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Facebook Expects Coronavirus Will Have “additional impact” on Oculus Quest Availability

Road to VR

After being backordered by weeks in many regions, Oculus Quest is now “unavailable” from Oculus in 17 out of 23 regions where the unit is sold, including the United States, Canada, and much of Europe. Facebook says the Coronavirus outbreak is to blame. United States. Netherlands.

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Spatial Beats: Snap, Niantic & Facebook

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This week, we look at Snap’s latest lens craze, Niantic’s next AR gaming title, new XR funding and more Facebook/Oculus acquisitions. Oculus buys it’s fifth VR content company, Downpour Interactive, maker of “Population One,” the “Fortnite” of VR. MMO-like ‘A Township Tale’ Coming to Oculus Quest on July 15th.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.16): Oculus Quest gets hand tracking, Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise and much more!

The Ghost Howls

I’m back from Belgium, where I took part in the nice Stereopsia event! Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.08): VR usage on Steam remains steady after Alyx, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

This has caused a big bump in the SteamVR Hardware Survey, that made us happy. In the latest hardware survey, the number of connected headsets has reached a new all-time high , growing a bit from the one of the last month. Image by Oculus). Oculus For Business may need some improvements. Other relevant news.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.21): Qualcomm launches AR2 chip, HTC headset gets leaked, and more!

The Ghost Howls

There are already some OEMs collaborating with Qualcomm on this chip, and we can expect to see the first hardware implementing it in the second half of 2023. Talking about hardware, a great partner of Qualcomm is Niantic , which make two great announcements at the Snapdragon Summit. The road to next-gen PSVR has started!

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Where to Try Vive, PSVR, Rift, Touch, Gear VR, and Daydream for Free

Road to VR

Most of the European Vive demo locations are concentrated in England, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany, but you’ll still be able to spot a few places in France, and even one in the Czech Republic. Oculus Rift, Touch, and Gear VR. Find an Oculus Rift and Touch Demo Location.

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Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

The Ghost Howls

Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest , thanks to an affordable device running great content , it is making strides in the market. Today, finally, Facebook has changed all of this and i s making Oculus For Business available to all interested companies.

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