OC6 Announcements

[nalex66]

Just watching the live stream... so far:

• Quest Link to use your Quest as a tethered PCVR headset, releasing in November
• Hand tracking without controllers or gloves, launching on Quest (and Rift?) in early 2020
• Facebook Horizon: metaverse-like shared world(?) launching next year
• AR glasses under development at Facebook Reality Labs
• Passthrough+ (stereocorrect view) releasing on Quest next week, and Passthrough on Demand later this year
• Go apps updating to Quest, free for Quest users
• New enterprise-level services for business use of VR
• Half Dome 2 and 3 prototypes, and more future tech presented by Abrash
  

Awesome stuff!

[Zenbane]

Just bumped a thread, but this one is probably better to use. Exciting stuff!

https://www.facebook.com/zuck/videos/10109419398895901/

[Zenbane]

VR Horizon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8eXZco46Q

This is kinda badass!

[Anonymous]

nalex66 said:

Just watching the live stream... so far:

• Quest Link to use your Quest as a tethered PCVR headset, releasing in November
• Hand tracking without controllers or gloves, launching on Quest (and Rift?) in early 2020
• Facebook Horizon: metaverse-like shared world(?) launching next year
  

Awesome stuff!

I understood him to say hand tracking for Quest, no mention of Rift or Rift S.
I think they (Rift) are going the way of the tookie bird.

[Protocol7]

nalex66 said:

• Quest Link to use your Quest as a tethered PCVR headset, releasing in November

That is fantastic. I am seriously tempted to get a Quest even though I really shouldn't

[nalex66]

Protocol7 said:

nalex66 said:

• Quest Link to use your Quest as a tethered PCVR headset, releasing in November

That is fantastic. I am seriously tempted to get a Quest even though I really shouldn't

If it works well and fully uses the resolution of the Quest panels, I'm retiring my CV1.

[Zenbane]

As predicted,

Facebook is launching AR Glasses!

[nalex66]

dburne said:

nalex66 said:

Just watching the live stream... so far:

• Quest Link to use your Quest as a tethered PCVR headset, releasing in November
• Hand tracking without controllers or gloves, launching on Quest (and Rift?) in early 2020
• Facebook Horizon: metaverse-like shared world(?) launching next year
  

Awesome stuff!

I understood him to say hand tracking for Quest, no mention of Rift or Rift S.
I think they (Rift) are going the way of the tookie bird.

I wouldn't expect it to work on CV1, but I don't see any reason it wouldn't be released on Rift S. They want feature parity between these platforms, and Rift S has the cameras to do it.

I guess it's even conceivable that is could work on CV1 via the Constellation cameras, but not likely.

[Zenbane]

Oculus is migrating GO apps directly to Quest, and if you already own it on GO, it is instantly free on Quest.

So Quest is getting a lot of attention! It can play PCVR and will have Mobile VR. A truly centralized headset.

[Anonymous]

nalex66 said:

dburne said:

nalex66 said:

Just watching the live stream... so far:

• Quest Link to use your Quest as a tethered PCVR headset, releasing in November
• Hand tracking without controllers or gloves, launching on Quest (and Rift?) in early 2020
• Facebook Horizon: metaverse-like shared world(?) launching next year
  

Awesome stuff!

I understood him to say hand tracking for Quest, no mention of Rift or Rift S.
I think they (Rift) are going the way of the tookie bird.

I wouldn't expect it to work on CV1, but I don't see any reason it wouldn't be released on Rift S. They want feature parity between these platforms, and Rift S has the cameras to do it.

I guess it's even conceivable that is could work on CV1 via the Constellation cameras, but not likely.

Yeah, they are just not mentioning Rift S much at all.