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  • Extensive Facebook Outage Affecting Oculus Users

    Extensive Facebook Outage Affecting Oculus Users

    Today October 4th 2021 at around 12:00pm EST a global outage occurred affecting Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Oculus. At the time of writing these services have been down for over 5 hours, and is not currently restored. The outage is due to an apparent DNS error. — UPDATE: Upon clicking publish on this article at […]

  • Cast Oculus Quest 2 to your PC

    Cast Oculus Quest 2 to your PC

    With a recent software update, Oculus (Facebook) added a new, much simpler, way to cast your Oculus Quest or Quest 2 to your PC monitor. This gives you the ability to let others see what you are seeing while you are in VR, and is also super helpful when you are introducing someone to virtual […]

  • App Gifting Now Available on the Oculus Store

    App Gifting Now Available on the Oculus Store

    I just got an interesting notification… A much requested feature has just been added to Facebook’s Oculus. Apparently, when you browse the store in the Oculus mobile app, you now have the option to purchase games for your friends. Click the more icon next to the price of a game in the Oculus Store, and […]

  • How to play PCVR games on Oculus Quest with Virtual Desktop

    How to play PCVR games on Oculus Quest with Virtual Desktop

    With Virtual Desktop from Virtual Desktop, Inc. you can use your PC from within your Oculus Quest VR headset. You can do all the normal stuff you would do on your desktop like web browsing, spread-sheeting, or pretty much whatever else you might do on your computer, but with an resizable screen in a VR […]

  • How To Build Worlds in AltspaceVR

    How To Build Worlds in AltspaceVR

    AltspaceVR is a social app that allows you to hang out and converse with other people in a virtual environment as avatars. One of the great things about AltspaceVR is the ability to easily create and edit your own virtual worlds. This guide will explain how to get started, as well as discuss some extra […]

  • Goodbye to Oculus go

    Goodbye to Oculus go

    Oculus has announced it is discontinuing support for the Oculus Go headset. The news comes from the Oculus Blog June, 23. The Oculus Go headset, which was an entry level VR device, was initially available for retail US$199 (32 GB model) US$249 (64 GB model). If you were looking to get the device while it’s […]

  • Facebook just bought Echo VR development company RAD

    Facebook just bought Echo VR development company RAD

    Facebook has acquired another popular VR studio, Ready at Dawn. RAD is the development team that created the AAA VR game Lone Echo. They also created the free, multiplayer VR sport game Echo Arena—kind of a mashup between ultimate Frisbee and the zero-G training matches in Ender’s Game—which showcased both games’ amazing zero-gravity, hands-based locomotion. […]

  • How to Play GTA V in VR

    How to Play GTA V in VR

    With a simple to install mod you can play GTA V in Virtual Reality Thanks to LukeRoss00, modding your PC copy of GTA V to work in virtual reality has never been easier. The R.E.A.L. mod for Grand Theft Auto V – 100% VR! is easy to install and use, doesn’t require extra software like […]

  • How to Play Steam VR Games Wirelessly on Oculus Quest

    How to Play Steam VR Games Wirelessly on Oculus Quest

    Steam VR Games on Oculus Quest Want to play Steam VR games like Skyrim, No Man’s Sky, and Fallout 4 (FO4VR) on your wireless headset? By unlocking developer mode and enabling side-loading on your Oculus Quest, you can install an application that allows you to do just that. Air Light VR (ALVR) is a free opensource […]