Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Amazon’s UK retailer seems to have already jumped the gun on today’s supposed announcement taking place at Oculus Connect opening keynote, where we’ll likely hear official word on price, release date, and everything else surrounding the long awaited Touch controllers. Oculus Touch controllers to cost £190 in the UK.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Amazon’s US store is either the first, or the only retailer currently to offer the Oculus Rift for its Black Friday-reduced price of $350, a $50 discount off the now normal MSRP of $400. Oculus Touch controllers (2). Oculus Sensors (2). Oculus Rift headset. Photo by Road to VR. What’s in the Box.

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JUNE 28, 2016

Oculus Rift units are still appearing in batches across third-party retailers, and eager Amazon customers may now be able to get their hands on one faster than their pre-order through the official site will allow.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Facebook officially unveiled Quest 2 today along with third-party hardware accessories offered direct from Oculus.com , which includes two new headphones from Logitech and replacement facial interfaces from VR Cover. Description: Oculus Ready G333 VR is the official in-ear audio solution for Oculus Quest 2. Price : $29.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Cloud-based gaming has been seen by the industry at large as a way to make games more widely accessible by making them playable on less powerful hardware. Some of the cloud gaming stuff that we’re doing will, of course, be useful for VR as well, and we’re building a big community around that on Oculus.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Oculus Rift S, the company’s mid-generation hardware update to the Rift platform, only just launched a few months ago, but it’s already getting its first discount this upcoming Black Friday. Lenovo has published its 2019 Black Friday ad , and to our surprise it’s knocking $50 off the $400 Oculus Rift S.

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Peter Graham

JULY 15, 2019

Online retail giant Amazon has once again commenced its massive Prime Day sales extravaganza, discounting thousands of items. This year Amazon Prime Day isn’t just one day either, shoppers have got a full 48 hours to fill their shopping baskets. Amazon Prime Day – UK. Oculus Rift CV1. Oculus Quest.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2018

These apps hope to make the Oculus Go your next entertainment device. The $200 standalone VR headset from Oculus has finally arrived. Available for sale on Oculus.com in 23 countries, online from Amazon , or in Best Buy Stores in the U.S., the Oculus Go is part of Oculus’ larger goal to getting one billion consumers into VR.

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Road to VR

JUNE 17, 2017

Oculus have announced they will be offering up to 60% price reductions on over 30 titles across the Oculus Store for the Rift and Gear VR from June 16th until July 5th. Detailed on the official Oculus blog , the ‘Summer of Rift’ comprises more than just a sale – there will be special events, game launches and announcements too.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2018

The $200 Oculus Go is the most accessible VR headset today. But now the Oculus Go is finally here and it’s a big deal, especially for the millions of iPhone users out there who up until today have had limited options to get into VR. Starting today, the Oculus Go standalone VR headset is available for purchase for $199.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. I really love opening Oculus products , since usually they are packaged really well, and the Quest is no exception. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus). Front view of the Oculus Quest.

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2024

The company has made its new pricing scheme available at major retailers like Amazon: Quest 2 (128GB) – $200 Quest 3 (256GB, refurbished) – $270 The new low price can also be found at Walmart , Target , Best Buy , New Egg , and more, including direct from Meta.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2020

“VR Headsets Cost $1,000” Image courtesy Oculus. Arguably the best consumer-focused headset out there, Valve Index , does cost $1,000 for new customers who don’t already have any VR hardware. The most popular headset used on Steam right now is the Oculus Rift S [Amazon] which costs $400 brand new.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2021

Today during the company’s GTC 2021 developer conference, Nvidia announced that its CloudXR tech is now available on Amazon Web Services, and it’s coming soon to both Microsoft’s Azure cloud and Google Cloud. Nvidia also says it’s working to bring CloudXR to Tencent Cloud.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Amazon have announced they’ve started selling the SteamVR powered HTC Vive VR system in their US online store. Consumer virtual reality systems like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are still just months old and already it feels like they’re making inroads to being accepted as every day products. Interested?

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Peter Graham

JULY 25, 2019

When Amazon features on VRFocus it’s usually because of another retail promotion offering some hefty virtual reality (VR) hardware discounts. This week, however, Amazon takes another step into the VR realm by launching its Prime Video service to mobile headsets Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2019

Yesterday I detailed you what is the Oculus Rift S , while today I want to write you a recap about what is the Oculus Quest , the most awaited virtual reality headset of 2019. What Is the Oculus Quest? Oculus Quest is the first standalone 6 DOF virtual reality headset by Oculus. And with the Oculus Rift?

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MARCH 1, 2024

The Meta Quest operating system is a fork of the open-source core of Android (known as AOSP), a similar strategy to Amazon's Fire OS for its Fire tablets. Meta has been working on it for at least seven years, as it first arrived in 2018's Oculus Go.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Amazon has basically sent many brick and mortar traditions out to the retirement home. Due to the pushes by Amazon, even ancient traditions like going to the store on Black Friday have gone the way of Denver the Last Dinosaur. Well, Amazon is finally placing its hat into the kooky world of VR and AR with its new development platform.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Now with major high-end VR systems available on the market, we would expect there to be some serious discounts on hardware during the busiest shopping day of the year — Black Friday. 100 Gift Code With Oculus Rift. Black Friday may be a great time to pick up an Oculus Rift. Free Samsung Gear VR. 100 Off HTC Vive + Content Sale.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2019

Facebook today announced that their long-awaited standalone VR headset, Oculus Quest, is now available for pre-order. The company’s US retail partners include Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and GameStop, and will be available for purchase both online and in stores. You can also pre-order Quest through Oculus’ online store too.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. Their Oculus app allows real-time collaboration without ever leaving your home. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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VRScout

MARCH 1, 2017

Approaching the one-year anniversary since shipping the Rift, Oculus has made a surprising move to cut prices for both the Rift and Touch controllers. Announced today at GDC, the Oculus Rift plus Touch bundle price has been slashed from $798 to $598. The post Oculus Rift and Touch Now Cheaper Than Vive appeared first on VRScout.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 17, 2016

During Oculus Connect 3, Oculus finally revealed a release date and pricing on the long awaited Touch motion controllers. You can now pre-order Touch on Oculus.com , Amazon and other global retail partners for a price of $199. Best Buy is rolling out Touch controller demos in-store.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 6, 2019

With the original Rift and Rift S, Oculus headsets now make up half of the headsets used on Steam. Combined, the original Rift and Rift S made up 49.3% ( +3.73% ) of headsets on Steam in the last month—a record high for Oculus—while the Vive and Vive Pro combined now hold 39.27% ( –3.15% ). Chart courtesy Valve.

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Road to VR

JULY 2, 2018

The monthly Steam hardware survey is out again, and while June hasn’t revealed any major upsets in the balances of usership between HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, the survey shows that Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets are making slow, but steady headway on the platform. Participation in the survey is optional.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2018

Last month’s launch of Oculus Go , the $200 standalone VR headset, has stolen much of the virtual limelight as of late, but owners of recent Samsung flagship phones can still get in on many of the new apps and updates coming to the Oculus mobile store. The deal is available now and goes until June 16th, and can be found at.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I am also excited because thanks to the organizers of the VRX event, yesterday I have been able to interview Facebook’s Sean Liu and ask him some questions about Oculus and its vision of Virtual Reality. It has been made together with the development of the VR hardware, it can’t translate to mouse and keyboard. Oculus Link is here.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As for the agency, we did some cool stuff for Lenovo Chile earlier this year: worked on a very intense motoGP simulator for Oculus and also did this awesome screen pillar with Kinect. Sometimes we from Europe or the US don’t realize how is it difficult in other regions to get access to hardware.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 18, 2019

That includes lots of moving parts and sub-sectors including consumer, enterprise, hardware, software, advertising and LBVR. That includes things consumers pay for such as hardware (headsets) software (games, apps) and LBVR admissions. Revenue will be hardware-dominant in early years as an installed base is established.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 21, 2019

Facebook -owned Oculus is shipping its latest VR headgear from today. Pre-orders for the PC-free Oculus Quest and the higher end Oculus Rift S opened up three weeks ago. Review: Oculus Quest could be the Nintendo Switch of VR. Review: Facebook’s Oculus Rift S is barely an upgrade. and Amazon in Japan. .:

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Road to VR

JANUARY 10, 2017

a custom PC manufacturer, recently announced a new Oculus Ready gaming system that could just convince you to take the plunge into virtual reality. Dubbed the ‘Gamer Ultra VR Desktop’, the custom PC was created in partnership with AMD and Oculus, and being bundled with the Oculus Rift for a total of $1,099.98

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JANUARY 29, 2024

It will be able to bring the full Android phone and tablet app ecosystem over, something it refused for Meta , while Samsung will be able to leverage its expertise in hardware and get priority access to key components like OLED microdisplays from its subsidiaries. Samsung's headset will reportedly be priced somewhere around $2000.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Oculus’ dedicated motion controllers Touch launch officially on December 6th, but some lucky pre-orders have already been delivered. The Oculus Rift VR headset launch in March this year was viewed almost universally as poorly handled. But there are worrying signs that launch day delivery may not happen for others.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Companies like Ikea, Target, and Amazon have already used ARKit, mostly for placing virtual furniture in a room to see if it fits. Apple is also adding hardware to its iPhones that hint at a headset-based future.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Oculus has a few deals on both hardware and software for new and existing customers alike. There’s no discount on Oculus Quest, with both the 64GB and 128 GB models their regular price but you can at least get a free videogame. Oculus Quest (64GB/128GB) – Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series for free.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

For Apple, AR’s job is to sell more hardware. Amazon wants AR for product visualization, pursuant to boosting e-commerce sales and reducing returns. Amazon will be the commerce layer, Microsoft the productivity layer and Facebook, the social/identity layer. Facebook Hardware Lead Andrew Bosworth Explains Live Maps.

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