In a video posted to Reddit earlier this week, developer Dominik Hackl showed footage of his AR app, Magic Keys, running on Oculus Quest using the experimental passthrough API. The footage, embedded below, was posted to Reddit and shows Hackl playing a real life keyboard while using an AR overlay on the passthrough view to […]
Goliath Is An Oculus Quest Movie Narrated By Tilda Swinton
A new Oculus Quest movie is on the way, narrated by Tilda Swinton. Goliath is set to debut at the Venice International Film Festival on September 1, but will also come to the Quest store itself on September 9th. It’s a 25 minute piece and you can check out the trailer below. Created by Anagram […]
Cubism In AR On Oculus Quest Might Be The Best Way To Play
Cubism is a Quest game that has always been at the forefront of the platform, successfully implementing cutting edge new features as soon as possible. The new Passthrough mode, which uses a new experimental API available to developers, is no exception. In fact, it might be the best way to play the game yet. Cubism […]
Oculus Quest 2 128GB is Now Available
Several weeks ago Facebook made the shock announcement that sales of the popular Oculus Quest 2 would be halted as the company looked to address the irritation issue some users found with the facial interface. And also because a new model with a higher storage capacity would be released. Today, the standalone headset is now […]
Bosworth ‘Convinced’ Oculus Will Reach 10 Mil Users Earlier Than Expected
In his latest ask me anything (AMA) on Instagram, Vice President of Facebook Reality Labs Andrew Bosworth said he’s “convinced” that Facebook will reach its goal of 10 million VR users sooner than initially anticipated. Back in 2019 at Oculus Connect, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that VR platforms would need to reach a threshold […]
Gabe Newell Talks Oculus Quest And Making Steam Deck Open
You can pair Valve’s upcoming Steam Deck handheld console with an Oculus Quest, Gabe Newell has confirmed. The Valve co-founder and owner spoke about Steam Deck in an interview to IGN this week, re-iterating that the device is essentially a portable, handheld PC and therefore Valve won’t stop you from trying to connect anything to […]
Oculus Quest 2 128GB Model On Sale August 24 For $299
Facebook plans to start selling a 128GB version of Oculus Quest 2 on August 24th for $299. The new entry level Quest 2 model doubles the storage of the 64GB device it replaces. Facebook will still sell a 256GB model for $399. A silicon cover will come inside the box of each new headset sold […]
Stride Sprints Onto The Oculus Quest Store This August
Mirror’s Edge-inspired free-running game Stride is coming to the Oculus Quest store in August. The game from Joy Way was accepted onto the Oculus Quest store by Facebook earlier this year and now the developers say it’ll officially release there on August 5. Stride launched first on Steam in early access last year and then […]
Warplanes: WW1 Fighters to See Official Oculus Quest Store Launch This Week
Back in March, Home Net Games launched the popular Warplanes: WW1 Fighters for PC VR headsets as well as Oculus Quest via App Lab – making it one of the earliest. The studio has now announced that Warplanes: WW1 Fighters will be officially released on the Oculus Store at the end of July. Whilst App […]
After the Fall Delayed Again, Oculus Quest Version to 2022
This summer is full of exciting virtual reality (VR) videogame releases but today sees one of the biggest, Vertigo Games’ After the Fall being pushed later into the year. The studio announced the delay will affect all versions with the original Oculus Quest edition hit the hardest, delayed until next year. After the Fall has […]