Oculus GO release: May 1st - In Stores!

[Zenbane]

Multiple sources are popping up announcing this news with "official intent" minus the official confirmation from a Facebook or Oculus representative.

 Facebook is looking to officially launch its Oculus Go standalone virtual reality (VR) headset at its f8 developer conference on May 1, Variety has learned from multiple sources familiar with the company’s plans

Source:
http://variety.com/2018/digital/news/facebook-oculus-go-f8-launch-1202728962/

Update:
Best Buy is ready for the Oculus Go launch tomorrow (x-post /r/OculusGo)




https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/8g32ml/best_buy_is_ready_for_the_oculus_go_launch/


Update:
I drove home with an Oculus GO from Best Buy today!

[Anonymous]

Yup, sounds right to me. I'm expecting it to be announced during Zuckerberg's keynote and everyone in the audience getting a freebie.

[Zenbane]

If they do wait until May, then they officially missed their "early 2018" deadline. Even if it's the first day of May lol

[Techy111]

But technically if it's not late then it's early ?  B)

[parsa010101]

Early 2018 means 2019 by Oculus standard. Don't be optimistic about the release date.

[Baldur]

Zenbane said:

If they do wait until May, then they officially missed their "early 2018" deadline. Even if it's the first day of May lol

As long as they launch before the second half of the year, its still early 2018 in business speak. 

Last I checked, May is the fifth month, not sixth.

[LZoltowski]

iJudgement said:

Zenbane said:

If they do wait until May, then they officially missed their "early 2018" deadline. Even if it's the first day of May lol

As long as they launch before the second half of the year, its still early 2018 in business speak. 

Last I checked, May is the fifth month, not sixth.

Yup.  when we quote a job and say sometime early week that means any day before mid-week.

Q2 in business speak is still early 2018

[FieldOfVision]

Though a May announcement is still just rumors! Who knows. Maybe it's so good Oculus decided they want to keep it for themselves... 

[Anonymous]

Oculus have sent Oculus Go headsets to reviewers apparently:

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/8ennq3/oculus_has_sent_out_go_review_units_to_journalists/

I'd say that's a nailed on certainty that it's going to release on 1st May.

[Shadowmask72]

Anyone wager if these will be available outside of the Oculus store in places like Amazon. To avoid the dreaded delays. I expect these to be quite popular when May 1st comes round.