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The Oculus Quest and subsequent devices support "Meta Quest Link" (formerly known as "Oculus Link"), an OpenVR and OpenXR runtime that allows for PC VR games to be displayed on supported headsets connected via USB. In April 2021, Oculus released "Air Link," an alternative mode that uses WiFi for connectivity instead of USB.
The later introduction of Oculus Link led to reappraisals of the Quest, with critics praising the device's increased flexibility, and indicating that devices like the Quest would likely supplant the PC-only Rift headsets moving forward. A successor, the Oculus Quest 2, was released in 2020.
The Quest 2 had faced criticism over the mandate that users must log in with a Facebook account in order to use the Quest 2 and any future Oculus products, including the amount of user data that could be collected by the company via virtual reality hardware and interactions, such as the user's surroundings, motions and actions, and biometrics.
On September 25, 2024, Meta unveiled the Quest 3S as a new entry-level model to replace the Quest 2 at its US$299.99 price point for a 128 GB model. As a result, it was announced that the 128 GB Quest 3 would be phased out (with its price lowered to US$429.99 while stock remains), and the 512 GB model would be lowered to US$499.99. [ 36 ]
Oculus PC (Rift and Rift S) Yes [176] Yes [173] Yes [177] Yes [114] Oculus PC SDK: Oculus Mobile Yes Yes Yes Yes [178] Oculus Mobile SDK: Windows Mixed Reality: Yes, Unity 2017.2 and later [179] Yes, Unreal Engine 4 and later Yes, CryEngine Unknown Open Source Virtual Reality: Yes [180] Yes [181] Yes [182] Yes, via OpenHMD OSVR SDK
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Discord Nitro subscribers will also gain access to a rotating set of games as part of their subscription, with the price of Nitro being bumped from $4.99 to $9.99 a month. [74] [75] A cheaper service called 'Nitro Classic' was also released that has the same perks as Nitro but does not include free games.
Oculus Touch controllers from the Quest and Rift S. A second iteration of Oculus Touch was introduced by the Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S released in 2019. The most prominent modification is that the controllers' IR rings were moved to the top of the device facing the user, as they are tracked via cameras embedded in the headset rather than ...