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Oculus Link Beta Now Supports Some AMD GPUs

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Launched last month in beta, Oculus Link lets you connect your Oculus Quest standalone headset to a VR-ready computer, letting you play PC VR games simply by hooking up a high-quality USB 3 cable. ” SEE ALSO How to Tell if Your PC is Ready for Oculus Link. .” Looking for a USB cable for Link?

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Discovery and Google Announce VR Travel Series ‘Discovery TRVLR’, First of 38 Episodes to Arrive in November

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This means you can watch on Google Daydream View and Cardboard, and with a little extra creativity, on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with Opera’s new experimental browser and Gear VR through Samsung Internet. Discovery TRVLR comes exclusively to YouTube and DiscoveryVR.com, and on the Discovery VR app.

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Oculus Link Cable Specifications and Recommendations

Peter Graham

It’s an exciting day for Oculus Quest as the headset can finally be cabled to a PC to play Oculus Rift videogames, all thanks to Oculus Link. ” So in the meantime what you need is a high-quality USB-3 cable – Oculus Quest’s charging cable won’t work as its only USB-2.

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

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To do that, it had to pass the basic impact tests from several protective eyewear standards used in North America and Europe. In other words, down with the “walled garden” approach favored by companies such as Apple and Oculus. It has been tested and found to conform to the basic impact protection requirements of ANSI Z87.1,

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Oculus Deploys New Age Rating System for VR Content

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By March 1st 2017, every title in the Oculus Store will be assigned through the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) rating process. The Oculus Store adds to the list of participating storefronts, which includes Google Play, the Nintendo eShop and the Windows Store. Oculus Home is the company’s VR content storefront.

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Final Assault Will be the Only VR Title Played During China’s World Cyber Games

Peter Graham

Over the course of 2019 the WCG has been running preliminary matches with players from around the world including North America, the Netherlands, Poland, Australia, South Korea, and China. ” Final Assault supports cross-play between Oculus Rift/Rift S, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets.

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Pico 4 Review: Should You Actually Buy One Instead Of A Quest 2?

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Global here refers to Europe, Japan, South Korea, and China – Pico 4 isn’t sold in North America or Australia & New Zealand. It’s the same kind of breathable fabric that was used for Oculus Go, rather than the cheap-feeling face-hurting foam that comes with Quests.

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