Here it is: the fourth installment of one of Facebook's biggest VR events, Oculus Connect. Today, things kick off with an opening keynote from Mark Zuckerberg himself, and we'll be there to bring you the highlights of his thoughts and insights in realtime.
The event comes at an interesting time for Facebook. The company has been under a growing amount of pressure to answer questions about its possible involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with particularly high scrutiny for how it will prevent such action from being taken again, and how it plans to curb the abuse of its targeted ad and promoted content technology.
It also comes on the heels of Zuckerberg's recent live demo of Facebook Spaces, a new feature that allows Oculus Rift users to experience virtual reality environments with friends, no matter where you're using it.
On Monday, Zuckerberg demonstrated the technology by "placing" himself and a colleague in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, doubling the live content as an announcement about Facebook's partnership with the Red Cross for relief efforts -- which was met with mixed results.
The event is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. And in addition to this liveblog, there will be a live stream. Tune in ASAP, because we’ll be getting started as soon as the lights dim and the dramatic music is cued.
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