Oculus
There was great news for VR headset “Oculus Quest” users and aspirants, along with the big news that Facebook was renamed to “Meta”.
With the change from Facebook to “Meta” and the policy of focusing on the Metaverse business, the name of the VR headset “Oculus Quest” has changed to “Meta Quest”.No need to link with Facebook account to useWill be.
Oculus Quest 2 (Amazon)
See this article for the name change from Facebook to Meta.
Facebook renamed to “Meta”.To Metaverse First Social Technology Company
In a nutshell,
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“Metaverse” realized by new technologies such as headsets like Quest and future lightweight see-through AR glasses is a next-generation paradigm where new Internet services were born by the change from desktop PCs to mobiles. From the Internet staring at the screen to the fusion of reality and the Internet.
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In Metaverse, the connection between people changes fundamentally, such as being able to interact with family, friends, and colleagues in the distance while staying at home.
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Facebook, which has specialized in connecting people since its inception, will focus on realizing this metaverse, which will significantly change all services and apps. Since monopoly is not good, we think properly from interoperability and governance system design that other companies can enter.
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If the company name remains Facebook, this policy will not be communicated, so Facebook will be renamed to “Meta” as a service so that it is easy to understand what the company is doing.
Feeling like that.
Anyway, from the state of holding Oculus along with Insta and WhatsApp, we will further focus on the system to work company-wide to realize the new computing world “Metaverse” starting from Oculus, new technology including VR and its social implementation. The attitude of going forward has become clear.
On the other hand, since the company name has changed to Metaverse Meta, the Oculus brand has been abolished because the relationship with Meta is difficult to understand. From “Oculus Quest from Facebook” to “Meta Quest” simply.
As a result of these branding and organizational changes, the mandatory Facebook account policy, which was unpopular with Quest headset users, has also changed.
According to a Facebook post by Andrew Bosworth, Head of VR / AR at Meta, this change has been one of the top priorities internally, with feedback from the VR community. In 2022, we will offer several new login methods.
The specific method is unknown. However, since there are multiple new login methods, it seems that it is not necessary to link with a Meta account whose name has changed.
In 2022, when the product name changes to Meta Quest, a high-end VR headset “Project Cambria” with specifications such as eye tracking that reflects the wearer’s eyes and a thin pancake optical system will be released. This is good news for users and purchasers who disliked the policy of linking with Facebook accounts that require real name registration.
Oculus Quest 2 (Amazon)
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