How do you make a good virtual reality game? Oculus developers meet to find out
StandardDevelopers looking to build games for Oculus’ VR headset swap their best tricks of the trade at the company’s first conference.
Vexed in the city: Working in Silicon Valley tech is much more lucrative than you think
StandardAdd in the benefits, the perks, and the transportation tech workers get for free, and the value of their salaries jumps up to 20 percent.
Facebook’s Oculus teaming with Samsung for mobile virtual reality push
StandardOculus VR made its name building high-end virtual reality headsets for the living room, but it’s leaving mobile to the other guys.
The virtual reality pioneer, which Facebook finished purchasing for $2 billion earlier this week, is working with Samsung Electronics on a headset that uses mobile devices to create a VR experience, people familiar with the matter say.
Oculus to get hands on with new virtual reality gear
StandardVirtual reality pioneer Oculus VR doesn’t just want to get its products on your head, it wants them in your hands as well.
The headset maker has been quietly preparing motion controllers — devices that let you drive the action and manipulate objects in games with hand and body movements — to complement its forthcoming goggles, people familiar with the development process say. The result: a more immersive experience in video games and other simulations.
Facebook’s mood study: How you became the guinea pig
VideoThat controversial research into how posts affect users’ emotions is just latest in a long line of privacy flaps — and apologies — for the social networking giant.
Facebook learning the costs of consumer hardware with Oculus
StandardThe social networking giant’s $2 billion bet on the virtual reality pioneer is bringing into focus the real costs of becoming a mass market consumer electronics maker.
Google to turn on new set-top boxes with Android TV software
StandardThe search giant plans to go head-to-head with Apple, Roku, and Amazon with set-top boxes that can stream media and play games, sources tell CNET.
KCRW Roundtable Discussion on Games And Society
StandardI join KCRW to discuss vidoegames and their impact on society.
Apple, Google Vie to Offer Exclusive Game Apps
StandardA long-running battle between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. for mobile dominance is spreading to the most lucrative genre of apps: videogames.
The two Silicon Valley giants have been wooing game developers to ensure that top-tier game titles arrive first on devices powered by their respective operating systems, people familiar with the situation said.
How Oculus Goggles Became More Than a Virtual Reality
StandardBrendan Iribe traces the surprising rise of Oculus VR Inc., FacebookInc.’s second-largest acquisition, to a demonstration in a hotel meeting room two years ago.
The videogame-industry executive had traveled to the hotel in Long Beach, Calif., after meeting with Palmer Luckey, a virtual-reality enthusiast who at the time was planning to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter Inc.’s website for high-tech goggles. His product eventually became “Oculus Rift.”