VRScout

MARCH 8, 2021

.” During a recent podcast interview with The Information , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shed some additional light on the future of Oculus, teasing everything from future hardware improvements to updates regarding the companies long talked-about AR headset. Feature Image Credit: Mark Zuckerberg.

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VRScout

MARCH 2, 2023

A group called Fight for Echo has purchased a sky banner in support of the ill-fated VR game. It was recently announced that the popular VR esports game Echo VR will be shutting down on August 1st, 2023 at 10:00 am PST, much to the dismay of the VR community. And I know a lot of other players feel this way too.

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JUNE 10, 2022

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been taking a personal approach lately to revealing new features coming to Quest 2. The company first announced Horizon Home at Connect late last year, which promised to someday bring to Quest 2 a simple, first-party place to meet up with friends.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The company is working on a “higher-end” Oculus headset that features a variety of game-changing technology. During today’s Facebook Connect conference, the company, now called ‘Meta,’ revealed a new addition to its lineup of Oculus hardware. Image Credit: Meta.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

During Facebook’s Q4 2020 earnings call today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Quest 2 is “on track to be the first mainstream virtual reality headset,” noting that the device drove a 156% increase in the company’s non-advertising revenue. Image courtesy Oculus.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Leaks in advance of Facebook Connect, particularly around the time that VIVE Flow was announced , had many anticipating new devices from Oculus. However, most of Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote consisted of pontificating on what the metaverse is, what it might look like, and how far away it is. A Personal Introduction From Zuckerberg.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Just a week after Facebook (Meta) announced the name change, we’re already seeing ‘Meta Quest’ branding out in the wild. Zuckerberg confirmed that the company will begin shifting away from the Facebook brand over the course of the year into 2022. It doesn’t end there, however.

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JULY 7, 2023

Facebook and Twitter have been blocked in China since 2009, but Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is hoping to get back in that country with Quest, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Undoubtedly the most complicated bit of the talks would revolve around VR content distribution, and how it’s moderated for Chinese markets.

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MAY 10, 2021

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat down with CNET for an interview where he speaks about the company’s progress on its next generation of VR devices, namely what it might include in the ‘Oculus Quest Pro’ standalone headset.

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MARCH 12, 2021

In an interview with The Information , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg continued to project his bullish outlook on XR as the future of computing, saying that the company is already working on Oculus Quest 3 and 4. He also spoke about what he believes are key features and challenges for future Oculus headsets.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

You can still buy an Oculus Rift S.for now. It’s been an exciting week for VR! During Facebook Connect this past week, Mark Zuckerberg talked about the future of how AR technology will play an important role in the future of the company that included information on Project Aria.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We’ve seen figures in the past that suggested Meta’s latest standalone headset was doing very well—possibly putting it at three times the adoption rate of Sony’s PSVR—but it was still unclear precisely how big of an impact Quest 2 had on the industry overall. ” Image courtesy Facebookulsu quest 2.

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MAY 27, 2022

Meta may be ramping up internal testing for its own first-party cloud gaming service which could let its latest standalone VR headset, Quest 2, play PC VR games without needing your own VR-ready computer. Quest 2 tethered to a PC | Image courtesy Meta. — Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) May 27, 2022.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Rec Room isn’t just one of the best free social VR apps out there. Now, according to Rec Room’s downloads on Quest 2, the developers estimate that Facebook has potentially sold upwards of three million Quest 2 units in 2020 Q4 alone. Seeing people talking about 1M Quest 2 headsets sold.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

In Facebook’s quarterly earnings call yesterday, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the Oculus Store had sold nearly $5 million worth of content on Christmas Day alone. You can read the whole transcript on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook post. Image courtesy Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Today Meta has announced the date of the Meta Connect , the upcoming event by Meta in which it will announce its latest advancements for what concerns VR, AR, and the M-word. I don’t know how many other presenters are doing it, but my unscripted talk will be in VR this year! Yes, Carmack in VR! Header image by Meta).

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MARCH 7, 2024

The firm also highlighted a collaboration demo named Caddy, which enables remote groups to work on VR/MR CAD models. Meta notes how the Caddy demo highlights how VR/MR can increase accessibility to tools such as CAD and 3D modelling software – with Meta noting how the tech can “level the playing field.”

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Topping the list is info surrounding its next VR headset, Project Cambria, or what is rumored to be dubbed Meta Quest Pro. Image courtesy Meta, Mark Zuckerberg. That would also mean we get the full info drop on the so-called Quest Pro then.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Facebook today announced that it’s working with Rockstar Games to bring Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) exclusively to the Oculus Quest 2 headset. The company said in its Facebook keynote today at Facebook Connect 2021 that it has been working “for years” to bring the game to VR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

What is Meta Quest? As of 2023, around 171 million people are using VR headsets worldwide. Most people have already heard of both “Meta”, the world-leading technology company, and the “Quest” line of VR headsets. However, there are still plenty of people confused about what “Quest” actually is. What is Meta Quest?

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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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VRScout

MAY 5, 2020

Bloomberg reports Facebook is working on a new, more comfortable Oculus Quest. Bloomberg is reporting that Facebook is currently working on a new Oculus Quest headset featuring a lighter physical design and faster refresh rates, resulting in a significantly more comfortable in-headset experience.

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JULY 30, 2019

Addressing shareholders during Facebook’s Q2 2019 earnings call last week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that unit sales of Oculus Quest are exceeding the available supply of the headset. This quarter, we shipped Oculus Quest, our first all-in-one headset with no wires and full freedom of movement.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This Tuesday, the CEO and Founder of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, announced on his Facebook account the official October 11 event date for Meta Connect 2022. In the same post, the CEO also added a new image of Project: Cambria, the long-awaited follow-up to the Meta Quest. The firm gained a massive asset when it purchased Oculus in 2014.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

A South Korean news outlet reports that the next Quest Pro, made in partnership with LG, will ship early next year. The Korea Economic Daily cites "industry sources" as saying that Mark Zuckerberg will meet with the CEO of LG Electronics on Wednesday to finalize the details of the partnership.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 2, 2021

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg defined it on an earnings call with analysts earlier this week. FRL has acquired half a dozen VR content companies in the past eighteen months, and there are some impressive social VR efforts that might make tempting targets. Rezzil Secures $2.75M Investment for Oculus Sports Training App “Player 22. ”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2022

It is that time of the year when I make predictions about the upcoming Oculus/Facebook/Meta Connect, the main event of the year for Oculus/Facebook/Meta since a lot of time. Meta Quest Pro. We had so many leaks about the upcoming Meta headset, that I could go on stage and present it in place of Mark Zuckerberg.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The Walt Disney Company has announced that they will be joining Mark Zuckerberg in creating their own branded metaverse by connecting the physical and digital worlds using Disney’s collection of IPs universe. Disney has been experimenting with VR/AR development for some time now. To the metaverse and beyond! Image Credit: Disney.

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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. We launched Quest 2, our most advanced virtual reality headset, right in time for the holidays.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Earlier today, Mark Zuckerberg met with LG CEO William Cho and the president of LG's Home Entertainment division Park Hyoung-sei at LG's headquarters in Seoul to finalize the details of the partnership. William Cho, Mark Zuckerberg, and Park Hyoung-sei earlier today at LG headquarters in Seoul. Quest Pro 2?

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VRScout

APRIL 15, 2021

Facebook today announced the launch of premium app subscriptions on the Oculus Quest platform. Beginning today, Quest and Quest 2 users can access exclusive new content from popular titles such as FitXR, Rec Room, Tribe XR, TRIPP, vSpatial, and VZfit with more on the way. Tribe XR // Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus.

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

Covid-inflicted supply-chain impediments caused shipments to decline an estimated 10 percent in 2020, but that could have been worse if not for Quest 2’s Q4 performance. We’ve also seen a strong overall start for VR in 2021. It noted that most of this growth was from Quest 2, which launched at the beginning of Q4.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2022

Meta announced it’s returning this year with another installment of its Quest Gaming Showcase, which means we’ll soon be getting our annual download on upcoming Quest games and updates coming this year. ” Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be returning to present the show this year.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Reportedly according to an internal Q&A, all Facebook employees are eligible for a refund from the company if they purchase a Quest 2 headset. The effort comes as the Facebook continues to justify deep investments in AR and VR with the belief that they are the next major computing platform.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Many journalists of important tech magazines (TechCrunch, Business Insider, etc…) are all playing a common sport now: targeting Meta and Mark Zuckerberg. They are all writing posts about how Meta has failed, the metaverse has failed, the Meta Quest Pro failed, and also Zuck has failed. Everything is a huge failure.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Image by Mark Zuckerberg). Zuckerberg teases Project Cambria. Mark Zuckerberg has teased Project Cambria, the upcoming headset by Meta. This reminds me of a similar error HTC made in the past of mixing signals of a pro device and consumer content It has RGB passthrough cameras with three times the resolution of Quest 2 cameras.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg and the other Facebook executives have spent around 80 minutes explaining with many words, images, and videos what is the “metaverse” , why it is our future, why Facebook should invest in it, what could be Facebook’s business model in it, and how Facebook is already working on it. Oculus brands disappears.

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