VRScout

APRIL 12, 2020

We’re not even half way through 2020 and so far this year is shaping up to be a big one for standalone location-based VR thanks to the Oculus Quest. Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset is contributing heavily to the rise of arena-scale location-based VR, due primarily to its affordability, convenience, and wireless 6dof capabilities.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Oculus is now giving free demos of MARVEL Powers United VR, the upcoming super hero adventure for Rift, across its many partner retail locations. Marvel Powers United VR doesn’t have a specific launch date yet, although Oculus has said it should be coming sometime in 2018.

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JULY 19, 2021

Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 headset launched in October 2020 in two flavors: 64GB and 256GB. Now images have surfaced via French online retailers LDLC and its subsidiary Top Achat suggesting the existence of an upcoming 128GB version of Quest 2. French video game site GamerGen first spotted the listings.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The extended reality environment is taking the retail and ecommerce landscape by storm. Offering a convenient way to provide consumers with product information, enhanced shopping experiences, and better customer service, XR is quickly becoming a table stakes part of the new digital retail space. Magic Leap.

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VRScout

JUNE 2, 2019

Facebook’s standalone 6DOF headset, Oculus Quest hit retail stores on May 21 st , and in just one week after launch, the VR headset was listed as sold out at many U.S. retailers such as Walmart, Amazon and Newegg, suggesting that VR is finally catching on with consumers. Image Credit: Oculus. He’s correct in that.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

As holiday shopping jumps into full swing, Oculus Quest is sold out at many retailers, driving the resale price of the headset up to 157% of the retail price. Oculus Quest (64GB) – $400 MSRP . Oculus Quest (128GB) – $500 MSRP . This is both good and bad news for Oculus. The 128GB Quest is in a similar boat.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

.” Earlier this morning, Facebook announced a temporary halt on the sale of Oculus products in Germany to ensure their products comply with local laws. Seeing as new users will soon be required to connect a Facebook account to their Oculus headsets, Facebook now finds itself in direct opposition to this “no coupling” rule.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

8 — Walmart’s hush-hush technology incubator for bleeding edge startups with the potential to advance or disrupt the traditional retail experience. Finnegan has not said what the Spatialand crew will be working on for the retail mega-giant or how Walmart is planning to incorporate VR in general into its business model.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

While the company has been tight-lipped on the headset’s pricing and exact launch date, as well as a few remaining specs, major UK retailer Argos seems to have not only listed Vive Cosmos, but appended the specific price of £699.99. The post Vive Cosmos Listed for £700 at Major UK Retailer appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

MAY 29, 2019

Though I would love to let my birthday piggyback on that accomplishment, credit actually goes to Facebook-owned Oculus, which launched its Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S headsets on that day. Having participated in a VR tournament using this cutting-edge headset, I can honestly say that Oculus’ hard work is apparent.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 has been backordered at major online retailers since before Christmas. The deal, which is priced at the standard MSRP of $300, is only available for the 64GB version of Oculus Quest 2 on NewEgg’s US-based site.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday 2020 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Quest sale of the year! The Best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday 2020 Deal. It doesn’t look like Oculus will be discounting Quest 2 hardware this year, instead the company is focusing on game deals.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on.

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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. You can find this deal through official online retailers such as Oculus.com , Amazon , Best Buy , and NewEgg.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

As promised, Facebook today introduced its new 128GB version of the Oculus Quest 2 headset for $300, entirely replacing the 64GB base model launched in October last year. You’ll find the 128GB model offered direct from Oculus , as well as from official partners including Amazon , Best Buy , Target , and Adorama in the US.

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Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2022

Alongside the announcement of the company’s first retail store, Meta has begun redirecting visitors of the longstanding Oculus.com website to its new Meta Store. Facebook announced back in late 2021 that it would rebrand itself to Meta and eventually dissolve the Oculus brand. The Oculus logo and type under Facebook.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The Oculus Touch motion controllers arrive December 6th and pre-orders begin October 10th. Oculus’ biggest event of the year, Oculus Connect 3 , kicked off Thursday morning with an opening keynote that revealed what’s next for the Facebook owned Oculus platform, as well as new content playable with Oculus Touch motion controllers.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

This week, we look at Apple’s moves across the spatial spectrum, Magic Leap 2, And Oculus Quest game sales among other items. It is coming soon to the Oculus store. Over 60 titles on the Oculus platform surpass $1M in revenue. Glue is now available to download on the Oculus store. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

and inXile Entertainment are launching a free open beta September 28th to October 10th on Oculus Rift and SteamVR headsets. If you move quickly, however, you may be able to earn yourself a free retail copy of the full game as part of a unique ‘Play to Own’ campaign running throughout the beta.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Let me give you just a few very well-known examples: Meta bought Oculus VR for 2 billion dollars when there was still only a prototype headset. The money that very large companies are investing in this world makes me extremely bullish about the value that can be generated. There was no marketable product at the time of the acquisition.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2020

The Walking Dead Onslaught launches September 29th on PSVR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive; just in time for the season 10 finale October 4th on AMC. Retail Editions: Retail Exclusive Deluxe Editions and a limited run Survivor Edition are available at Retail. Visit your local retailer for additional details and availability.

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Road to VR

APRIL 29, 2020

In Facebook’s Q1 2020 earnings call today, the company overviewed its latest financial situation and noted that Oculus products were a major contributor to $297 million in non-advertising revenue. Wehner specifically noted that the increase was “driven primarily by the sales of Oculus products.”

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MARCH 7, 2019

It seems one of two things is happening at the moment: either Oculus Rift has been selling like hotcakes and going out of stock simultaneously all over the Internet, or the company is tuning down production for some unknown reason. Oculus Quest, Image courtesy Oculus.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 has celebrated a pretty successful launch, with some developers saying they’ve seen a dramatic jump in both sales and engagement across their games since the standalone headset’s October 13th release. And that was with hardware backorders projected well into 2020.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

After Oculus’ big Black Friday sale, which saw Rift & Touch temporarily cut from its regular price of $400 to $350, Oculus now says they’re permanently dropping the price of the bundle to just $350. Rift + Touch got its first big price cut at Oculus Connect 4 back in 2017, bringing it from $500 to $400.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 5, 2019

In these days, I got a quite interesting rumor: Xiaomi may have abandoned its plans for the Mi VR standalone headset , the Chinese counterpart of the Oculus Go. If you remember well, the Oculus Go is a joint product between Oculus and Xiaomi. What does this mean for the Oculus Go? The operation regarded a dozen employees.

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JUNE 10, 2018

Oculus is offering a ‘Dad & Grads’ deal on the Rift: now through 11:59 pm PT on June 16, you can buy a new Rift and get $75 worth of store credit from Oculus, or a $50 gift card from several retailers. Oculus Rift at Best Buy with $50 gift card. Oculus Rift at Micro Center with $50 gift card.

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JUNE 11, 2019

The company hasn’t detailed any hardware sales data for Quest, however supposing (large grain of salt here) that every user who had a Quest in hand during the first two weeks at least plonked down for Beat Saber (2018), which retails on the platform for $30, sales numbers for that period could tally around 166,000 headsets.

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MAY 1, 2018

Oculus Go, the company’s upcoming standalone VR headset, may already be waiting in the wings at Amazon distribution centers—they’re certainly already on Best Buy shelves, as both retailers are gearing up for what appears to be an imminent launch.

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JUNE 26, 2018

Announced back at Facebook’s F8 developer conference earlier this year, Oculus TV is the company’s latest first-party app that pulls a number of flatscreen video options together under one roof. The app is now available for free on Oculus Go. Oculus Go users have a few other options to consider for video watching however.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Connectivity company DisplayLink is showing a reference design for a 60GHz Oculus Rift wireless adapter at CES 2019. Now the company is showing off a Rift-compatible version of the adapter, both as a proof of concept and a reference design that could be the foundation for another company to further develop into a retail product.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

A new commercial-focused hardware bundle including Rift headset, Touch controllers, three Sensors, and three facial interfaces was revealed at Oculus Connect 4 this week. Oculus still doesn’t doesn’t offer a commercial/enterprise app platform, something that Valve and HTC have been focusing on lately through Steam and Viveport.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2021 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Quest 2 sale of the year! The Best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday 2021 Sales. Oculus Quest 2 (128GB). Oculus Quest 2 (256GB). Oculus Quest 2 Price Baseline. Oculus Quest 2 (256GB) – $400.

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JULY 6, 2017

Germany-based customers looking to snap up a deal on Oculus Rift and Touch, the VR headset’s motion controller, are seeing one of the biggest price cuts thanks to German electronics retailer MediaMarkt. The post You Can Buy an Oculus Rift + Touch Bundle in Germany for €450 appeared first on Road to VR.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

The VRNRGY Power Pack, an auxiliary battery pack designed specifically to fit on the back of an Oculus Quest, is now available for order on the company’s website. The power pack is held in place by a “breathable” neoprene strap, which is visibly designed around the form factor of the Oculus Quest.

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JUNE 6, 2018

The Chinese variant of the Oculus Go, sold by Xiaomi as the ‘Mi VR Standalone’, appears to be seeing strong launch demand, with the headset quickly selling out, in some cases within just minutes. The post China’s Oculus Go Variant Sells Out in Minutes, 50,000+ Await More Stock appeared first on Road to VR.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Major retailers are now publishing their much awaited Black Friday deals, and by far one of the largest sales to cover VR stuff thus far comes from Best Buy. Sizable discounts come to Oculus Rift, VR-ready computers, Gear VR, and much more. Oculus Rift + Touch Bundle. When & Where. The sale will run from November 23-25.

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