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Facebook F8 event Discussion Megathread

LZoltowski
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Hey folks you know the drill, F8 is happening, this thread is for all the discussions, updates and news from the event.

Facebook is set to release both the Quest and Rift S at the event.

The event will be live streamed and can be watched here:
UPDATE: NEW LINK TO WATCH: https://www.facebook.com/pg/FacebookforDevelopers/videos/

Here are the times for the live stream:
San Francisco: 10AM
London 6:00 PM
New York: 1:00 PM
Moscow: 8:00 PM
Berlin 7:00 PM 
Tokyo (May 1st) 2:00 AM
Melbourne (May 1st) 3:00AM
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LZoltowski
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Techy111 said:

Yup 399 dollars to pounds is about 305 so a 94 quid mark up for the UK on the 64gb version and rift S  😐


 You are forgetting that US prices are Pre tax ... we have our prices included with VAT already, it works out about the same.
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399 dollars will incur roughly 35 dollars making that around 434 dollars and in pounds that's around 331 pounds at current exchange rates. Still cheaper  😐
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Techy111 said:

399 dollars will incur roughly 35 dollars making that around 434 dollars and in pounds that's around 331 pounds at current exchange rates. Still cheaper 



Yeah, I had $42 tax added to my $439 order (128GB + Quest Carrying Case). But then I got a discount for cash back stuff. Overall though I do think you are correct: everyone should live in America.

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Techy111 said:

399 dollars will incur roughly 35 dollars making that around 434 dollars and in pounds that's around 331 pounds at current exchange rates. Still cheaper  😐


this is not really oculus at fault pre tax price is around £335 which is much closer to £305
also we get an extra years warranty so it aint all bad.
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True true
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Digikid1 said:

$700CDN for the Quest!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!

WAY overpriced.


We're actually getting a better deal than Americans at that price, because it includes all taxes. For us in Ontario, if you deduct the 13% HST, you get $618.58 CAD. That converts to about $460 before tax for the 128 GB version, while the list price is $499 USD.

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For australians, adding our 10% tax should make the quest / rift-s $438.90us. But we're charged $456.64us.
I'm guessing the reason they do this is because that means the aus price is $649au, which is one of those nice marketing numbers like 399. One less than a multiple of 50.
My second set of touch controllers / sensor was $149au.

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My pre-order here in UK through Overclockers cost me £398.99 which I think is pretty decent.
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The Oculus twitter account said 34min ago that they will live tweet VR related news from the keynote. Nothing yet, but that sounds like a hint there will be something.



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They are currently showing some cool stuff: VR avatars that have detailed full body tracking with muscle and cloth simulation using minimal hardware and no markers (no mocap suit, it works more like a kinect, but far better looking).

It's not ready for release yet, but they are working on it.
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