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Embracer Group snaps up VR firm Vertigo Games News Sep 16th, 2020

Embracer Group snaps up VR firm Vertigo Games

THQ Nordic parent company made the acquisition through its Koch Media subsidiary

Oculus temporarily stops selling headsets in Germany News Sep 3rd, 2020

Oculus temporarily stops selling headsets in Germany

Seems due to users having to have a Facebook account tied to their hardware

Facebook says Oculus brand isn't going anywhere News Sep 1st, 2020

Facebook says Oculus brand isn't going anywhere

Follows confusing announcement from the social media giant

Oculus has been rebranded as Facebook Reality Labs News Aug 26th, 2020

Oculus has been rebranded as Facebook Reality Labs

"Together, AR and VR will change how we work, interact, and play, with novel use cases we haven’t even begun to imagine"

Moss studio Polyarc lands $9m in funding for AR development News Jul 30th, 2020

Moss studio Polyarc lands $9m in funding for AR development

Hiro Capital leads the company's Series B round

SuperData: XR to generate $6.9bn in 2020 News Jul 28th, 2020

SuperData: XR to generate $6.9bn in 2020

That's $600m more than previously predicted, but well below the $7.7bn it had originally forecast

LA Noire studio working on triple-A VR game for Rockstar News Jul 6th, 2020

LA Noire studio working on triple-A VR game for Rockstar

Could be one of the 93 titles that Take-Two wants to launch by end of 2025 financial year

Oculus vets' new Mountaintop studio not focused on VR for now News Jul 2nd, 2020

Oculus vets' new Mountaintop studio not focused on VR for now

"We haven't left VR behind at Mountaintop – and I doubt we ever will – but it's unlikely our first title will be VR"

Oculus winding down Go headset support News Jun 24th, 2020

Oculus winding down Go headset support

Firm doubling down on Quest and Rift

Oculus snaps up Ready At Dawn News Jun 23rd, 2020

Oculus snaps up Ready At Dawn

No figure placed on the deal just yet

Report: Half-Life: Alyx brought 1m new VR users to Steam News May 4th, 2020

Report: Half-Life: Alyx brought 1m new VR users to Steam

Tech hits new high in popularity on platform

Oculus helped drove Facebook's non-ad revenue up 80% News May 1st, 2020

Oculus helped drove Facebook's non-ad revenue up 80%

Firm says Quest headset "surpassed expectations"

Skydance reckons we're going to see VR's next generation soon News Apr 29th, 2020

Skydance reckons we're going to see VR's next generation soon

“Once the basic vocabulary gets laid down, we’re going to see second-generation product with deeper gameplay"

SuperData cuts XR spending by $1.4bn for 2020 News Apr 28th, 2020

SuperData cuts XR spending by $1.4bn for 2020

Firm reckons $6.3bn will be spent this year

Valve doesn't have VR titles in works after Half-Life Alyx News Mar 24th, 2020

Valve doesn't have VR titles in works after Half-Life Alyx

Firm doesn't have three virtual reality games in development after all

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