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Facebook’s entry into VR advertising isn’t going too well

Facebook’s entry into VR advertising isn’t going too well

June 21, 2021 Lucas Matney 162 Viewscomputing, Facebook, Facebook Horizon, mixed reality, Oculus, Oculus Quest, player, Software, Virtual reality, VR, wearable devices 3 min read

Facebook’s efforts to bring advertising to the Oculus virtual reality platform it has spent billions of dollars building out doesn’t seem to be off to a great start. The company announced last week that they were planning to roll out their first in-game ads inside the title “Blaston” from the prolific VR game developer Resolution […]

Facebook buys game studio BigBox VR

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Facebook buys game studio BigBox VR

June 11, 2021 Lucas Matney 180 ViewsBigBox VR, Display technology, Downpour Interactive, Facebook, Facebook Horizon, GSR Ventures, mixed reality, Oculus, Oculus Rift, Onward, Pioneer Square Labs, Seattle, shasta ventures, Virtual reality, VR, wearable devices 1 min read

Facebook has bought several virtual reality game studios over the past couple of years, and they added one more to their portfolio Friday with the acquisition of Seattle-based BigBox VR. The studio’s major title, “Population: One,” was one of the big post-launch releases for Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 headset and is a pretty direct Fortnite […]

Facebook brings software subscriptions to the Oculus Quest

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Facebook brings software subscriptions to the Oculus Quest

April 15, 2021 Lucas Matney 162 Viewscomputing, Display technology, Facebook, Facebook Horizon, mixed reality, Oculus, Oculus Rift S, technology, Virtual reality, wearable devices 1 min read

Subscription pricing is landing on Facebook’s Oculus Store, giving VR developers another way to monetize content on Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset. Developers will be allowed to add premium subscriptions to paid or free apps, with Facebook assumedly dragging in their standard percentage fee at the same time. Oculus and the developers on its platform have […]