Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook-owned Oculus is expanding the game and app library on its standalone Oculus Quest headset by making Rift titles playable on the headset.<\/p>\n
There are a few strings attached, however. Running Rift games on a Quest won\u2019t be a wireless experience. Instead, it\u2019ll be powered by what Oculus is calling Oculus Link, and will require Quest users to connect their typically-wireless headsets to their VR-capable computers via any given USB C cable.<\/p>\n
But for developers with apps already up for the Rift, the coming feature means that their potential audience is about to see a boost.<\/p>\n
In short, \u201cyour Quest is now a Rift,\u201d explains Zuckerberg. Later on in that Oculus Connect 6 keynote, Oculus noted that a number of popular titles for the lower-powered Oculus Go are headed to the Quest as early as next week. <\/p>\n
The “forwards-compatability” is just one of Facebook’s several moves toward expanding the reach of VR as a whole. With Oculus Link, those new to VR have a $400 way to buy into the Oculus platform, and are able to play both Quest-focused and existing Rift Games without the additional hardware that would’ve been otherwise needed to do so before.<\/p>\n
On top of that, Facebook also announced at Oculus Connect 6 today that Quest is getting an update to add controller-free hand tracking, and has plans to work with neural tech for next geneational hardware down the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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