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Brace yourselves: Official Rift-S reveal is coming

Zenbane
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Oculus Rift S PC VR Headset Set For GDC 2019 Reveal

An email sent to Oculus developers by Facebook suggests ‘Rift S’ will be formally revealed at GDC 2019.

UploadVR confirmed with multiple people the email mentions ‘Rift S’ alongside ‘Oculus Go’ and ‘Oculus Quest’. This suggests we should expect a formal announcement in the near future of the PC-based VR headset succeeding Oculus Rift.


And this all begins THIS MONDAY. Hopefully the rumor-mill will prove true this time.

Also note that Oculus is scheduled to be involved in at least 9 different sessions; you can get the full list of GDC here:

https://schedule.gdconf.com/

Down the Rabbit Hole with Oculus Quest (Presented by Oculus)
https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/down-the-rabbit-hole-with-oculus-quest-presented-by-oculus/86560...

Creating Realistic Acoustics with Oculus Audio Propagation (Presented by Oculus)
https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/creating-realistic-acoustics-with-oculus-audio-propagation-prese...


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KlodsBrik
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Mradr said:

Anyone finds a stream please post here 😄


I bet that Uploadvr and roadtovr will be live streaming the event. They tend to do so .. Will post links as soon as I find them 🙂
Be good, die great !

Anonymous
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Mradr said:


Zenbane said:


Mradr said:


Zenbane said:

A new rumor just popped up:
Beat Saber is all but confirmed for Oculus Quest





Thought it was already 😮





Not confirmed. People were hoping and speculating. But today a video was leaked showing it. The new video popped up in the last 12 hours or so.


Oh I Swear I saw images and video almost a month back XD there was a random video on youtube that pop up with them using it.


https://uploadvr.com/beat-saber-oculus-quest-launch/

Wildt
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I guess you've seen this?

PCVR: CV1 || 4 sensors || TPcast wireless adapter || MamutVR Gun stock V3
PSVR: PS4 Pro || Move Controllers || Aim controller
WMR: HP Reverb

Anonymous
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https://uploadvr.com/openxr-provisional-release/
seems to be the most underrated news soo far - but one of the big changes to come for later products and devs to work with.

kojack
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Mradr said:

https://uploadvr.com/openxr-provisional-release/
seems to be the most underrated news soo far - but one of the big changes to come for later products and devs to work with.


Yeah, that's pretty cool. Microsoft have released an OpenXR runtime for WMR headsets and Oculus are going to release one for Rift and Quest later this year.

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OmegaM4N
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Mradr said:

https://uploadvr.com/openxr-provisional-release/
seems to be the most underrated news soo far - but one of the big changes to come for later products and devs to work with.


You are not joking, this is the kind of unification that the VR platform needs.
CV1/Vive-knuckles)/Dell Vr Visor/Go/Quest II/ PSVR.

bigmike20vt
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OmegaM4N said:


Mradr said:

https://uploadvr.com/openxr-provisional-release/
seems to be the most underrated news soo far - but one of the big changes to come for later products and devs to work with.


You are not joking, this is the kind of unification that the VR platform needs.


i really hope this means other hmds can finally properly access oculus store and all games on steam will finally run natively on the rift allowing us to fully bin steamVR.

IF this happened the every one of my VR titles will be made on oculus store. As it is now if it offers native support on steam i still often go to steam as i do not want to risk being stuck with a library of titles i cant play IF i leave oculus infrastructure.
Fiat Coupe, gone. 350Z gone. Dirty nappies, no sleep & practical transport incoming. Thank goodness for VR 🙂

Anonymous
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Also, with the release of a Rift S possible - does this mean that Oculus plans to do faster upgrades instead of waiting for a massive one shot? Instead of releasing an update every 3-4 years - they do one every 2-4 years to help refresh and upgrade the mobile half and at the same time - upgrade the PC version?
Tick
- Release new features

Tock
- Upgrade current features

I would think you want to upgrade mobile more often as the hardware continues to get better and cheaper already releasing on a 2 year cycle and already using two generations behind on Quest and three for GO. I would think this would work for a few generations before we hit a brick wall of any sorts and the advancements seems to be fast enough for it.

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Zenbane said:



Does anyone think there is any chance at all that Rift S will be a "mode" for quest?

ie plug a DP or HDMI cable into quest and it enters Rift Static mode?



Facebook has made it clear that there are 3 entirely separate product lines. Creating a "mode for quest" would combine two products in to one. If someone wants a mode for Quest on their Rift, then buy both a Quest and a Rift. There's your Mode
😛

So I do think you are right..........this time, however having an optional mode for quest allowing it to be hooked up to a pc does not mean there cant still be a 3 tier product line, with



The moment Quest is hooked up to a PC it becomes part of 2 product lines at once. But again, Facebook made it clear that they are keeping 3 distinctly different product lines on 3 different platforms. I don't see them muddying the waters this prematurely.

Zenbane
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Mradr said:
Oh I Swear I saw images and video almost a month back XD there was a random video on youtube that pop up with them using it.




So yeah... that article was posted today. Yet you said that this was confirmed prior to today.