A new […]
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Charli XCX to kick off Oculus and Tidal’s VR concerts series
We knew that Tidal and Facebook’s Oculus were working together on plans for some virtual reality concerts. Now we know who’s playing the first one: Charli XCX, who’ll be performing within the Oculus Venues app this Friday (9 October).
It’s the first of a series of six concerts organised by the companies, each of which will see an artist playing at least a 45-minute set. The other five artists in this series have yet to be confirmed.
It’s part of a wider push into VR concerts by Oculus using its Venues app. Alicia Keys performed in a concert on 18 September backed by American Express; Tiësto held a ‘virtual dance party’ in the app on 24 September; Steve Aoki played on 30 September; and Major Lazer are lined up for 18 November – these aren’t Tidal shows.
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Horizon, Facebook’s VR virtual world, enters public beta
Facebook’s VR platform Oculus has opened their Horizon app – described as a “social experience where you can explore, play, and create with others in VR” – to invite-only beta, […]
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Oculus VR headsets will require users to log in using Facebook
Facebook bought virtual reality company Oculus VR in 2014, and since then users of its headsets have been able to log in with their Oculus accounts, or their Facebook accounts. […]
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Facebook’s Oculus Quest VR headset has sold $100m of content
Virtual reality has yet to become a wildfire success, but within the sector, Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset has been a bright spot. Now the company has offered some stats to celebrate […]
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Music-VR startup ViRvii signs content deal with Oculus
We have not covered ViRvii before but it describes itself as “a technology firm that develops proprietary user experiences merging music, art and virtual reality” and was founded last year. Why we […]
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Facebook reveals new plans for social VR (oh, and AR too)
With Amazon’s blizzard of new-product announcements, not to mention the political ructions going on in the US, Facebook’s Oculus division’s OC6 developer conference might have struggled for attention. It’s well […]