The original Quest VR headset will no longer receive new features - Stuff

The first-gen Oculus Quest VR headset was 1 of the archetypal to spell mainstream, aft launching backmost successful 2018 earlier the Meta branding came in. A full clump of caller headsets person launched since then, and things are moving rapidly successful the virtual world. And Meta’s decided it’s clip to permission the Quest 1 headset behind, officially ditching immoderate aboriginal diagnostic updates.

In an email sent to Quest users, Meta announced that it won’t present caller features to the Quest 1 anymore. There are immoderate different changes to the headset’s support, too. The headset volition proceed to person captious information updates and fixes, but lone until 2024 rolls around. Those with the headset besides won’t beryllium capable to make oregon articulation parties, nor entree Horizon Home features from 5 March. Notably, users volition support entree to disposable apps – for now, astatine least. Meta did besides convey users for supporting the headset, nodding to its value successful increasing virtual reality’s popularity.

Until now, the Quest 1 received astir of the aforesaid diagnostic updates that its successors did. So, it would look that Meta is starting to scope hardware limitations connected the aged headset. The first-gen headset packs the Snapdragon 835 chipset, the aforesaid 1 utilized successful smartphones specified arsenic the Samsung Galaxy S8. Recent headsets usage dedicated chipsets for virtual reality, truthful it’s beauteous evident that they request the other horsepower.

Whether you think VR truly is the future oregon conscionable a fad, there’s nary denying this product’s value successful freeing it from the tech-nerd ghetto. And portion determination is inactive immoderate (albeit alternatively limited) enactment for the Quest 1, it’s beauteous wide that its days are numbered. It’ll inactive unrecorded connected arsenic a prime successful our 25 champion gadgets from the past 25 years.

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