2024-07-24
Meta AI is coming to Meta Quest in August (in experimental mode)! The headset will be able to see what you see and talk to you about it. I love this on my Meta Raybans, so I look forward to experiencing this on the Q3. [video]
Engadget
Meta plans to roll out its AI assistant to the Quest in August, limited to US and Canada users in experimental mode, after debuting on the Ray-Ban smart glasses
2024-05-14
Meta Quest 2 and 3 is finally getting a Travel Mode, letting you enjoy movies, games, and more in-flight without the drifting. Also, they partnered with Lufthansa who will outfit selected flights in Allegris Business Class with a variety of custom MR content. You must be in... [video]
9to5Google
Meta announces Travel Mode for the Quest 2 and Quest 3 in beta under “Experimental features”, as a way to optimize the headset for use on moving vehicles
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
2024-01-05
A more powerful version of Quest 3's XR chip just announced! Not a successor but a more premium option for higher-priced headsets. @Qualcomm says five companies are currently building devices with it, including an upcoming device by Samsung, Immersed, YVR, a yet-to-be-announced new HTC VIVE headset, and one announced later 👀
The Verge
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, an update to the XR2 Gen 2 used in the Meta Quest 3, offering 4.3K resolution at 90fps per eye, up from 3K per eye
Allison Johnson / The Verge :
2023-01-06
Here's the VIVE XR Elite - a fully self-contained VR headset that supports 6DoF tracking controllers. It's HTC's new standalone that you could see as a competitor of the Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Pico 4... 🤔 This is everything you need to know: https://www.youtube.com/... https://twitter.com/...
CNET
HTC unveils the $1,099 Vive XR Elite headset with a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2, 110-degree field of view, and two 90HZ 2K LCD displays, available in February 2023
2022-10-12
This year's Meta Connect was one for investors and the stock price... It was disappointing for gamers with a Quest Pro at $1500 BUT this is needed to progress VR. If enterprise comes in, we'll get more people and software in the industry. I'm excited to see what this'll bring!
The Verge
Hands-on with Meta Quest Pro: feels like a sophisticated development kit with a thoughtful design, improved controllers, one to two hours of battery, and more
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
This year's Meta Connect was one for investors and the stock price... It was disappointing for gamers with a Quest Pro at $1500 BUT this is needed to progress VR. If enterprise comes in, we'll get more people and software in the industry. I'm excited to see what this'll bring!
The Verge
Meta unveils the $1,499 Quest Pro headset, offering eye and face tracking and color passthrough video for mixed reality, shipping on October 25 in 22 countries
Meta has finally announced the Meta Quest Pro: a $1,499 virtual reality headset it's been teasing for the past year.
2022-09-07
Looks like Meta Connect is virtual again this year and happening on October 11 🗓️✅🍿 https://metaconnect.com/en-us https://twitter.com/...
UploadVR
Meta announces its Connect conference will be held virtually on October 11, when it is expected to debut its high-end Quest Pro standalone VR headset
here's what we know Scott Hayden / Road to VR : Meta Connect Dev Conference to Be Held Virtually on October 11th Mark Zuckerberg / Instagram : Connect Post Facebook: Mark Zuckerber...
Mark just posted this picture to tease us https://twitter.com/...
UploadVR
Meta announces its Connect conference will be held virtually on October 11, when it is expected to debut its high-end Quest Pro standalone VR headset
here's what we know Scott Hayden / Road to VR : Meta Connect Dev Conference to Be Held Virtually on October 11th Mark Zuckerberg / Instagram : Connect Post Facebook: Mark Zuckerber...
2022-06-21
Meta just shared a glimpse of what future generations VR headsets could be like. Mark posted this video, but @testedcom goes very in-depth in this coverage of their trip to Meta's Reality Labs Research: https://www.youtube.com/... I'm watching it right now 🍿 Also, Holocake 2 😂 https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Mark Zuckerberg demos prototype VR headsets from Reality Labs, none of which will ship, that Meta refers to as “time machines” used to test one specific feature
here's your first look Mashable : Meta has a sweet vision for VR, but it's a long way from reality for the rest of us Michael Kan / PCMag : Zuckerberg: These Prototypes Will Help U...
2021-07-24
Wow! Can't wait to see what devs come up with. Hopefully this also means we get to record it too as passthrough is currently blocked from being captured. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Facebook announces the Passthrough API, which allows Oculus Quest 2 developers to use real-world images collected via sensors to create mixed reality apps
Developers will get the experimental feature with Oculus' next SDK — Facebook announced a new API that will let developers incorporate video …
2021-07-22
Nice! It's hard to explain to newcomers how to join a multiplayer VR game sometimes, so an easier way to invite people is welcome 👌 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Oculus rolls out v31, adding Messenger Reactions, a new Security Settings panel, and a new “Invite to App” button that makes it easier to invite friends to play
Invite friends, react on Messenger, and have your passwords autofill in the Browser
2021-05-18
New Oculus Quest update! V29 adds: family sharing to Quest 1, casting gameplay in mixed reality, iOS phone notifications inside VR, new file management app, a new Passthrough shortcut, and ads are will be added to the Oculus phone app 😲 More here: https://www.oculus.com/...
The Verge
Oculus' latest update for its Quest headsets adds a Live Overlay casting feature that allows mixed reality capture with just an iPhone model XS or newer
v29 is packed with features — Oculus will soon roll out its v29 software for Quest and Quest 2 headsets, and this one adds more features and functionality to the lineup.
2021-01-27
Tilt Brush was one of the #VR apps that sold the medium to us, so it's sad to see Google move away from development. On the other side, @TomNeumannVR has already created a multiplayer prototype with the now open-sourced code: https://twitter.com/... 🙌 https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Google announces it is shutting down internal development of Tilt Brush VR and is open sourcing it, a month after shutting down Poly, a 3D object library
As Facebook and Apple begin to fire up more projects in the AR/VR world, Google has spent the last year shutting down most of their existing projects in that space.