Road to VR

DECEMBER 2, 2019

As holiday shopping jumps into full swing, Oculus Quest is sold out at many retailers, driving the resale price of the headset up to 157% of the retail price. Oculus Quest (64GB) – $400 MSRP . Oculus Quest (128GB) – $500 MSRP . This is both good and bad news for Oculus. The 128GB Quest is in a similar boat.

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JUNE 2, 2018

Oculus today announced that Oculus Go, the company’s standalone 3DOF headset released last month, is finally available for pre-order through Oculus retail partners in the EU and the UK. The post Oculus Go to Hit UK & European Retailers This Month, Pre-orders Now Available appeared first on Road to VR.

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JULY 19, 2021

Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 headset launched in October 2020 in two flavors: 64GB and 256GB. Now images have surfaced via French online retailers LDLC and its subsidiary Top Achat suggesting the existence of an upcoming 128GB version of Quest 2. French video game site GamerGen first spotted the listings.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

To no one’s surprise, pre-orders for the recently announced Oculus Quest 2 VR headset are already backordered on the official Oculus website. If you’re comfortable purchasing your headset from a third-party source, you can still grab a Quest 2 at launch from several different retailers. Image Credit: Facebook.

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Tech Trends VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

With more retailers integrating immersive technologies in both their logistics and customer-facing operations, will consumers finally start buying into VR? These are doubtless challenging times for brick-and-mortar retailers who prove slow to incorporate new technologies in their operations Click To Tweet.

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JULY 19, 2018

Oculus today announced plans to launch a new retail bundle which adds the upcoming Marvel Powers United VR to the usual retail box including the Rift headset and Touch controllers. The Oculus Rift Marvel Powers United VR bundle will launch on July 31st, priced at the usual $400, but with a copy of the game included for free.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Consumers have embraced online shopping, and it currently accounts for about 18% of all retail sales. With these numbers, creating a fulfilling shopping experience online should be a top priority for retail providers, and virtual reality is one of the greatest tools they have in accomplishing it. What is virtual marketing and retail?

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

For those of us in the United States, you can usually just walk into a local Best Buy and demo an Oculus Rift in store — purchasing it right there if you wanted. But up until now, the Oculus Rift hasn’t seen the same retail distribution internationally. Oculus Touch Price Revealed. pic.twitter.com/zg9JTNiCg8.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Let me give you just a few very well-known examples: Meta bought Oculus VR for 2 billion dollars when there was still only a prototype headset. The money that very large companies are investing in this world makes me extremely bullish about the value that can be generated. There was no marketable product at the time of the acquisition.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Oculus is now giving free demos of MARVEL Powers United VR, the upcoming super hero adventure for Rift, across its many partner retail locations. Marvel Powers United VR doesn’t have a specific launch date yet, although Oculus has said it should be coming sometime in 2018.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

8 — Walmart’s hush-hush technology incubator for bleeding edge startups with the potential to advance or disrupt the traditional retail experience. Finnegan has not said what the Spatialand crew will be working on for the retail mega-giant or how Walmart is planning to incorporate VR in general into its business model.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

.” Earlier this morning, Facebook announced a temporary halt on the sale of Oculus products in Germany to ensure their products comply with local laws. Seeing as new users will soon be required to connect a Facebook account to their Oculus headsets, Facebook now finds itself in direct opposition to this “no coupling” rule.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 2, 2019

While the company has been tight-lipped on the headset’s pricing and exact launch date, as well as a few remaining specs, major UK retailer Argos seems to have not only listed Vive Cosmos, but appended the specific price of £699.99. The post Vive Cosmos Listed for £700 at Major UK Retailer appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2021

As promised, Facebook today introduced its new 128GB version of the Oculus Quest 2 headset for $300, entirely replacing the 64GB base model launched in October last year. You’ll find the 128GB model offered direct from Oculus , as well as from official partners including Amazon , Best Buy , Target , and Adorama in the US.

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Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2022

Alongside the announcement of the company’s first retail store, Meta has begun redirecting visitors of the longstanding Oculus.com website to its new Meta Store. Facebook announced back in late 2021 that it would rebrand itself to Meta and eventually dissolve the Oculus brand. The Oculus logo and type under Facebook.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Some retailers marked the Oculus Quest as discontinued ahead of Facebook Connect, leading to speculation that the Oculus Quest 2 will be unveiled at the event.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 has been backordered at major online retailers since before Christmas. The deal, which is priced at the standard MSRP of $300, is only available for the 64GB version of Oculus Quest 2 on NewEgg’s US-based site.

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VRScout

APRIL 12, 2020

We’re not even half way through 2020 and so far this year is shaping up to be a big one for standalone location-based VR thanks to the Oculus Quest. Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset is contributing heavily to the rise of arena-scale location-based VR, due primarily to its affordability, convenience, and wireless 6dof capabilities.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday 2020 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Quest sale of the year! The Best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday 2020 Deal. It doesn’t look like Oculus will be discounting Quest 2 hardware this year, instead the company is focusing on game deals.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Following the announcement in September that Facebook will discontinue the Rift product line in 2021 , it appears the company is gearing up for a final sendoff by offering its latest PC VR headset, Oculus Rift S, for just $300. You can find this deal through official online retailers such as Oculus.com , Amazon , Best Buy , and NewEgg.

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VRScout

JUNE 2, 2019

Facebook’s standalone 6DOF headset, Oculus Quest hit retail stores on May 21 st , and in just one week after launch, the VR headset was listed as sold out at many U.S. retailers such as Walmart, Amazon and Newegg, suggesting that VR is finally catching on with consumers. Image Credit: Oculus. He’s correct in that.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2020

With a successful holiday season under its belt, Facebook was no doubt looking forward to resupplying its retail partners with more Oculus Quest & Rift S stock. We’re keeping our eyes glued to its retail partners there, including NewEgg , Best Buy , and Amazon , as they tend to publish arrival dates for stock.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Oculus Quest continues to sell out, backorders pushed to mid-February. VR technology has absolutely dominated the 2019 holiday season as numerous major retailers—both physical and online—continue to sell out of 64GB and 128GB Oculus Quest headsets. . Image Credit: Oculus. Feature Image Credit: Oculus.

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VRScout

MAY 29, 2019

Though I would love to let my birthday piggyback on that accomplishment, credit actually goes to Facebook-owned Oculus, which launched its Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S headsets on that day. Having participated in a VR tournament using this cutting-edge headset, I can honestly say that Oculus’ hard work is apparent.

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Road to VR

APRIL 29, 2020

In Facebook’s Q1 2020 earnings call today, the company overviewed its latest financial situation and noted that Oculus products were a major contributor to $297 million in non-advertising revenue. Wehner specifically noted that the increase was “driven primarily by the sales of Oculus products.”

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2021 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Quest 2 sale of the year! The Best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday 2021 Sales. Oculus Quest 2 (128GB). Oculus Quest 2 (256GB). Oculus Quest 2 Price Baseline. Oculus Quest 2 (256GB) – $400.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

This week, we look at Apple’s moves across the spatial spectrum, Magic Leap 2, And Oculus Quest game sales among other items. It is coming soon to the Oculus store. Over 60 titles on the Oculus platform surpass $1M in revenue. Glue is now available to download on the Oculus store. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 has celebrated a pretty successful launch, with some developers saying they’ve seen a dramatic jump in both sales and engagement across their games since the standalone headset’s October 13th release. And that was with hardware backorders projected well into 2020.

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MARCH 7, 2019

It seems one of two things is happening at the moment: either Oculus Rift has been selling like hotcakes and going out of stock simultaneously all over the Internet, or the company is tuning down production for some unknown reason. Oculus Quest, Image courtesy Oculus.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Oculus Retail Partner Potentially Leaks Touch Price And Date German retailer MediaMarkt has listed the anticipated position tracked controllers on its website. That date is in line with the Q4 2016 window that Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe previously provided. It’s apparently shipping on November 21st 2016. Read more here.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2019

After Oculus’ big Black Friday sale, which saw Rift & Touch temporarily cut from its regular price of $400 to $350, Oculus now says they’re permanently dropping the price of the bundle to just $350. Rift + Touch got its first big price cut at Oculus Connect 4 back in 2017, bringing it from $500 to $400.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The Oculus Touch motion controllers arrive December 6th and pre-orders begin October 10th. Oculus’ biggest event of the year, Oculus Connect 3 , kicked off Thursday morning with an opening keynote that revealed what’s next for the Facebook owned Oculus platform, as well as new content playable with Oculus Touch motion controllers.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2019

The company hasn’t detailed any hardware sales data for Quest, however supposing (large grain of salt here) that every user who had a Quest in hand during the first two weeks at least plonked down for Beat Saber (2018), which retails on the platform for $30, sales numbers for that period could tally around 166,000 headsets.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MAY 18, 2022

Extended reality promises a new way for business leaders in the retail landscape to connect colleagues and reach their audience like never before. Tools like virtual, augmented, and mixed reality could help to recreate some of the meaningful experiences we’re used to seeing with in-person retail interactions. Meta Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2020

The Walking Dead Onslaught launches September 29th on PSVR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive; just in time for the season 10 finale October 4th on AMC. Retail Editions: Retail Exclusive Deluxe Editions and a limited run Survivor Edition are available at Retail. Visit your local retailer for additional details and availability.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2022

It seems the Oculus brand is finally departing physical retail. While Quest 2 boxes emblazoned with the new Meta name and logo are already on store shelves in the US, the swap from Oculus to Meta still has a ways to go. That Meta Support’s job, though they help you fill out Oculus bug reports for Oculus devices.

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