#OC5 starts with people from every walk of life talking about how far VR has come in the last five years. "Literally changed my life" has been uttered.
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Getting to 10m users everywhere means locking in a single input mechanism for all of the platforms. Needs to be Standalone, needs to support hands and fingers, needs to be 6DOF
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And it just so happens, Oculus has such a thing. Project Santa Cruz! Only now it's called Oculus Quest!
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Oculus Quest is $399, 6DOF tracking with comfortable Touch controllers, shipping Spring 2019, promises "Rift Quality" experiences
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Robo Recall, The Climb, Moss, and nearly 50 more games will be available on Quest at launch.
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Andrew Bosworth on stage now, talking about the goal of 1 Billion people in VR.
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Bos says we're approaching the limit of what the smartphone can do for us, says VR provides more opportunities for bringing people together with presence.
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Allowing people to connect virtually means geography is no longer an obstacle for things like jobs. Not needing to go to a physical place for a job means geographic resources can be better spent on people.
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Bos is now giving a Mixed Reality demo, where Oculus Quest offers a pencil-traced view of the real world with virtual objects floating in. This view means he can see his physical mouse and keyboard, as well as people in a virtual meeting space. Very cool.
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Mixed Reality is not an immediate focus for Oculus Quest, but something on the roadmap.
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Hugo Barra on stage now, starting out by celebrating the 50-ish people who have been at every Oculus Connect.
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Hugo says the Oculus mission is to Defy Distance, by bringing people into VR and letting them do things together.
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Oculus views its product portfolio like this: - Oculus Go: Afforable, entry level for anyone - Oculus Quest: Mainstream product for everyone - Oculus Rift: Bleeding edge, for people who want the future
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Ruth Bram is on stage now (first woman)
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Vox Machinae, the first game funded by Oculus grant, is shipping today.
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Lucy Chen (Second Woman) on stage now, talking about rebuilding the Rift platform. Oculus Home's reboot earlier this year, and Dash 2.0 were big parts of this rebuild. Now those things are out of beta, effective immediately.
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Developers will be able to bring their own items into Rift Home, so it'll be easier for players to earn things they can show off in their Home space. Update includes custom clothing for Oculus Avatars
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Oculus Avatars now have expressions, and cross platform support, with tools making it easier for developers to add Avatar support to everything.
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Dynamic expressions include micro expressions, eye movement (not eye tracking).
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Oculus Mobile now supports Rift, so you can continue to connect with friends when you're not in front of your PC.
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Hybrid Apps will make it possible to bring 2D apps into VR, making them look and feel more like VR apps that bend around you like the browser in Oculus Dash. You can move from VR to 2D using the same apps.
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Sean Liu on stage now to talk about Oculus Go
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Oculus Go is only 5 months old, with over 1k apps. Hardware-based Chromatic Aberration Correction is coming to Go, will make everything look even better.
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Casting is coming to Oculus Go, mobile first and then TV casting. It'll be possible to see what everyone is seeing inside the headset.
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Oculus Go is getting YouTube VR support!
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Oculus Venues is getting a horror movie marathon, NBA games, and more comedy specials this Fall. Oculus Avatars get a basketball jersey if you attend an NBA game.
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Hugo Barra is back on stage, talking about new games
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Developers are now sharing their thoughts on what is coming with Oculus Quest, with their own hands-on experiences in bringing games to the platform. Standalone, high quality VR is exactly what everyone wants.
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Oculus Quest is packing Insight, its new Inside-out tracking through four wide-angle cameras. It picks out edges and corners in the space around you, eerily similar to how Hololens works.
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