When I first tested out Oculus Link on my Oculus Quest 1, I was absolutely blown away by how well it worked. Coming straight off an original consumer model Rift, it felt like an upgrade, despite running through a convoluted software solution. I tried out everything, including SteamVR titles such as Half-Life Alyx and other Steam games … Continue reading Why Is SteamVR Running So Poorly On Oculus Quest?
If you read our blog regularly, then you’ll know I have made no secret of my dislike for Facebook’s recent decisions around Oculus products. When Facebook originally bought Oculus for a historically significant amount of money, many in the VR industry were concerned. Facebook saw Oculus as a company that could take it into the next generation … Continue reading Things Are Heating Up For Facebook’s (And Oculus’) Monopoly
One of the best things about the Oculus Quest headsets is that Oculus keeps adding more and more features to the hardware. Clever uses for the existing platform that the company hadn’t even thought of when they first released it. The most famous one now is probably Oculus Link, which lets you turn a Quest … Continue reading The Line Review: Oculus Hand Tracking Gets A Fantastic Demo
Oculus Quest 2 rumours simply will not die down. Despite no official word from Oculus, it seems each week there’s yet more speculation about Oculus releasing an update about their refresh of the popular Quest standalone headset. We’ve seen supposed renders of what the product will look like and some questionable rumours about what sorts … Continue reading Oculus Quest 2 Leaks Point To A Truly Next-gen VR Experience
The Oculus Quest is hands-down the VR headset we believe most people should get. It’s the best standalone headset at the moment, with advanced inside-out tracking, a healthy library of native standalone VR games and the killer ability to connect to a computer and act as a full Oculus Rift. The Quest has been an … Continue reading Oculus Quest 2 Rumours Are Stronger Than Ever
If you haven’t heard, Oculus has pulled the plug on the Go. It’s the most affordable standalone VR headset. This might come as quite a surprise, because by all accounts it was doing pretty well. Facebook is certainly not running short of money. Oculus Go was part of their big plans for VR and social … Continue reading Don’t Buy an Oculus Go (Or Any 3DoF VR)!
The Oculus Quest was undoubtedly the top-dog when it came to standalone VR headsets at launch, but since then Oculus have expanded its functionality in interesting ways. For example, the company recently implemented a beta feature that can track the user’s hands directly, using the onboard cameras. While no notable apps take advantage of this … Continue reading Oculus Link and the USB 2.0 Update: Does It Work?
The Oculus Quest doesn’t yet have a library of games and apps to match the Rift’s PC VR offerings. Yes, these days you can use the Quest as a Rift thanks to Oculus Link, but you can’t play that anywhere you like and need to be tethered to a computer. Vader Immortal, in its three … Continue reading Vader Immortal for Oculus Quest Review
The year 2020 might end up being as important to modern commercial VR as the year 2016. In 2016 we finally saw the consumer VR could be good. It could be immersive, believable and fantastic as more than just a party trick. Unfortunately it was also incredibly expensive, at least in terms of premium VR … Continue reading Oculus Quest: Here’s What You Need to Know Going into 2020
While VR headsets are pretty good these days, technologies to help us be better embodied in VR worlds aren’t quite at the same level of refinement. In recent times, touch controllers have started to become a standard part of the VR experience. Whether it’s a Windows Mixed Reality headset or indeed the Oculus Quest we’re … Continue reading Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Set to Get Camera-based Hand Tracking
