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I can't help but get the sad feeling today is the day Oculus left PCVR.
Oculus got what they wanted in the Quest. They fought so hard with the Rift to get their walled garden, walled proprietry hardware, a social vision for VR. But the Rift always struggled because of the vive, and then the index. It fought back with exclusives, some won people over, some didn't.
But the Quest has quielty and confidently given Oculus what they always wanted. They got their walled garden, they have an entire ecosystem dedicated to portable VR, they have no competitor in the portable VR space and they have are the only headset in town at their own price point.
Oculus connect today didn't even feel like an Oculus event. It was a Facebook connect. There was no cutting edge hardware, there were no eye watering new PCVR games pushing systems to their limits. Years ago Lone Echo 2 would be a headliner but today? No. Its just a swan-song which for the Rift whenever they get around to releasing it. Medal of Honor they let go to the Steam store; again, just not a move Oculus would do. They wanted to dominate PCVR no matter what, and aggressively did this exclusives.. but today.. they don't care.
I can't help but feel the dream of an inside out tracking, cutting edge headset from Oculus with ASW 2.0 to power next generation graphics with eye tracking is now a thing of the past. I feel as if maybe they should finally open up the Oculus store or just start porting their Oculus titles over. One of the Oculus developers mentioned dependant on MOH's success, they might just do that.
This is a company which fought back against the Vive wands with one of the most premium controllers of all time. But now in the face of threat from the Index controllers? They just re-hash the same controllers for the third time.
Its sad because the PCVR war never really got started. Valve versus Oculus would have been a good show, but it seems as if the Quest just gave Oculus, well now Facebook, what they wanted. I wanted Oculus to be present to give us good exclusive games and push Valve to their limits... but it seems like its over for them in high end PCVR.
What're your thoughts?
Oculus got what they wanted in the Quest. They fought so hard with the Rift to get their walled garden, walled proprietry hardware, a social vision for VR. But the Rift always struggled because of the vive, and then the index. It fought back with exclusives, some won people over, some didn't.
But the Quest has quielty and confidently given Oculus what they always wanted. They got their walled garden, they have an entire ecosystem dedicated to portable VR, they have no competitor in the portable VR space and they have are the only headset in town at their own price point.
Oculus connect today didn't even feel like an Oculus event. It was a Facebook connect. There was no cutting edge hardware, there were no eye watering new PCVR games pushing systems to their limits. Years ago Lone Echo 2 would be a headliner but today? No. Its just a swan-song which for the Rift whenever they get around to releasing it. Medal of Honor they let go to the Steam store; again, just not a move Oculus would do. They wanted to dominate PCVR no matter what, and aggressively did this exclusives.. but today.. they don't care.
I can't help but feel the dream of an inside out tracking, cutting edge headset from Oculus with ASW 2.0 to power next generation graphics with eye tracking is now a thing of the past. I feel as if maybe they should finally open up the Oculus store or just start porting their Oculus titles over. One of the Oculus developers mentioned dependant on MOH's success, they might just do that.
This is a company which fought back against the Vive wands with one of the most premium controllers of all time. But now in the face of threat from the Index controllers? They just re-hash the same controllers for the third time.
Its sad because the PCVR war never really got started. Valve versus Oculus would have been a good show, but it seems as if the Quest just gave Oculus, well now Facebook, what they wanted. I wanted Oculus to be present to give us good exclusive games and push Valve to their limits... but it seems like its over for them in high end PCVR.
What're your thoughts?