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[5] [6] The development of the software parlayed into Facebook's own plans for VR headset development. Oculus Go, the first Oculus device to use Android and the company's first standalone VR device, was released on May 1, 2018. Apps and games made for the Rift headsets were backwards-compatible with the Oculus Quest.
VRChat is also playable without a virtual reality device in a "desktop" [3] mode designed for a mouse and keyboard, gamepad, or mobile app for touchscreen devices. VRChat was first released as a Windows application for the Oculus Rift DK1 prototype on January 16, 2014, and was later released to the Steam early access program on February 1, 2017.
The development of Horizon Worlds (formerly called Facebook Horizon) followed earlier social VR apps by Facebook (Oculus Rooms, Oculus Venues, and Facebook Spaces) and focused more on user-generated content than these earlier apps. Facebook announced Facebook Horizon as a new social virtual world at the Oculus Connect 6 conference in September ...
Meta Quest 3 is a standalone virtual reality (VR) headset developed by Reality Labs, a division of Meta Platforms.It was unveiled on June 1, 2023, and released on October 10, succeeding the Quest 2 as the third generation of the Meta Quest line.
Meta Quest 3S is a standalone virtual reality (VR) headset developed by Reality Labs, a division of Meta Platforms.It was unveiled on September 25, 2024, and released on October 15, 2024, as part of the third generation of the Meta Quest line, serving as a cheaper option for budget VR users.
At Oculus Connect 6, Facebook announced Oculus Link (now Quest Link), a function which allows the Quest to be used with Oculus Rift-compatible software on a PC over USB. [47] It became available in beta on November 12, 2019, as part of system software version 11. [48] Initially, Link only supported USB 3.0 connections.
In an October 2019 report, Sony, Facebook (Oculus), and HTC were identified by Trend Force as the three largest manufacturers of VR hardware. [26] 2019 saw Facebook release the first-generation Oculus Quest, a successor to the Oculus Go concept which supports motion controllers and positional tracking with 6DOF. [27] [28]
Oculus Quest (Oculus Link) [111] 2019-11-18 [111] Inside-out markerless OLED 1440x1600 14.4 9:10 72 Hz 94º [112] Integrated stereo speakers, 2 mm × 3.5 mm headphone jack USB Type-C, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 571 g Discontinued ($399 (64 GB), $499 (128 GB) at release) [113] No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No 6DoF dual controllers tracked by HMD, hand tracking Yes