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Oculus GO release: May 1st - In Stores!

Zenbane
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Multiple sources are popping up announcing this news with "official intent" minus the official confirmation from a Facebook or Oculus representative.

 Facebook is looking to officially launch its Oculus Go standalone virtual reality (VR) headset at its f8 developer conference on May 1, Variety has learned from multiple sources familiar with the company’s plans

Source:
http://variety.com/2018/digital/news/facebook-oculus-go-f8-launch-1202728962/

Update:
Best Buy is ready for the Oculus Go launch tomorrow (x-post /r/OculusGo)




https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/8g32ml/best_buy_is_ready_for_the_oculus_go_launch/


Update:
I drove home with an Oculus GO from Best Buy today!

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Zenbane
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Zenbane said:

If they do wait until May, then they officially missed their "early 2018" deadline. Even if it's the first day of May lol


As long as they launch before the second half of the year, its still early 2018 in business speak. 

Last I checked, May is the fifth month, not sixth.


Yup.  when we quote a job and say sometime early week that means any day before mid-week.

Q2 in business speak is still early 2018



Maybe it's different in other parts of the region, but what I'm more familiar with is... if someone says "early" then you divide the Calendar by 3. And when you say "Quarterly" we divide by 4.

Dividing the year by 3:
  1. Early = Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
  2. Mid = May, Jun, Jul, Aug
  3. Late = Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec


Dividing the year by 4:

  1. Q1 = Jan, Feb, Mar
  2. Q2 = Apr, May, Jun
  3. Q3 = Jul, Aug, Sept
  4. Q4 = Oct, Nov, Dec


If GO comes out in May then they hit their taget "Mid-Year," not Early. At least not if we're using official terms.

🙂


Q2 can still be considered "early" since April is in Q2; but once you get in to May... sploitz.


Technicalities lol

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Anyone wager if these will be available outside of the Oculus store in places like Amazon. To avoid the dreaded delays. I expect these to be quite popular when May 1st comes round.



Yep, they are already on BestBuy's website:

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp/oculus-go/pcmcat1507754157141.c?id=pcmcat1507754157141

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Zenbane said:






Zenbane said:

If they do wait until May, then they officially missed their "early 2018" deadline. Even if it's the first day of May lol


As long as they launch before the second half of the year, its still early 2018 in business speak. 

Last I checked, May is the fifth month, not sixth.


Yup.  when we quote a job and say sometime early week that means any day before mid-week.

Q2 in business speak is still early 2018



Maybe it's different in other parts of the region, but what I'm more familiar with is... if someone says "early" then you divide the Calendar by 3. And when you say "Quarterly" we divide by 4.

Dividing the year by 3:
  1. Early = Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
  2. Mid = May, Jun, Jul, Aug
  3. Late = Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec


Dividing the year by 4:

  1. Q1 = Jan, Feb, Mar
  2. Q2 = Apr, May, Jun
  3. Q3 = Jul, Aug, Sept
  4. Q4 = Oct, Nov, Dec


If GO comes out in May then they hit their taget "Mid-Year," not Early. At least not if we're using official terms.

🙂


Q2 can still be considered "early" since April is in Q2; but once you get in to May... sploitz.


Technicalities lol



Bingo. That’s the correct way. 

Anonymous
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I got my go today! Only thing is it has to be compatible with your computer and.if.your not good at computers  your not using this thing. im disappointed already that this thing is that difficult to use!!! It took me.about 5 hours to set.up and I still could not get it.

Anonymous
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I got my go today
snowdog said:

Oculus have sent Oculus Go headsets to reviewers apparently:

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/8ennq3/oculus_has_sent_out_go_review_units_to_journalists/

I'd say that's a nailed on certainty that it's going to release on 1st May.



Zenbane
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I got my go today! Only thing is it has to be compatible with your computer and.if.your not good at computers  your not using this thing. im disappointed already that this thing is that difficult to use!!! It took me.about 5 hours to set.up and I still could not get it.



Umm.... GO doesn't need to connect to a computer. Are you talking about a Rift?

Anonymous
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I got my go today! Only thing is it has to be compatible with your computer and.if.your not good at computers  your not using this thing. im disappointed already that this thing is that difficult to use!!! It took me.about 5 hours to set.up and I still could not get it.


I'm sorry, what?

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Zenbane said:

If they do wait until May, then they officially missed their "early 2018" deadline. Even if it's the first day of May lol


As long as they launch before the second half of the year, its still early 2018 in business speak. 

Last I checked, May is the fifth month, not sixth.


Yup.  when we quote a job and say sometime early week that means any day before mid-week.

Q2 in business speak is still early 2018



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