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AUGUST 18, 2020

Existing users will need to merge their Oculus accounts in two years. Earlier this morning Facebook confirmed in an official Oculus blog post that, beginning October 2020, those using an Oculus VR headset for the first time will need to log in to their devices with an official Facebook account for full functionality.

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JANUARY 18, 2020

Oculus Quest hand-tracking turns one apartment into an XR playground. XR wizard Greg Madison, an interaction designer for spatial computing, has made science-fiction a reality by turning his own home into a mixed reality playground using the Oculus Quest. 02 Transform any surface into a giant touch screen.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Available now on the Oculus Quest via SideQuest, Real Commodore 64 – Virtually brings the original Commodore 64 experience to VR, allowing Quest and Quest 2 players the chance to explore a massive catalog of retro PC games. Real Commodore 64 – Virtually works really well with the Oculus Quest. to 17 million units sold.

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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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OCTOBER 29, 2020

At the beginning of 2020, Major Lazer had an extensive road calendar ahead of them. MAJORLAZER 's putting our ArcRunner platform to the test on 11/18 and bringing their full live show to @oculus Venues, from stage layout to lighting and beyond. A tour was planned that included 50 shows spanning 11 countries around the world.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Oculus Quest and Quest 2 owners are finally getting several features they’ve been asking for since launch: support for multiple accounts and app sharing. Support for multiple accounts will extend first to the Oculus Quest 2 followed by original Oculus Quest headsets at a later time. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus.

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MAY 5, 2020

Bloomberg reports Facebook is working on a new, more comfortable Oculus Quest. Bloomberg is reporting that Facebook is currently working on a new Oculus Quest headset featuring a lighter physical design and faster refresh rates, resulting in a significantly more comfortable in-headset experience. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus.

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MARCH 19, 2020

FutureOfConferences is #VR pic.twitter.com/1QLaTGAn7g — Alvin Wang Graylin (???) (@AGraylin) March 19, 2020. Only in #VR ENGAGE @vreducation pic.twitter.com/Ypr6K4Kidv — Chris Madsen (@deep_rifter) March 19, 2020. V2EC2020 pic.twitter.com/Xe5juN4jUB — Chris Madsen (@deep_rifter) March 19, 2020.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

After having written my predictions for virtual reality in 2020 , let’s see what will be the trends for this year in augmented reality. In fact, nReal has been the best XR gadget of CES 2020 and have seen many clones starting popping out like mushrooms. In my opinion, nReal won’t make AR mainstream in 2020.

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JULY 7, 2021

If so, then today’s your lucky day as Polish developer Immersion Games has announced that its magical VR disc golf experience Disc Ninja will be arriving on Oculus Quest headsets next month. Disc Ninja arrives on Oculus Quest headsets on August 5th. Image Credit: Immersion Games. via SteamVR. For more information visit here.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Originally released in open beta on Oculus Quest headsets via SideQuest and the App Lab, developer realities.io inc has officially launched its VR jigsaw puzzle experience Puzzling Places on the Oculus Store alongside a handful of improvements designed to take your puzzle-solving experience to the next level. Moving forward, realities.i

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JULY 24, 2020

Two days ago Twitter user WalkingCat posted an image of what appears to be a follow-up to Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset. 15 Sept pic.twitter.com/11Sgr4nEnF — WalkingCat (@h0x0d) July 24, 2020. This lines up with past Oculus Connect conferences, each of which held in September in San Jose, California. Quest 1.5,

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JULY 22, 2020

Earlier this morning, Twitter user and well-known Microsoft leaker WalkingCat shared an image of what appears to be a brand new Oculus Quest headset. pic.twitter.com/rBvJpCfRmT — WalkingCat (@h0x0d) July 22, 2020. I certainly wouldn’t mind a more comfortable cable designed specifically for use with Oculus Link.

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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. So we can see that Oculus exclusives have a good track record at least of exceeding the average game rating in their given release year. Defining Scope.

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MAY 5, 2021

If you own an Oculus Quest and you’ve been salivating over the high-flying parkour madness of STRIDE , developers Joy Way recently announced that it’s gotten through the approval process to launch on Quest. STRIDE has been approved for Oculus Quest @oculus has accepted our concept pitch for putting STRIDE on Quest.

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MAY 11, 2020

Coming soon to the Oculus Quest, Battle Blocks is a fast-paced PvP puzzle game inspired by the infamous classic and reimagined for the VR headsets. BattleBlocks #Gamedev #IndieGameDev #VirtualReality #VR #Tetris #Oculus #OculusQuest #UE4 #HTCVive #Tetris99 pic.twitter.com/aDEXVt5qa2 — Battle Blocks (@BattleBlocksVR) May 9, 2020.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Facebook today announced that it’s working with Rockstar Games to bring Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) exclusively to the Oculus Quest 2 headset. Rockstar Games previously announced it had started production on an “AAA open world title in VR” back in July 2020, which came on the heels of its VR port of L.A.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2020

This past July Microsoft confirmed that Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 , the latest iteration of the companies legendary flight sim experience, would be receiving official VR support shortly after launch. It will also be open to all devices, the Oculus family, Valve family, every family of headset is supported there.”.

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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. pic.twitter.com/hC6gseSijr — Daniel Beauchamp (@pushmatrix) April 7, 2020. Mild interest of the community. Actually, the reception of the dev community has not been so great as I envisioned.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

According to the XR Safety Initiative (XRSI) , an organization dedicated to creating safe immersive environments, an unnamed XR researcher has discovered a jailbreak for the Oculus Quest 2, gaining root access to the standalone VR headset. link] — Robert Long (@arobertlong) October 14, 2020. ” Image Credit: Facebook.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Oculus Move is Quest 2’s onboard activity layer that tracks just how much you’re moving during gameplay. Now the company says its baking support for Move into both Apple Health and the Oculus App itself. We don’t use your Oculus Move stats to inform the ads you see on any Meta services.”

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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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OCTOBER 8, 2021

Swordsman (2020) , the physics-based combat sim for PSVR and PC VR headsets, is bringing its bloody sandbox battles to Oculus Quest at some point next year. Developers Sinn Studio announced in a recent tweet that Swordsman is slated to arrive on Oculus App Lab in early 2022.

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APRIL 15, 2021

Announced last September at Facebook Connect 2020 , Puzzle Bobble VR reimagines the classic action-puzzle game for the VR format. ” Puzzle Bobble VR launches May 20th, 2021 on Oculus Quest and Quest 2 headsets. The post ‘Puzzle Bobble VR’ Arrives Next Month On Oculus Quest appeared first on VRScout.

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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 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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JANUARY 7, 2021

In a look back at 2020, Facebook Reality Lab’s head Andrew Bosworth revealed that Quest 2 quietly celebrated a few new milestones shortly after its October 13th launch. Oculus Quest 2 is our fastest-growing VR headset, thanks to the convergence of leading VR form factors and the content built by our developer community.”

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JULY 19, 2021

Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 headset launched in October 2020 in two flavors: 64GB and 256GB. Notably, LDCL is an official partner retailer of Oculus, which may lend credence to the report. Note that “Go” is French for GB, which shouldn’t be confused with the now discontinued Oculus Go standalone from 2018.

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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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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Now, according to Rec Room’s downloads on Quest 2, the developers estimate that Facebook has potentially sold upwards of three million Quest 2 units in 2020 Q4 alone. The post ‘Rec Room’ Studio Estimates Facebook Sold 2-3M Oculus Quest 2 Headsets in Q4 appeared first on Road to VR.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

2020 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for VR. Yesterday, Facebook Reality Labs conducted its Q3 2020 Earnings Call , during which company co-founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, stated that the Oculus Quest 2 received 5x as many pre-orders as the original Oculus Quest.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

PowerBeatsVR (2020), the high-intensity workout experience from Munich-based indie studio Five Mind Creations , is finally making its was to Oculus Quest next month, which will let you box, dodge, and squat to the beat without getting tangled up in wires … or subscriptions. Want to experience the maximum HIIT workout?

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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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JANUARY 10, 2025

During her time at Meta/Oculus, Watson worked on a number of Quest-related projects, including both the tethered Link and the company’s Wi-Fi streaming tool, Air Link. .” “It is quite literally an ‘Android Apple Vision Pro’ but the execution was excellent.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

Fortnite doesn’t natively support VR headsets, however an update coming to the popular battle royale shooter today reportedly holds mention of Oculus, possibly pointing to future VR support for the game. Epic added stuff related to Oculus (Quest, Quest 2 & Mobile) in today's update. — HYPEX (@HYPEX) August 30, 2022.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Onward (2020) , the tactical mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive , is getting a big 2.0 Initially released onSteam in Early Access in 2016, and later released in early access on the original Oculus Quest in 2020, Onward focuses on realistic squad-based gameplay and unrelentingly faithful reproduction of real-world weaponry.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Meta's CTO says he "loved and hoped to keep" the Oculus brand. "I This is very different than Oculus, a name I definitely loved and hoped to keep. Boz (@boztank) March 19, 2025 Meta, then Facebook, acquired Oculus in 2014 for almost $3 billion in total. No, I'll definitely tell the story some day.

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