Fb is development a ‘new social layer’ for Oculus headsets

Fb spent a considerable amount of time at its Oculus Attach 6 keynote detailing the brand new hyperlinks between its VR headset and the corporate’s core Fb app. “Beginning overdue this 12 months, we can start to roll out a fully new social layer around the Oculus platform powered by means of Fb,&#82…
Facebook spent a large amount of time at its Oculus Connect 6 keynote detailing the new links between its VR headset and the company’s core Facebook app. “Starting late this year, we will begin to roll out a completely new social layer across the Oculus platform powered by Facebook,R…

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