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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 Facebook’s products, like those who need to keep chatting away on Messenger even in virtual reality. O...

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 Facebook Messenger is coming to Oculus Quest headsets this week, the company has announced. Users who ha...

What you need to know App Lab is Facebook's 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 you're 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, you'll no longer need to just know how to Sideload game on the Oculus Quest, as Facebook is launching its own indie developer section ...

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 Netflix have seen scant updates due to the relatively small number of headsets out there. Facebook, a ma...

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 store, so it’s splintering off App Lab apps from its main storefront. But it wants to foster a com...