06-24-2020 05:15 AM
Edit - Wow, what a change a few months can have - with the August news we have had to make some edits to the Bingo card, the "Additional Categories" can be found at the bottom!
For
those new to this, we have held a bingo game covering Oculus Connect event
announcements for the last few years. The rules are simple. Guess which of the
announcements, omissions and surprises take place during the event, to win Big
Prizes(*)
- During Oculus Facebook Connect 7:
1. Oculus will announce a new low-price Quest [10,000-points]
2. Oculus will announce a new high-performance Quest [5,000-points]
3. Oculus will announce partnering with Microsoft (again) [20,000-points]
4. Oculus will reveal Half Dome 4 and claim it will be made [2,000-points]
5. No mention of Lenovo will be made [10,000-points]
6. No mention of Rift-S will be made [5,000-points]
7. Carmack will host his developers talk [2,000-points] *or he will not [10,000-points]
8. Oculus will announce a Rift-S upgrade [10,000-points]
9. Oculus will announce
a new software acquisition [5,000-points]
10. Oculus live feed to the event will crash! [10,000-points]
- ADDITIONAL - During Oculus Facebook Connect 7:
11. Facebook shows the new MR headset on stage [10,000-points]
12. Facebook announces a reversal to the mandatory Logon on Oculus! [100,000-points]
13. Facebook announces the Oculus operation is now only a brand [5,000-points]
14. All the old founders of Oculus are invited up on Stage with MarkZ [100,000,000,000-points]
15. Horizon crashes during Facebook Connect [10,000-points] *(different to the Live feed)
Calculate your points, to see if you win!
(Please also propose additional scenarios to add to the list)
* = Big Prizes cannot be redeemed for actual items, but are only bragging
rights. Adjudicators [OP] verdict is final on all decisions.
08-07-2020 04:44 AM
08-07-2020 06:44 AM
kevinw729 said:
Seems speculation had flared up that a High-end Quest may be on the cards?
for a price around $600. The Quest 1 will lower its price of $100-150 to foster the adoption.
Robert believes that there’s no need for a cheaper Quest
because he has problems in selling the device because of the resolution
that doesn’t let you read text or enjoy a movie better than on a
physical TV, and not because it should cost $100 less. So he believes it
must be a Pro device: “There’s a bigger market for a better quest than a cheaper quest”.
It seems that Oculus hoped to get it out for Christmas, and they’re still trying, but because of problems with the supply chain (COVID, plus the fact that now Americans can’t fly to China), most probably it will be released in spring 2021.
08-07-2020 07:52 AM
08-07-2020 07:54 AM
08-07-2020 08:02 AM
nalex66 said:
If the new Quest has 4K screens, it will replace my Rift for PCVR use.
Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
08-07-2020 08:11 AM
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08-07-2020 09:07 AM
RuneSR2 said:
nalex66 said:
If the new Quest has 4K screens, it will replace my Rift for PCVR use.
Doesn't look right for Oculus to increase the price - if they want to increase adoption. And the pink/white colors that may attract females more... it looked more low-end than the current Quest...
4K screen sounds like way too much - Snapdragon 845 and even 855 will be in enough trouble just handling the current Quest screen in 90 Hz...
But I love surprises... Well, some surprises...
PS. Great use for 4K screen could be watching 4K movies - that could be interesting...
08-07-2020 09:10 AM