Facebook changes name of its annual VR event and its overall AR/VR organization

The company says it is changing the name of their augmented reality and virtual reality organization to “Facebook Reality Labs,”  an org which will encompass the company’s AR/VR products under the Oculus,  Spark and Portal brands.The company’s AR/VR research division had its title changed from Oculus Research to Facebook Reality Labs back in 2018. That division will now be known as FRL Research.Facebook has also announced that Oculus Connect, its annual virtual reality developer conference, will be renamed Facebook Connect and will be occurring entirely virtually on September 16.