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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. VRChat later became available on the Meta Quest store on December 11, 2018, and in early access on the Google Play store on August 22, 2023.
The term metaverse originated in the 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash as a portmanteau of "meta" and "universe". [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In Snow Crash , the metaverse is envisioned as a version of the Internet that is a single, universal, and immersive virtual world , facilitated by the use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets.
As a hit-driven business, the great majority of the video game industry's software releases have been commercial disappointments.In the early 21st century, industry commentators made these general estimates: 10% of published games generated 90% of revenue; [1] that around 3% of PC games and 15% of console games have global sales of more than 100,000 units per year, with even this level ...
The first-generation Oculus Quest is a discontinued virtual reality headset developed by Oculus (now Reality Labs), a brand of Facebook Inc., and released on May 21, 2019.. Similar to its predecessor, Oculus Go, it is a standalone device, that can run games and software wirelessly under an Android-based operating sys
The PSVR headset for the PlayStation 4 video game console, released in 2016. The Sega VR was announced in 1991 and seen in early 1993 at the Winter CES. It was never released for consoles, [3] but was utilized for the Sega VR-1 motion simulator arcade attraction in 1994. [4] [5] Another early VR headset, the Forte VFX1, was announced at CES in ...
Reality Labs, formerly Oculus VR, is a business and research unit of Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook Inc.) that produces virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) hardware and software, including virtual reality headsets such as the Quest, and online platforms such as Horizon Worlds.
Quest 2 is a standalone virtual reality headset developed by Reality Labs, a division of Meta Platforms. It was unveiled on September 16, 2020, ...
Popular examples include VRChat, Horizon Worlds, Rec Room, and AltspaceVR, but also social virtual worlds that were originally developed without support for VR, for example Roblox. Minecraft, which is considered a virtual community by some, does not support VR but can be made to do so through modding. [citation needed]