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OpenVR is a software development kit (SDK) and application programming interface (API) developed by Valve for supporting the SteamVR [1] [2] and other virtual reality headset devices. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The SteamVR platform uses it as the default application programming interface and runtime. [ 5 ]
Oculus Mobile SDK, developed by Oculus VR for its own standalone headsets and the Samsung Gear VR. (The SDK has been deprecated in favor of OpenXR, released in July 2021.) [ 1 ] Tethered – headsets that act as a display device to another device, like a PC or a video game console , to provide a virtual reality experience.
VRChat has extensive support for a large number of PC-compatible VR headsets and accessories, including Oculus Rift, Meta Quest (via Quest Link), and SteamVR-compatible headsets (such as HTC Vive and Valve Index). VRChat is also available as a native app for Android-based standalone headsets, including Meta Quest, Pico 4, [25] and HTC Vive XR ...
SteamVR, another OpenVR and OpenXR runtime, also supports several Quest headsets. [17] The Oculus Go was released with Oculus Gallery, Oculus Video, Oculus TV, Oculus Venues and Oculus Rooms preinstalled. Rooms was discontinued on October 25, 2019. [18] Gradually, support for Oculus Go-compatible apps was discontinued.
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 ...
In 2018, Oculus released the Oculus Go, a standalone headset running capable of running VR apps on embedded mobile computing hardware, thus not needing a PC or an inserted smartphone to operate. [24] In June 2019, Valve released their own in-house SteamVR headset, the Valve Index . [ 25 ]
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 Quest 2's Oculus Touch controllers. The included controllers with the Quest 2 are the third-generation Oculus Touch controllers. The design of the new controllers was influenced by the original Oculus Rift controllers. [13] Their battery life has also been increased four-fold over the controllers included with the first-generation Quest.