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Quest Update Includes More Home Customization, In-headset App Notifications & More

The latest software update for Meta Quest, version v54, is now rolling out, bringing with it a few new quality-of-life features, such as new customization options for Home environments, in-headset app notifications, and better tracking for Quest Pro’s controller. Customizable skyboxes let you change the sky above your head in your Home space, so you […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

19. Mai 2023
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Meta Re-lowers Quest 2 Price & Drops Quest Pro to $1,000
Meta today announced it’s lowering the price of the 256GB version of Quest 2 as well as its more recent enthusiast-grade standalone, Meta Quest Pro. Meta initially launched a 64GB and 256GB variants of Quest 2 in late 2020 for $300 and $400 respectively. A 128GB version was introduced in 2021, which replaced the 64GB […]

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3. März 2023
Meta Sharpens the Axe for Quest 1: First-party Social Ends in March, Security Patches in 2024
It seems Meta is finally taking the original 2019 Quest behind the shed this year, as the company announced it’s set to deprecate first-party social features on the device, which includes access to Parties and Meta Horizon Home. Meta also announced it won’t be delivering new features beyond critical bug fixes and security patches until 2024. […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

10. Januar 2023
Quest Update Replicates One of SideQuest’s Most Useful Features, Lets Parents Block Sideloading Entirely
Quest’s v44 software update is rolling out now, and it’s serving up some long-overdue video capture options along with it, like the ability to record in 16:9 aspect ratio, and increase frame rate and bit rate for video capture. Those features were once only available through SideQuest, and now it seems Meta is equally intent […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

21. September 2022
Meta Releases ‘First Hand’ Demo to Showcase Quest Hand-tracking to Developers
Meta this week released a new demo app called First Hand to showcase the kind of experiences that developers can build with the company’s controllerless hand-tracking tools. Controllerless hand-tracking has been available on Quest for years at this point, and while it’s a more accessible input modality than using controllers, controllers are still the main form […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

5. August 2022
Meta: 124 Quest Apps Have Earned More Than $1M, 8 Have Earned More Than $20M
At GDC last month, Meta shared the clearest look yet at the number of apps reaching various revenue milestones on the Quest platform. So far, 124 apps have earned $1 million in revenue or more, while 8 have exceeded $20 million. In February Meta said the total amount of money spent on the Quest store […]

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11. April 2022
Quest ‘Invite Links’ Are the Easiest Way to Invite Friends to VR, But Few Seem to Know They Exist
Last year Meta added the ability to send simple invite links to your friends which would bring you together into the same place in VR. It’s a great way to easily join up with friends in VR, but it seems very few people know the feature exists. Back in August of 2021, Meta extended its […]

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8. April 2022
Quest Home Spaces Get Node-base Movement, a First Step Toward Upcoming Social Features
Last year Meta announced that it would finally be bring social features to the Quest home environments, allowing users to easily get together in the same virtual space. We aren’t there yet, but the company has taken a first step in that direction by adding node-based locomotion to all of Quest’s home spaces. Back in […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

7. April 2022
Meta Quest 2 Boxes Appear on Store Shelves, Rebranding Still Incomplete
It seems the Oculus brand is finally departing physical retail. While Quest 2 boxes emblazoned with the new Meta name and logo are already on store shelves in the US, the swap from Oculus to Meta still has a ways to go. Spotted by Upload VR’s Ian Hamilton, Meta has rolled out the freshly-rebranded Quest […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

6. April 2022
Meta Quest Gaming Showcase Returns April 20th – New Game Announcements, Updates & More
Meta announced it’s returning this year with another installment of its Quest Gaming Showcase, which means we’ll soon be getting our annual download on upcoming Quest games and updates coming this year. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced the second annual Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, which is slated to take place on April 20th at […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

30. März 2022