Oculus Quest
New Feature in Quest Update Could Bolster WebXR Use
Meta is rolling out update v37 for Oculus Quest and Quest 2 bringing quality-of-life improvements like interface tweaks and tracking support for the Apple Magic Keyboard. A new link sharing feature promises to finally make it easy to send...
Holiday Search Volume for Quest in the US Exceeded PlayStation, Nintendo, & Xbox for the First...
The 2021 holiday season was very likely the best yet for the Oculus Quest 2. For the first time ever, holiday search volume in the US for the headset exceeded major gaming consoles like PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and...
Quest Update Adds Mixed Reality Casting, Global Cloud Saves, & More
The latest update for Oculus Quest, v35, is rolling out to headsets starting today and brings with it mixed reality casting, global cloud saves, and Facebook Messenger calls in VR.
Mixed Reality Casting on Quest
Update v35 is bringing mixed reality...
Oculus Quest is Now Meta Quest as New Branding Hits Official Website
It's the beginning of the end for Oculus Quest and the start of the beginning for Meta Quest, as Meta (formerly Facebook) moves to erase the Oculus brand in order to bring its XR division more in line with...
Quest v34 Update Brings ‘Space Sense’ Guardian, Android Notifications & MR App Publishing
It seems Quest owners are about to get a healthy dose of new features in the v34 update, something Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says will bring the previously leaked 'Space Sense' Guardian system, push notifications in VR from Android...
Oculus Expanding Quest Mixed Reality Capabilities With Enhanced Developer Tools
Oculus plans to further open up the mixed reality capabilities of Quest with new tools that will allow developers to build apps which more intelligently integrate with the user's real room. In the near future developers will also be...
Web & WebXR Apps Are Coming to the Quest Store With Multitasking
Oculus today announced that web apps and WebXR apps will soon be allowed into the main Quest store and App Lab. Apps served this way will support multitasking, allowing users to run them side-by-side for increased productivity. Developers will...
Quest’s Home Environment is Finally Getting Social Capabilities, Becomes ‘Horizon Home’
One of our longstanding critiques of Quest's social features is the lack of a simple, first-party place to meet up with friends. Finally that's set to change thanks to 'Horizon Home' which will enhance the existing Quest home environment...
Unofficial Quest App Store ‘SideQuest’ Raises $3M Seed Investment
SideQuest, the popular sideloading platform for Oculus Quest, has raised a fresh $3 million seed round, something its creators say will be used to help developers publish their apps across multiple platforms via OpenXR integration. The news was first reported in...
Oculus Quest Pro Mentioned in Latest Software, Face & Eye Tracking Included
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke about the idea of a ‘Quest Pro’ headset back in May, saying that it could include sensors for both face and eye tracking. The v32 firmware release for Oculus Quest last month ostensibly confirms that the company...
Quest v32 Update Combines Facebook & Oculus Friends, Improves App Gifting & More
Oculus Quest software v32 is now rolling out to users, and includes a few things aimed at improving Oculus Move, app gifting, friends lists, and file syncing for local headset media.
Here's a quick rundown of the changes coming to...
You Can Finally Invite Friends to Your Quest or Rift Game with a Web Link
It's been a long time coming, but Oculus has finally provided a way for players to invite friends to their VR games through a simple web link that can be shared by text, email, DM, or... well, anywhere. This...
Facebook Headsets Now Account for More Than 60% of VR Headsets Used on Steam
Facebook's growing grip over the VR space reached new heights last month as the company's Oculus headsets exceeded 60% of the share of monthly-connected headsets used on Steam.
Facebook was already a major player in the VR market before the...
SteamVR Update Improves Oculus Link & Air Link Reliability as Quest 2 Exceeds 30% of Headsets...
The latest update to SteamVR, version 1.18.5, brings improvements to error handling of Oculus Link and Air Link which is meant to improve reliability. The update comes as Quest 2 reaches 31.07% of all VR headsets in use on...
LIV Mobile App Lets You Record Quest Mixed Reality Video with Just Your iPhone, Now in...
LIV develops software for mixed reality video capture, and over the years it's become the de facto method for streamers showing themselves immersed in VR from a third-person perspective. For best results though, using LIV invariably means you'll need...



















