What quite content does Oculus really need?

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  What quite content does Oculus really need? Whenever an industry promotes a replacement entertainment platform — colour television , the VCR, Blu-ray, VR — it faces an equivalent classic quandary. Consumers won't invest during a new system unless there's great content available for it. Meanwhile, great independent content producers won't make that material until the platform features a lot of users. So how do initial platform creators like Oculus get that content to start with? They buy it. They buy it by building internal content studios, by buying already-successful studios (as Oculus did in November by acquiring the maker of Beat Saber), and by directly paying, subsidizing and assisting outside developers to form what they hope is compelling, platform-defining content. Modern VR's top consumer category has been games. So when Facebook hires a seasoned game executive like Mike Verdu to run its overall AR/VR content operation, what the corporate is basically saying i...

Facebook: We're Making Oculus Quest Virtual Realith Headset Easier to Use.




Facebook: We're Making Oculus Quest Virtual Realith Headset Easier to Use.

Facebook's computer game (VR) platform for gaming Oculus Quest is getting a revamp, announced the corporate in the week , with new features designed to form navigation within the interface smoother, and convince customers that VR is indeed "the next computing platform".

Forget about clumsy menu systems, intricate processes to run multiple applications, or convoluted paths to access certain system functions, promised the corporate . The social media giant said that supported customers' feedback, Quest was "completely redesigned" to form VR "more flexible, social, and straightforward to use than ever before."


What came out of the feedback submitted since the headset was launched last year was essentially a requirement for fewer friction within the interface . Quest gamers want shortcuts to access certain functions, and a far better thanks to quickly launch favorite and recently-used apps; and to be ready to run multiple apps simultaneously on the platform.

And so, Facebook came up with three new features for Quest: a redesigned menu, immersive overlays and multi-window support for a few applications.

The new menu comes as a customized dashboard, where frequently used apps are brought forward and navigation between the VR environment and 2D apps is easier; and therefore the immersive overlay allows you to mention content, like the menu, while staying within the app you're currently in.

The announcements were a part of the company's Game Developers Showcase running in the week – a virtual substitute for Facebook's annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), during which new updates to Oculus Quest and Rift platforms are unveiled, and which had to be cancelled this year amid fears linked to Coronavirus COVID-19.

"Together, these updates still evolve the search experience and represent a step towards VR becoming subsequent computing platform," said Facebook, during a statement like the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg's previous declaration that he wanted to urge one billion people to undertake VR.

Although Zuckerberg's goal remains an extended way from happening, Oculus recently reported encouraging numbers. consistent with the corporate , since the headset launched in 2019, 20 different Oculus Quest titles have received over $1 million in revenue; and 90% of users who have activated a replacement headset over the last Christmas period hadn't owned an Oculus product before, suggesting a growing interest from non-specialized customers.

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There is also appetite among developers to make new applications for the platform. Gaming company Apex Construct reported that it's sold more units on Quest since the headset launched in 2019 than on all other VR platforms combined, and since 2018.  from Swedish VR game developer Fast Travel Game.

Oculus Quest's new updates are set to roll out "later this month", but won't appear by default within the interface. Rather, users can opt-in to the new features by toggling them on within the "Experimental Features" section in Settings.


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