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Parents Who Gift Quest 2 to Kids Under 13 Years Old are in for an Unfortunate Surprise

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Christmas day has come and the evidence suggests that Quest 2 was a hot gift item this year. That leaves parents in the awkward position of either handing over their own Facebook account credentials or being stuck with an unusable headset. It’s hard to blame any parent that runs into this trap.

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New Update Adds ‘Lying Down Mode’ to Quest 2 & Quest Pro, ‘Quest Cash’ Parental Payments

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Meta announced it’s starting to roll out its v63 software update for Quest, which includes two new features: a new parent-controlled payment method for Quest content purchases and the ability to use Quest 2 and Quest Pro while lying down. As with all Quest updates, v63 is expected to roll out gradually over the next few weeks.

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1 In 4 US Teens Say They Play Games On A VR Headset

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teens ages 13 to 17 who live with their parents by age, gender, race and ethnicity, household income, and other categories". The survey doesn't ask whether they actually own the headset, so this will include those who play on a sibling or parent's headset.

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Quest v41: New Social Features & Parental Supervision Tools

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Meta today announced the rollout of its v41 update for Meta Quest VR headsets, offering users new social features as well as a plethora of parental supervision tools that make it easier to monitor your teens’ activity in the metaverse. In addition to Horizon Home, v41 also introduces a plethora of parental supervision tools.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.03): Quest 2 sales spark a debate on kids and VR, Apple hires XR communication rep, and more!

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I’ve already talked about this in my previous newsletter: Quest 2 has been a popular Christmas gift, especially in the US , and according to some analysts, during the Christmas vacations there have been around 650,000 new downloads of the Oculus app , meaning that probably there have been around half a million headsets gifted.

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Virtual Reality should acknowledge its “kids issue”

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Many people received a Quest as a gift, and we all developers saw a big spike in sales of our products that day. My Twitter timeline on the 25th and 26th (of December) was filled with videos of kids unwrapping their Christmas gifts, discovering a Quest 2, and being super happy about it. horror games). … but they use it anyway.

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Happy new lunar year of the Rabbit!

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It’s a bit like Christmas for us Italians: you stay with your beloved ones, you eat a lot, and you make gifts to each other. I gifted some good food to my hosts, and they gifted me back the lovely rabbit toy that you see in the profile picture. And exactly like in our Christmas, public activities are not super important.

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