The recognizable chords from Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” are the sonic greeting to a new virtual reality experience created by digital storyteller Yolanda Barton. Users are transported into a re-creation… Read More
Meta, parent company of Facebook, Oculus, WhatsApp, and Instagram, will lay off 419 workers in Seattle and another 307 in nearby Bellevue as part of its broader cutbacks announced last… Read More
Seattle-based VR developer Polyarc Games is bringing its recently-debuted adventure game Moss: Book 2 to the Oculus Quest 2 headset at some point this summer. The announcement came courtesy of… Read More
Seattle startup Pluto VR has brought its virtual reality streaming platform PlutoSphere into Early Access, which gives interested players a chance to check out and influence a pre-release version of… Read More
All aboard the Meta Express? The parent company of Facebook and Oculus has renewed and expanded its office leases in Seattle’s Stadium District in what real estate experts describe as… Read More
New installations of the Oculus mobile app jumped more than 150% over the Christmas weekend, compared to past years, according to numbers released Tuesday morning by Apptopia. In other words,… Read More
The avatar will see you now. Or at least Microsoft hopes so. In a world still adjusting to the realities of remote work and life, the tech giant just doubled… Read More
Seattle-based Pluto VR is launching a new streaming platform for virtual reality. The service, PlutoSphere, is meant to stream games live over the internet to compatible VR headsets without the… Read More
Lies Beneath feels like a throwback to the early 2000s, and I absolutely mean that as a compliment. It’s a lot like the slightly janky horror games of that period,… Read More
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from Facebook Facebook may be the next tech giant to join the competitive virtual assistant race. CNBC first reported that… Read More
A big story in the virtual reality market is the upcoming Oculus Quest, an all-in-one portable headset that lets users enjoy VR games without requiring a wired connection to another… Read More
Facebook-owned Oculus today unveiled its next-generation virtual reality headset that will reportedly some day replace its flagship Oculus Rift. The new $399 Oculus Rift S headset connects to a PC… Read More
Seattle startup Vtrus has raised investment for a different kind of drone — one that’s designed to conduct precision inspections of industrial facilities. A SEC filing published today shows a… Read More
Facebook has grown as fast as any company in the Seattle area in recent years, but it has done so while keeping details close to the vest, for the most… Read More
It’s been nearly five years, but ZeniMax’s lawsuit with Facebook over the development of the Oculus Rift headset is finally at an end. ZeniMax announced Wednesday that it agreed to… Read More
Facebook’s dizzying growth all over the Seattle area continues unabated, and now the social media giant’s regional presence is up to 3,000 employees, with hundreds more jobs waiting to be… Read More
Facebook appears to be eyeing even more expansion in Redmond, Wash., where it has amassed a sprawling campus near Microsoft’s headquarters. Citing documents obtained through a public records request, the… Read More
Facebook already has a large presence in Seattle’s urban core, but the company is increasingly expanding its operation to other parts of the region. In two newly confirmed deals, the… Read More
Brendan Iribe, co-founder and former CEO of Oculus, is leaving Facebook’s virtual reality arm, marking another key founder departure from a business acquired by the social giant. Iribe announced his… Read More
Back in 2007, three Seattle teens who grew up with a love for making films decided to help others share their work with a wider audience, creating the National Film Festival… Read More
A new virtual reality headset, the $399 Oculus Quest, headlined the fifth edition of the Oculus Connect event in San Jose, Calif., but Facebook had a slew of other VR… Read More
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the company’s next big virtual reality release, the $399 Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest is the realization of the long-anticipated “Project Santa Cruz,” and according to… Read More
PAX West, the video game convention that brings tens of thousands of gaming fans to Seattle every summer, opened Friday morning with subtle signs of heightened security but no less… Read More
Facebook-owned Oculus is following up the release of its $199 standalone virtual reality headset with a new bundle targeting big businesses. Starting today, the Oculus Go business bundle is now… Read More
Facebook is making a massive investment in a Seattle-area campus for its virtual reality company Oculus, and a new report quantifies just how much it is spending on the space.… Read More
For all of the excitement that goes on in some of the award-winning exhibits at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, a good amount of intrigue takes place behind the scenes, where… Read More
Tim Harader has seen this story before. When the digital media entrepreneur arrived in Seattle two decades ago, he was recruited by Microsoft to manage its new webcasts. At the time,… Read More
Oculus Go, a new VR headset from the Facebook-owned company, sprang onto shelves in a surprise launch Tuesday. It’s lower-powered than existing headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive,… Read More
UPDATE: The Oculus Go virtual reality headset is shipping today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at Facebook’s F8 developer conference. A 32GB version will cost $199 and a 64GB retails… Read More
An entity that shares the same infamous address as Facebook — 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, Calif. — has picked up two parcels in Redmond, Wash., just a few… Read More