Mark Zuckerberg goes live on Facebook to talk Oculus, future of virtual reality

Not content to simply announce the long awaited-arrival of the Oculus Rift to consumers, company founder Palmer Luckey and Facebook (the parent company of Oculus) founder Mark Zuckerberg both engaged in unusually direct presentations to the public this week.

Luckey used Facebook live video to bring VR fans along for the ride as he delivered the first consumer-level Oculus Rift kit to buyers in Alaska on Saturday

The video itself was underwhelming. Nevertheless, in a landscape in which most product launches are stage-managed down to the second in a controlled environment, the effort was a sign that the Oculus understands the challenge it has ahead of it in terms of broad adoption of the device Read more...