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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Facebook just officially unveiled their next standalone VR headset, Oculus Quest 2. The company also announced that, since it launched in May 2019, Quest users have spent over $150 million on apps and games. Facebook said back in May that Quest users had spent $100 million on games and apps since its launch on May 21st, 2019.

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MARCH 4, 2021

‘First Steps With Hand Tracking’ and ‘Tiny Castle’ are available now via the Oculus App Lab. It was back in 2019 that Facebook first began rolling out support for hand tracking on the Oculus Quest. Feature Image Credit: Oculus. Image Credit: Facebook.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The frantic food game Clash of Chefs VR just received a major update that lets you ditch your Oculus Touch controllers and cook delicious cartoon food with your own two hands. When hand tracking started rolling out for the Oculus Quest in 2019, the technology promised to change the way we interact in VR.

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MARCH 19, 2020

It was something different from the Oculus Connect , that is instead focused on announcements by Facebook. The pros of the real VEC 2019 have been: I traveled to China , so I could enjoy my time in Shenzhen, eating Chinese street food, drinking ?? The talks at VEC 2019 were… talks: slides and voiceover.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Mark Zuckerburg reveals interesting new sales figures during a Q4 2019 earnings call. If you were one of the poor souls desperately trying to purchase an Oculus Quest this holiday season, you know better than anyone how difficult it’s been to locate a headset whose price hasn’t been inflated hundreds-of-dollars by third-party sellers.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Meta has revived its VR Animation Player (2019) with the new release of Theater Elsewhere, a fresh iteration of the free animation player app that allows users to experience immersive, hand-painted worlds created with in VR art app Quill by Smoothstep (2021).

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APRIL 19, 2021

Right up front it should be said that there’s a number of different ways one could consider Facebook’s Oculus exclusive content ‘successful’ or not. Defining Scope. Marvel Powers United VR. Dance Central. Journey of the Gods. Turtle Rock. Vader Immortal I. Vader Immortal II. Vader Immortal III. Asgard’s Wrath.

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MAY 22, 2020

Planck was one of the co-founders of Oculus Story Studio and worked for Pixar for 10 years as a technical director on movies like Cars, WALL-E, and Up. This was in 2019, right before the Oculus Quest launched. The post Adventure Lab Offers VR Escape Rooms With Live Hosts On Oculus Quest appeared first on VRScout.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Following the announcement in September that Facebook will discontinue the Rift product line in 2021 , it appears the company is gearing up for a final sendoff by offering its latest PC VR headset, Oculus Rift S, for just $300. Oculus Rift S headset. Oculus Touch controllers (2). What’s in the box? Headset cable.

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MARCH 18, 2020

After sitting in Oculus Quest’s “Coming Soon” section for what feels like an eternity, Ready at Dawn’s 2017 multiplayer VR sport games Echo VR will finally be available to play on Oculus Quest, sort of. Image Credit: Oculus, Facebook). Image Credit: Oculus, Facebook). Feature Image Credit: Oculus, Facebook.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 is way too new for any real hardware discounts this holiday, it seems. But if you manage to nab a new Quest 2 before the year’s end, you’ll be able to download award-winning PC VR title Asgard’s Wrath (2019) for free. Make sure to download the Oculus PC app first, and connect your Quest 2 with a USB 3.0

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APRIL 14, 2021

Update v28 is an absolute game-changer with new features such as wireless Oculus Link functionality, updates to Infinite Office, and more. Announced yesterday in an official Oculus blog post , the Oculus Air Link expands on the existing Oculus Link software introduced back in 2019. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

After Venice VR Expanded has come to an end, I have finally had the time to experiment with Oculus Quest AR Passthrough. What is impressive on the good side is instead the stability of the tracking : we all know that Oculus Insight is the best in class tracking solution among VR headsets, and in AR this is even more important.

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APRIL 21, 2021

Lone Echo is one of the best regarded Oculus exclusive titles, which has made its follow up, Lone Echo II , highly anticipated. Originally slated to launch in 2019 and pushed back by numerous delays , Lone Echo II is now set for a Summer release date on Oculus PC.

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MAY 20, 2019

I have some exclusive news on the Vive Cosmos , one of the most awaited headsets of 2019, that I want to share with you. One HTC spokeperson told me that he couldn’t reveal a release date, but they should release the device around Q3 2019. Fasten your seatbelts and read this article. I so asked HTC what was its take on this issue.

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JULY 22, 2020

A newly released update for the Oculus Browser on Quest includes full-finger hand-tracking support for WebXR projects. build of Oculus Browser, which now comes with a hand-tracking API and timewarp layer support, both of which are considered ‘experimental’ at this time. The feature was quietly released in the recent 10.2

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MAY 18, 2020

In that spirit, Facebook today announced that it will be introducing more collaboration and productivity apps to the Oculus Store for Quest soon. Immersed is coming to the Oculus Store on Quest this summer, the company says. It also supports web browsers and Oculus Quest, the latter of which is on a request-only basis.

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MAY 18, 2021

Hugo Barra, one-time head of Oculus and VP of Facebook Reality Labs partnerships, has announced that he’s left Facebook. Barra came to Facebook in 2017 from his role as Global VP at the China-based tech giant Xiaomi, replacing Oculus’ first CEO Brendan Iribe. Looking forward to sharing more soon,” Barra says.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

GORN (2019) , the single-player arcade battle simulator, is finally coming to Oculus Quest next week. You can also grab Gorn on SteamVR headsets , Oculus Rift , and PSVR. The post Gladiator Sim ‘GORN’ is Finally Coming to Oculus Quest Next Week appeared first on Road to VR.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

It was a little over a year ago when Facebook triumphantly announced that games and apps made for Oculus Go would live on in Oculus Quest. Legendary programmer and Oculus Consulting CTO John Carmack responded to one such complaint via Twitter , saying Go apps are indeed not supported on Quest 2.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

John Carmack, legendary programmer and key player in the Oculus Rift genesis story, announced recently that he’s won a decisive battle within Facebook to finally release root access to Oculus Go, the 3DOF standalone VR headset launched in 2018.

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JULY 20, 2020

Oculus has introduced new party features which allow groups of players to launch into the same app together and to move from one app to another. Expanding on that work, this week the company introduced improvements to the Oculus Party system. Image courtesy Oculus. We’ve reached out to Oculus for confirmation.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

Adding to a growing number of data points showing why Facebook has shifted its attention away from Oculus PC is the difference in momentum between the two platforms as revealed by game review counts over time. This month, the number of reviews across all Quest games has exceeded the number of reviews across all Oculus PC games.

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MARCH 31, 2021

During an interview with Bloomberg this week, Facebook Reality Labs VP, Andrew Bosworth, said that Quest 2 has outsold all Oculus headsets combined, a significant milestone for a headset which has only been available for five and a half months. Here’s a quick timeline of Oculus headsets: Rift – March 2016. Go – May 2018.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Facebook has signed a multiyear deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA) which makes Oculus an official marketing and VR headset partner of the NBA, Women’s NBA (WNBA) and NBA G League. You can check out the full NBA VR schedule here , accessible via Oculus Venues for Quest and Go.

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JUNE 26, 2020

It seems legendary programmer and Oculus Consulting CTO John Carmack has tried to bring Minecraft to every Oculus headset in existence. That includes Oculus Quest, and although we still don’t have a proper port, it certainly wasn’t for the lack of trying.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Facebook announced that its long-awaited support for multiple user accounts and device-specific app sharing is heading to Oculus Quest 2 starting next month. Multi-user accounts and App Sharing will land on Oculus Quest 2 first as experimental features in February, and then to the original 2019 Quest at an unspecified later date.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Rebellion announced today at Facebook Connect that Sniper Elite VR is officially headed to all major VR headsets, including SteamVR headsets, PSVR, and now Oculus Quest too. The post ‘Sniper Elite VR’ Confirmed for Oculus Quest, Gameplay Trailer Here appeared first on Road to VR.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Now Odders Lab , the studio behind VR rhythm game OhShape (2019), is set to release its next title Chess Club for Oculus Quest, which brings an immersive spin to the game. The post ‘Chess Club’ Brings Online Chess to Oculus Quest July 1st, Trailer Here appeared first on Road to VR. Fight animations and sound FX.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Today, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) announced it was initiating formal abuse proceedings against Facebook for its controversial policy of requiring new Oculus device owners to use a Facebook account. ” Back in September, Facebook halted sales of all Oculus products in Germany.

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APRIL 8, 2020

During E3 2019 VR developer Echo Games revealed the team would be releasing its popular zero g multiplayer sports game Echo Arena on the Oculus Quest sometime within the next several months. The post Echo VR Roadmap Teases Upcoming Open Beta For Oculus Quest appeared first on VRScout. Image Credit: Echo Games.

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JULY 28, 2021

Oculus is making hard shift away from its proprietary developer APIs in favor of OpenXR, an industry-backed project that aims to standardize the development of VR and AR applications. ” Oculus announced this month that it plans to begin deprecating the existing Oculus Mobile and Oculus PC SDK in favor of OpenXR. .”

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JUNE 30, 2020

Downpour Interactive and Coatsink today announced that Onward , the VR tactical shooter, is coming to Oculus Quest on July 30th. The studio has made good on its word, and in the meantime also included Coatsink, the studio behind the Esper VR series and Shadow Point (2019) , as publisher. Image courtesy Downpour Interactive, Coatsink.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Facebook announced that, at the end of this year, it will officially retire Oculus Go, its 3DOF standalone headset. In early 2021, the company will also be making way for more apps on Quest with a new content distribution platform that will be separate from the Oculus Store. Oculus Go & Gear VR, Photo by Road to VR.

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MAY 18, 2020

In honor of Oculus Quest’s first anniversary today, Facebook announced that the popular standalone VR headset is getting a new ‘Playspace Scan’ feature to make its Guardian system capable of detecting objects that could trip you up during gameplay. Whether that infringes upon user privacy is another matter all together.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 was 10 million units, and the success of Oculus Quest 2 had an impact on the company that is providing [it].” The post Qualcomm: Oculus Quest 2 Shipped 10 Million Units Since Launch appeared first on Road to VR. “And I’ll point you out that this is already starting.

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MAY 5, 2020

Oculus is reportedly readying a Quest successor which will iterate on the existing headset with a smaller form-factor, faster refresh rate, and new controllers. Rather than an outright Quest 2, it seems Oculus may be aiming first for a Quest S. SEE ALSO Oculus Reveals New VR Headset Prototypes with Major Advances in Optics Form-factor.

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