OCULUS GO GONE
Low-cost headset is to be dropped
OCULUS HAS two versions of its standalone VR headsets: The accomplished Quest, and the considerably cheaper Oculus Go. But no longer, as the Oculus Go is to go. There will be no new software or updates after December, although you’ll still receive security patches and bug fixes until the end of 2022. The Go was an attempt at low-cost VR. Lacking position tracking and fancy controllers, it managed to sell over 2 million headsets in a year. The Go was designed to introduce VR to people unwilling to invest in the bigger headsets, but the limited capabilities didn’t show VR at its best, and it was still too expensive for the mass market. Oculus is to concentrate on higher-end headsets with the full six degrees of freedom, and high-resolution graphics.