Frustrated virtual reality pioneer leaves Facebook’s parent
2 years ago

Frustrated virtual reality pioneer leaves Facebook’s parent

Associated Press  

BERKELEY, Calif. — A prominent video game creator who helped lead Facebook’s expansion into virtual reality has resigned from the social networking service’s corporate parent after becoming disillusioned with the way the technology is being managed. Carmack’s departure comes at a time that Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO, has been battling widespread perceptions that he has been wasting billions of dollars trying to establish the Menlo Park, California, company in the “metaverse” — an artificial world filled with avatars of real people. Although Carmack had only been working part time at Meta, the dismay that he expressed seems likely to amplify the questions looming over Zuckerberg’s efforts to become as dominant in virtual reality as Facebook has been in social networking since he started the service nearly 20 years ago while attending Harvard University. Zuckerberg began to explore virtual reality in earnest in 2014 with Facebook’s $2 billion purchase of headset maker Oculus.

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Meta shuts down three VR games without explanation
1 year, 3 months ago

Meta shuts down three VR games without explanation

India TV News  

Meta, previously known as Facebook, has surprised users by announcing the discontinuation of three virtual reality games—Dead and Buried, Dead and Buried II, and Bogo—without providing any explanation. Dead and Buried II, launched in May 2019, was a release title for the original Oculus Quest by Meta's in-house game development studio, Oculus Studios. Meanwhile, Meta has revealed plans to introduce …

Mark Zuckerberg unveils Meta Quest 3 amidst Apple VR rumors
1 year, 6 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg unveils Meta Quest 3 amidst Apple VR rumors

India TV News  

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta founder and CEO has introduced the next generation virtual and mixed reality headset which is named 'Quest 3'. Also, the new headset features a next-gen Snapdragon chipset which will enable the device to have more than twice the graphical performance as the previous generation Snapdragon GPU in Quest 2. Image Source : METAMark Zuckerberg unveils Meta Quest …

Just 1% of teens use VR regularly in latest blow for Meta
1 year, 8 months ago

Just 1% of teens use VR regularly in latest blow for Meta

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Less than 1 per cent of US teenagers regularly use virtual reality headsets, …

Apple’s Tim Cook is pushing for mixed reality headset launch
1 year, 9 months ago

Apple’s Tim Cook is pushing for mixed reality headset launch

The Hindu  

Apple CEO Tim Cook has put himself at the forefront of the company’s hardware releases in the virtual reality and augmented reality space with the anticipated launch of Apple’s mixed reality headset that could come in June this year, reported the Financial Times on Sunday. If the headset releases in June 2023, it could come around the time Facebook-parent Meta …

Meta to buy VR startup Within after favorable court ruling
1 year, 10 months ago

Meta to buy VR startup Within after favorable court ruling

Associated Press  

A federal judge has sided with Facebook parent Meta and cleared the way for the company to buy virtual reality startup Within Unlimited, the maker of the popular fitness app Supernatural. The FTC had argued that Meta’s acquisition of the small company — reminiscent of Facebook’s early purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp — would hurt competition in the emerging virtual …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes witness stand in FTC case
2 years ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes witness stand in FTC case

Associated Press  

SAN JOSE, California — Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, took the witness stand Tuesday in a trial over U.S. antitrust regulators’ effort to stop the tech giant from buying a virtual reality startup called Within Unlimited. If the deal is allowed to go through, the Federal Trade Commission argues, it would violate antitrust laws and dampen …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in FTC case to block virtual-reality deal
2 years ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in FTC case to block virtual-reality deal

Live Mint  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand Tuesday in a case in which the Federal Trade Commission is seeking to prevent the social-media company from acquiring a virtual-reality startup. The FTC is seeking an injunction blocking Meta’s planned acquisition of Within Unlimited Inc., the company behind the popular virtual-reality fitness game “Supernatural." Mr. Zuckerberg said …

FTC challenges Meta acquisition of VR company in court
2 years ago

FTC challenges Meta acquisition of VR company in court

Associated Press  

Federal regulators opened their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of a virtual-reality company Thursday in a San Jose, California, courtroom. In a landmark legal challenge to a Big Tech merger, the Federal Trade Commission has sued to prevent Meta’s acquisition of Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural, asserting it would hurt competition and violate antitrust laws. “Meta …

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse buffers as Meta shares burn
2 years, 1 month ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse buffers as Meta shares burn

The Hindu  

The early 90s ushered in the Internet era which enabled people to access content remotely from the world wide web. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse adventure is in some ways similar to the roughly three-decades old dial-up modem. Manufacturing virtual reality About a year ago, in an effort to push away the spotlight from whistle-blower Frances Haugen and her allegations …

Zuckerberg to testify in U.S. case against Facebook’s virtual reality deal
2 years, 1 month ago

Zuckerberg to testify in U.S. case against Facebook’s virtual reality deal

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a case by the Federal Trade Commission that argues the company's proposed deal to buy virtual reality content maker Within Unlimited should be blocked. In a court document filed with U.S. District Court Northern District Of California on Friday, the FTC listed 18 witnesses it plans to question, including …

Why Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse vanity project threatens to destroy Facebook
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse vanity project threatens to destroy Facebook

The Telegraph  

His push into virtual worlds is increasingly seen by investors as an expensive hobby. Meta employees have taken to calling metaverse projects “make Mark happy” or MMH, according to a report in the New York Times. Yet on Wednesday, an increasingly isolated Zuckerberg – who lost former right-hand woman Sheryl Sandberg earlier this year – insisted he was heading down …

Facebook parent Meta’s new Quest Pro headset, mixing real and virtual worlds, makes debut
2 years, 2 months ago

Facebook parent Meta’s new Quest Pro headset, mixing real and virtual worlds, makes debut

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms unveiled its Quest Pro virtual and mixed reality headset on Tuesday, marking a milestone for Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's break into the higher-end market for extended reality computing devices. The Quest Pro features several upgrades over Meta's existing Quest 2 headset, which overwhelmingly dominates the consumer virtual reality market. For fully immersive virtual reality, Meta has added tracking …

Facebook owner Meta unveils $1,500 VR headset: Will it sell?
2 years, 2 months ago

Facebook owner Meta unveils $1,500 VR headset: Will it sell?

Associated Press  

Facebook parent Meta unveiled a high-end virtual reality headset Tuesday with the hope that people will soon be using it to work and play in the still-elusive place called the “metaverse.” The $1,500 Meta Quest Pro headset sports high-resolution sensors that let people see mixed virtual and augmented reality in full color, as well as eye tracking and so-called “natural …

Zuckerberg sets for 'Meta Connect' amid quality issues with VR project
2 years, 2 months ago

Zuckerberg sets for 'Meta Connect' amid quality issues with VR project

India TV News  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to announce the company's progress towards building the $10 billion metaverse, as internal reports claim there are still several quality issues and those building the virtual reality social network at the company are barely using it. Zuckerberg will share updates on the VR developer ecosystem, the progress building toward the metaverse, and 'Project Cambria', …

Meta’s flagship Horizon Worlds app is plagued by bugs: report
2 years, 2 months ago

Meta’s flagship Horizon Worlds app is plagued by bugs: report

The Hindu  

Meta’s Horizon Worlds has been designed to let people build and interact in virtual worlds using individual avatars, and is one of the key elements of the virtual interactions on the platform. But the company’s flagship app is now suffering from several quality issues that members of the very team behind the app are not using it much, according to …

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse demo of Horizon Worlds looks so crappy for a reason.
2 years, 4 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse demo of Horizon Worlds looks so crappy for a reason.

Slate  

To hear it from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in just a few years the entire world will be able to step inside a virtual-reality utopia where they can live their best lives. The graphics look like they came out of a computer game developed in 1997. pic.twitter.com/KuGMBMF3O1 — Chris Bakke August 17, 2022 I JUST realized that the entire reason …

Meta Platforms agrees to delay closing Within deal given U.S. challenge
2 years, 4 months ago

Meta Platforms agrees to delay closing Within deal given U.S. challenge

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms, the parent of Facebook which is making a big play for virtual reality, has agreed to delay closing its deal for Within Unlimited, maker of the popular fitness app "Supernatural," according to a court filing. The Federal Trade Commission had filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the deal in July, and had asked a judge in federal court …

FTC acts to block Meta from buying VR company, fitness app
2 years, 4 months ago

FTC acts to block Meta from buying VR company, fitness app

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Wednesday took legal action to block Facebook parent Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg from acquiring virtual reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural, asserting the deal would hurt competition and violate antitrust laws. The regulators said that Meta already is a key player “at each level of the virtual reality sector,” owning the …

Facebook suffers first ever fall in revenues as advertising slows
2 years, 4 months ago

Facebook suffers first ever fall in revenues as advertising slows

The Telegraph  

Mr Zuckerberg, 38, bet big on the metaverse last year in an effort to return the company to growth. On Wednesday, the US Federal Trade Commission filed an injunction to block Meta’s purchase of Within, a virtual reality company, and accused Mr Zuckerberg of an “illegal acquisition to expand virtual reality empire”. Revenues from its WhatsApp messaging app and virtual …

Meta VR headset users will not require Facebook account to log in
2 years, 5 months ago

Meta VR headset users will not require Facebook account to log in

The Hindu  

Meta said its virtual reality headset users do not need a Facebook account to log into their headsets, which was a concern among several users. Some VR users will have to create a Meta account sooner than others, but they must be 13 or older to set it up. People new to Facebook’s VR devices or who have previously merged …

Meta announces new way to login to its Oculus VR system
2 years, 5 months ago

Meta announces new way to login to its Oculus VR system

Live Mint  

Meta Platforms Inc is modifying how users log onto its virtual reality headsets, backtracking on an earlier change to require accounts from the company's flagship Facebook app on the devices while preserving links to social connections there. The social media giant announced plans to remove the Facebook login requirement last year, after a backlash from users who had previously accessed …

Zuckerberg wheedles VR prototypes
2 years, 6 months ago

Zuckerberg wheedles VR prototypes

The Hindu  

On Monday, Mr. Mark Zuckerberg shared a short video showing Virtual Reality headset prototypes. The prototypes look so heavy, I wonder whether people would pick one and wear it like a helmet to play games and meet people. Mr. Zuckerberg’s company is not alone in building VR gadgets, Microsoft, Google, HTC and Samsung are all busy making hardware and developing …

Today’s Cache | Facebook takes relics of app world into metaverse
2 years, 8 months ago

Today’s Cache | Facebook takes relics of app world into metaverse

The Hindu  

Since Facebook made a push for metaverse in October after whistle-blower revelations tarnished its reputation, the company has made announcements about its latest bet only in fits and starts. Horizon is the umbrella platform that hosts the company’s gaming, live events, and VR conferencing services. Before its December rollout, only Horizon Worlds was in private beta for users to test …

Meta’s Oculus Quest 2 leads global AR, VR market: IDC
2 years, 8 months ago

Meta’s Oculus Quest 2 leads global AR, VR market: IDC

The Hindu  

Global augmented reality and virtual reality headset market grew significantly last year led by all-in-one VR solutions like Meta’s Oculus Quest 2. Worldwide AR/VR headset shipments expanded 92.1% to 11.2 million units in 2021, compared to the previous year, with Meta’s Quest 2, capturing 78% share of the combined AR/VR market during the year, according to a report by research …

In VR, there are no rules, so parents are making up their own
2 years, 11 months ago

In VR, there are no rules, so parents are making up their own

CNN  

CNN — Last summer, Allen Roach saw something that really disturbed him: His then-11-year-old son, Peyton, used a sword to slice off the arms and legs of characters in a virtual reality medieval fantasy game, Blade & Sorcery, then threw the dismembered digital bodies off a bridge. Apps may have their own safety features such as the ability to block …

Expect in 2022: Mark Zuckerberg launching new VR headset and talking big on Meta, VR headset from Apple, Google
2 years, 11 months ago

Expect in 2022: Mark Zuckerberg launching new VR headset and talking big on Meta, VR headset from Apple, Google

India Today  

In our top predictions for 2022, we had mentioned how we expect the metaverse concept to blow up this year. And since we are talking about names, no company has embraced the metaverse concept as dearly as Meta, formerly known as Facebook. Now that the concepts of the metaverse and virtual reality and augmented reality have become the buzzwords, it …

Facebook opens Horizon Worlds VR app to public, inches close to metaverse
3 years ago

Facebook opens Horizon Worlds VR app to public, inches close to metaverse

India Today  

Facebook on Thursday announced that it is introducing Horizon Worlds, its virtual reality world of avatars, for users who are the age of 18 and above in the US and Canada. Eligible users who own Facebook’s Oculus virtual reality headsets can create a legless avatar that will wander in the animated virtual world, play games, and interact with other users’ …

EXPLAINED: What is Metaverse and Why Facebook/ Meta Thinks it's the Future of Internet
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINED: What is Metaverse and Why Facebook/ Meta Thinks it's the Future of Internet

News 18  

The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination — so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal its embrace of the futuristic idea. In an interview with The Verge, Zuckerberg said that “the metaverse isn’t just virtual reality” and would be accessible across various computing platforms like virtual and …

Explained | How is Facebook embedding the real world in computing?
3 years, 1 month ago

Explained | How is Facebook embedding the real world in computing?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the rebranding of his company to Meta. Mr. Zuckerberg sees metaverse as a successor to the mobile internet and as something that will see contributions from many companies. In a recent interview to Harvard Business Review, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella said he sees the metaverse idea being fundamentally about …

Facebook's Metaverse fortune is tied to Oculus
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook's Metaverse fortune is tied to Oculus

The Hindu  

Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pressed the proverbial reboot button and rebranded the controversial social media giant. “Our estimate is that in aggregate we are underreporting iOS web conversions by approximately 15%; however, there is a broad range for individual advertisers,” said Graham Mudd, VP of Product Marketing at Facebook. The critical tool that will make Zuckerberg’s holographic future a …

What is metaverse? Why Facebook is investing billions in this new project
3 years, 1 month ago

What is metaverse? Why Facebook is investing billions in this new project

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc said on Monday it will start publishing the financial results of its augmented and virtual reality labs as a separate unit, where it is investing billions in its ambitions to build the "metaverse" and as it reported that its main advertising business faces "significant uncertainty." Some people also use the word metaverse to describe gaming worlds, in which …

Facebook invests billions in metaverse efforts as ad business slows
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook invests billions in metaverse efforts as ad business slows

India Today  

Facebook said on Monday it will start breaking out the financials for its virtual and augmented reality unit, an announcement that comes as its main advertising businesses face "significant uncertainty." Facebook warned that Apple Inc's new privacy rules would weigh on its digital business in the current quarter, after the social media company reported quarterly revenue below market expectations. Chief …

Facebook ‘planning to rebrand company’ with new name
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook ‘planning to rebrand company’ with new name

Al Jazeera  

CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at its annual conference on October 28, but it could be sooner. Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, American technology blog the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark …

Facebook Plans To Hire 10,000 People In Europe To Build Its ‘Metaverse’
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Plans To Hire 10,000 People In Europe To Build Its ‘Metaverse’

ABP News  

New Delhi: Facebook has said it plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build the "metaverse", a new computing platform that aims to connect people virtually. The hiring will be done over the next five years, Metaverse is a virtual reality version of the internet which Facebook visualises as the future. In a blog post, Facebook said …

Facebook launches new VR remote work app 'Horizon Workroom'
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook launches new VR remote work app 'Horizon Workroom'

ABP News  

New Delhi: Facebook Inc has launched Horizon Workroom's new VR remote work app on Thursday. Facebook looks at its initial move towards the metaverse of the future which the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has discussed in the past few weeks. To use facebook's new app Horizon Workroom, the user must use the Oculus Quest2 headset to conduct meetings as an …

Facebook reveals 'horizon workrooms' that allow people to work together in virtual rooms
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook reveals 'horizon workrooms' that allow people to work together in virtual rooms

Firstpost  

This enables participants to join a meeting as an avatar in virtual reality or by video calling. Facebook on Thursday unveiled technology for “workrooms,” allowing remote collaboration for people using its Oculus virtual reality gear. The “Horizon Workrooms” project allows users to switch back and forth from virtual reality to web conferencing to adapt to different situations. “Workrooms is our …

Horizon Workrooms: Facebook’s Metaverse Is a VR Meetaverse
3 years, 4 months ago

Horizon Workrooms: Facebook’s Metaverse Is a VR Meetaverse

Wired  

Mark Zuckerberg looks right at me as he explains how this conversation is unlike most work conversations that have happened over the past 18 months. But here in Horizon Workrooms, Facebook’s new VR meeting space, it feels as though we’re sitting mere feet apart—especially with Zuckerberg’s new avatar looking remarkably like the real thing, from the caesar cut to the …

The next big internet revolution: what is the metaverse?
3 years, 4 months ago

The next big internet revolution: what is the metaverse?

Live Mint  

Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away, or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach. The metaverse is, in fact, the stuff of science-fiction: the term was coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel "Snow Crash", in which people don virtual …

Virtual Reality Is the Rich White Kid of Technology
3 years, 4 months ago

Virtual Reality Is the Rich White Kid of Technology

Wired  

It has been seven years since Palmer Luckey appeared on the cover of WIRED magazine. The June 2014 issue declared, “This kid is about to change gaming, movies, TV, music, design, medicine, sex, sports, art, travel, social network, education—and reality.” This was just after Facebook acquired his virtual reality company, Oculus, for $2 billion. In May 2016, WIRED’s cover story …

Facebook’s Oculus leads global VR headset market: IDC
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook’s Oculus leads global VR headset market: IDC

The Hindu  

Global virtual reality headset market grew in the June ending quarter led by all-in-one VR solutions, like Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2, which are increasingly being used for activities such as gaming and fitness. Worldwide VR headset shipments expanded 52.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021, with standalone headsets featuring an all-encompassing design, capturing 82.7% share during the quarter, according …

Facebook to start testing ads in virtual reality headsets
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook to start testing ads in virtual reality headsets

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc said that it will start testing The California-based company will test with a few apps in the beginning, and will make the ads broadly available across the Oculus platform and mobile app after incorporating feedback from developers, Facebook said in a statement. Facebook last month started testing ads in the Oculus mobile app. The company will not use …

Facebook Begins Testing VR Ads On Its Oculus Virtual Reality Headsets
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook Begins Testing VR Ads On Its Oculus Virtual Reality Headsets

News 18  

Facebook said on Wednesday that it will begin testing ads inside its virtual reality Oculus headsets in partnership with several game developers, including Resolution Games. The small-scale test of VR ads are a bridge between the social media company’s main revenue line of selling digital advertising and its growing investment to build virtual reality hardware as the next tech frontier …

Facebook aims to prove VR's popularity more than virtual
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook aims to prove VR's popularity more than virtual

The Hindu  

Virtual reality — computer generated 3D environments that can range from startlingly realistic to abstract wonderlands — has been on the cusp of wide acceptance for years without ever really taking off. “Quest 2 serves as a necessary step towards VR maturity," said Gartner analyst Tuong Nguyen. Part of the original Quest's success was the first-person shooter VR game “Half-Life: …

Missing the moment: Will virtual reality ever take off?
3 years, 6 months ago

Missing the moment: Will virtual reality ever take off?

Live Mint  

Virtual reality — computer generated 3D environments that can range from startlingly realistic to abstract wonderlands — has been on the cusp of wide acceptance for years without ever really taking off. “Quest 2 serves as a necessary step towards VR maturity," said Gartner analyst Tuong Nguyen. Part of the original Quest's success was the first-person shooter VR game “Half-Life: …

Missing the moment: Virtual reality's breakout still elusive
3 years, 6 months ago

Missing the moment: Virtual reality's breakout still elusive

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Quest 2 serves as a …

Facebook links its VR headset to Messenger
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook links its VR headset to Messenger

The Hindu  

Facebook’s virtual reality headset Oculus will now allow users to chat with their Facebook friends through the headset. Users who have logged onto Oculus Quest or Quest 2 devices with their Facebook accounts can now chat with their Facebook friends using the Messenger, the company said in a statement. Oculus users can chat using Messenger with friends who don’t have …

Facebook says the future of Messenger is on your face as app rolls out to Oculus VR headsets
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook says the future of Messenger is on your face as app rolls out to Oculus VR headsets

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook has rolled out its Messenger platform to its Oculus platform, the latest …

German regulators launch new Facebook investigation over VR
4 years ago

German regulators launch new Facebook investigation over VR

The Hindu  

German regulators launched an investigation Thursday into Facebook over the company’s decision to link its Oculus virtual reality products to the social network, authorities said. The Federal Cartel Office, or Bundeskartellamt, said it had initiated abuse proceedings over Facebook’s plans to require users of the latest Quest 2 virtual reality glasses produced by Oculus to register with a Facebook.com account. …

Facebook accused of squeezing rival startups in virtual reality
4 years ago

Facebook accused of squeezing rival startups in virtual reality

Live Mint  

Virtual-reality startups are accusing Facebook Inc. of using a familiar playbook to muscle out rivals in what could be the digital platform of the future -- prompting a new line of scrutiny from US competition enforcers. “Our industry is getting eaten alive by Facebook,” said Cix Liv, who co-founded startup Yur Inc., which makes technology that can be integrated into …

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