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How “oculus” trended on Hacker News

“Oculus” was mentioned 12,969 times on Hacker News between 2010 and 2026, peaking in Mar 2014 with 1,044 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “oculus” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “oculus”

1. 1.Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices 1,858 points · 1,025 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Facebook acquires Oculus VR 1,449 points · 837 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
3. 3.John Carmack joins Oculus as CTO 993 points · 204 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit the company credit card 962 points · 366 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
5. 5.All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to an expired certificate 901 points · 376 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Facebook account banned after linking Oculus account 895 points · 425 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Minecraft creator says he’s canceled talks for Oculus Rift version 887 points · 351 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right 873 points · 829 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
9. 9.John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset 817 points · 304 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices 816 points · 382 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Facebook being investigated in Germany for tying Oculus use to Facebook accounts 752 points · 237 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Oculus Rift co-founder killed by gang trying to escape police 726 points · 288 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN

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