Oculus Quest 2 Now Comes In 128GB Option

Facebook’s new Oculus Quest 2 (128GB model) is now available to buy. You can purchase the VR headset from the company’s website for the same $299 price as the previous 64GB base model. “Long story short? We’ve created this 128GB model so that players can easily store and access more games and apps on a single device,” Facebook says on the new storage option. 

Deleting Your Facebook Will Also Delete Your Oculus Games

If you've purchased an Oculus Quest 2, along with some tiltes. Be warned that if you delete your Facebook you will lose all of your games permanently. If you make a new account, you'll have to buy your favorite VR games all over again.

In 2023, all Oculus headsets must be linked to active Facebook accounts if you want to play in VR. So keep that in mind when picking a headset to buy. 

Oculus Link Will Turn Your Quest Into A Rift This November

During Oculus Connect 6 event, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Oculus Link, a new feature that'll let Oculus Quest owners connect their headsets to gaming PCs via a USB-C cable. This will basically turn the standalone headset into a fully functional Oculus Rift.

Zuckerberg said the feature will work with most USB-C cables, and it'll be available this November. The idea of being able to use the Quest anyway you want it and being a gateway to VR is a game changer for sure. 

Finger Tracking Coming To Oculus Quest In 2020

During Oculus Connect 6 event, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the Oculus' Touch controllers could soon become a thing of the past. Users will be able to interact with their virtual environment using only their hands. The experimental feature will be available on the Quest starting in 2020 as part of the SDK. From there, developers will be able to integrate the tracking system into their software.

Respawn Entertainment’s VR Will Be Revealed In September

Facebook and Oculus Studios have announced that we'll get our first look at that Respawn Entertainment’s VR game at Oculus Connect in September.

The news comes from Oculus' post announcing the dates for Oculus Connect 6, the annual convention for all things Oculus. It also details a bit about what we can expect from the game, not that any of it is particularly shocking for a virtual reality game made by Respawn.

"OC6 is also an amazing opportunity to see the latest from game developers around the world," the post reads. "Respawn Entertainment (Apex Legends and Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order) will join us at this year’s show to reveal a new AAA first-person combat title made in partnership with Oculus Studios, including the first hands-on playable demo." Oculus Connect takes place on September 25 - 26.

Imagine Dragons Songs Are Now Available In Beat Saber

Beat Saber is getting a new music pack, and it features Imagine Dragons. The pack includes the following 10 songs:

• Bad Liar
• Believer
• Digital
• It’s Time
• Machine
• Natural
• Radioactive
• Thunder
• Warriors
• Whatever It Takes

Developer Beat Games are showing off their new 360° level of "Believer" on the show floor at E3, which will launch sometime later this summer. Beat Saber is available on PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Oculus Quest. You can buy each song individually for $1.99, or all 10 for $12.99.

Here’s The Launch Lineup For The Oculus Quest

The launch lineup for the Oculus Quest consists of 53 games and apps, but Oculus says this list could change in the weeks leading up to launch.

You can get your hands on Oculus Quest on May 21. For more details of the hardware, click here. 

• Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, Resolution Games
• Apex Construct, Fast Travel Games
• Apollo 11, Immersive VR Education
• Bait!, Resolution Games
• Ballista, High Voltage Software
• Beat Saber, Beat Games
• Bigscreen Beta, Bigscreen VR
• Bogo, Oculus
• Bonfire, Baobab
• Box VR, Fit XR
• Creed, Survios
• Dance Central, Harmonix
• Dead and Buried II, Oculus Studios
• Drop Dead: Duel Strike, Pixel Toys
• Electronauts, Survios
• Epic Roller Coasters, B4T Games
• Face Your Fears 2, Turtle Rock Studios
• First Contact, Oculus
• Fruit Ninja VR, Halfbrick
• Guided Tai Chi, Cubicle Ninjas
• I Expect You To Die,Schell Games
• Job Simulator, Owlchemy Labs
• Journey of the Gods, Turtle Rock Studios
• Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, Steel Crate Games
• Moss, Polyarc
• National Geographic VR Explore, Force Field VR
• Nature Treks, Greener Games
• Ocean Rift, Dr. Llyr Ap Cenydd
• Oculus Browser, Oculus
• Oculus Gallery, Oculus
• Oculus TV, Oculus
• Oculus Video, Oculus
• Orbus VR, Orbus Online
• PokerStars VR, LuckyVR
• Racket Fury: Table Tennis, Pixel Edge Games
• Rec Room, Against Gravity
• Robo Recall, Drifter Entertainment
• Rush, Binary Mill
• Shadow Point, Coatsink
• Skybox VR Video Player, Source Technology Inc
• Space Pirate Trainer, I-Illusions
• Sports Scramble, Armature Studios
• Superhot VR, Superhot Team
• The Exorcist: Legion VR, Developer Wolf & Wood
• Thumper, Drool
• Tilt Brush, Google
• Ultrawings, BitPlanet Games
• Vader Immortal, ILMxLab
• Virtual Desktop,Virtual Desktop, Inc.
• Virtual Virtual Reality, Tender Claws
• VR Karts, Viewpoint Games
• VRChat, VRChat
• Wander, Parkline Interactive

Oculus Rift S And Oculus Quest Releasing At The End Of May

Oculus has revealed that both the Oculus Rift S and Oculus Quest are releasing globally on May 21. Both headsets will include a pair of the new, redesigned Touch controllers and will be $399.99 (or $499.99 for a version of Quest with 128 GB of space). Pre-orders for the headset are opening today.

The Oculus Rift S removes the need for external sensors, has a single cable that splits into two inputs and other upgrades like a higher resolution screen.

While the Oculus Quest is completely a standalone VR headset that has no external sensors and does not plug into a PC, but shares much of its library with a regular Oculus headset.

Dance Central Is Coming To Oculus Rift And Oculus Quest

Harmonix has announced Dance Central coming to virtual reality in both Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest. The new virtual reality version of the game has you matching the movements of dancer standing in front of you. According to the website there are 32 custom routines to come along with the game designed specifically for Dance Central. Dance Central for Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest is expected to launch in 2019.

We're proud to announce the next evolution of Dance Central, coming exclusively to the Oculus Quest and Rift platform this Spring! pic.twitter.com/gaWp2FtJbj

— Dance Central (@Dance_Central) March 27, 2019

Beat Saber Coming To Oculus Quest

The Oculus Quest, has removed one of the major obstacles barring VR headsets from mainstream success. Instead of being tethered to a PC or console, the Quest is its own standalone system with no wires to worry about. Now, the Oculus Quest also has a killer app as Beat Games announced that it will be bringing Beat Saber to the headset.

Darth Vader VR Title Coming To Oculus Quest In 2019

Oculus has announced a new interactive VR series for the Oculus Quest, a stand alone VR headset. Taking place in the Star Wars universe, Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Story puts players in the role of a Darth Vader subordinate as you witness the tale unfolding around him. Vader Immortal is scheduled for release in 2019.

Oculus Quest Is An All-In-One VR Gaming Headset

Oculus has announced a new VR headset called Oculus Quest, a gaming-focused standalone headset. With Oculus Quest there's no need for a  computer or wires, everything you need is in the headset, except for the controllers you use to interact with it.

Oculus has only named a few of the 50 launch titles they expect to release, but they include Robo Recall, The Climb, Moss and Beat Saber.

The Oculus Quest is scheduled to release in Spring 2019 for $399.