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Meta to Resume Quest Sales in Germany Following 2-year Antitrust Case

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Over the past two years Meta has been blocked from selling its VR headsets in Germany based on the linkage between its virtual reality products and Facebook. Now it seems Germany-based customers will soon be able to order Quest headsets in-country. or Italy’s Amazon.it.

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Germany Opens Legal Action Against Facebook Account Requirement for Oculus Headsets

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Today, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) announced it was initiating formal abuse proceedings against Facebook for its controversial policy of requiring new Oculus device owners to use a Facebook account. ” Back in September, Facebook halted sales of all Oculus products in Germany. .”

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Facebook Halts Sales of Rift & Quest in Germany Amid Regulatory Talks

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Facebook has halted sales of all Oculus VR headsets in Germany, something the company says will be temporary during its ongoing talks with German regulators. “We’ve temporarily paused the sale of Oculus hardware to consumers in Germany due to pending discussions with the regulator [sic].

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Meta Quest 2 Will Finally Be Sold In Germany Very Soon

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Quest 2 will finally be sold in Germany by the end of the year, Meta announced. It says it’s also looking into “ the question of the connection of the data processed within the framework of the various meta-services” in relation to wider concerns about Meta’s data handling. ”, the FCO said.

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Quest 2 & Quest Pro Now Officially Sold In Germany

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Quest 2 and Quest Pro are finally officially sold in Germany. While Meta was never officially banned from selling hardware in Germany, it voluntarily suspended VR headset sales just before the release of Quest 2, which required a Facebook account to use at launch.

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Birdly Simulator Features a “Man-Sized” VR Controller in Ulm, Germany

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Currently on display in Ulm, Germany, the Birdly experience asks players to lie face down on what they call the “man-sized-unit.” Prior the current exhibition in Ulm, Somniacs tested Birdly prototypes in New York and Bangalore, using previously available data to model their host cities. ” (Stop laughing.)

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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

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HumanCodeable – Advanced VR Framework (Germany). Lightscape VR (Germany). Research Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM) – DataDiVR Interactive Data Analytics Platform (Austria). . Visometry GmbH – HQ-CAD-AR on a Driving Car (Germany). IMP – Interactive Media Production – VR Fire Safety Simulator.