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Facebook Messenger is now on the Oculus Quest platform JC Torres - Feb 2, 2021, 8:11pm CST It has been quite a while since Facebook surprisingly acquired Oculus but, for the longest time, the social network allowed the pioneering VR platform to operate in its own bubble. That has been changing lately, and not exactly in good ways, with Facebook enforcing its account to even use the standalone Quest headsets. A side effect of that, however, is some deeper integration with Face...

Facebook Brings Messenger to Oculus Quest VR Headsets, Introduces App Lab for Developers Facebook Messenger on Oculus can be used to chat even if the other person doesn’t have a VR headset. By Tanishka Sodhi | Updated: 3 February 2021 17:16 IST Users can choose to sign out of Messenger at any time via the settings Highlights Users can also create an Oculus Party on Messenger to play together Users can also use pre-written messages or type a message in VR Face...

What you need to know App Lab is Facebooks new Oculus Store feature to help indie developers with distribution. Facebook Messenger makes communication significantly easier while using the Oculus Quest. Oculus firmware update v25 begins rolling out this week and includes nearly a dozen new features. If youre looking to buy an Oculus Quest 2 or already got one this past Holiday season, Facebook has a ton of new features for you to get excited about. First off, youll no longer need to just know ho...

Facebook Messenger lands on Oculus Quest Facebook spent more time than usual talking about their success with VR in their quarterly earnings call, taking time to note developer success and their own wins peddling their latest Quest 2 VR headset. One of the VR platform’s remaining quirks is a general lack of third-party support for apps that go beyond gaming. The headset is a powerful piece of hardware with few VR ports of mobile apps available, even available streaming apps from Hulu and Netf...

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Oculus has detailed what’s coming in its v25 software update for Quest and Quest 2 headsets. The most notable change for both developers and users is App Lab, a new method for distributing in-development VR apps that doesn’t require Oculus Store approval and also doesn’t require sideloading. Think of this software as the equivalent of early access for VR. Oculus shared in its press release that it wants to keep the bar for quality high for its ...

February 2nd, 2021 Facebook/Oculus Facebook is continuing to stitch its services more closely together — its now rolling out Messenger on Oculus. People who have logged into a Quest or Quest 2 using their Facebook account will be able to chat with their Facebook friends while wearing their headset.  You can type out a message in virtual reality, send pre-written phrases or use the voice-to-text feature to chat with your buds. Theres also the option to start an Oculus Party from Messenger, so...

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is stepping down from his current role. Hell be replaced by Andy Jassy, current CEO of Amazon Web Services. Bezos will move to a new role as the Executive Chair of the Amazon Board. Today, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping away from his current position. Bezos had led the company since its inception in 1994 and overseen its growth to the online retail giant it currently is. Bezos will be replaced by Andy Jassy, the current CE...

Teen wins honor by combining her interests in softball, computer science [Portland Press Herald, Maine] Dec. 21—As a softball player, Elena Miller understood the value and purpose of the scorebook to keep track of the many factors that determine individual and team success during a game. But when Miller first tried to “keep the book” herself, “it took quite a bit of time to learn how to do it and I needed a lot of help — and then I was trying to teach teammates and saw how confusing i...

Maine teen wins honor by combining her interests in softball, computer science Yarmouth High student Elena Miller created a computer app that makes it easier to keep score of softball and baseball games. Share Yarmouth High student Elena Miller created a computer app called Scoregenix, which makes the scoring of baseball and softball games easier and more intuitive. She won the 2020 Congressional App Challenge for Maine’s 1st District. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer As a softbal...

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