'Oculus Go' is discontinued, addition of dedicated application is scheduled to end in December 2020

Oculus VR, a subsidiary of Facebook, announced that it will stop selling the standalone VR headset ' Oculus Go '. Oculus VR says it will focus on 6 DoF VR devices such as ' Oculus Quest ' in the future.

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Oculus Go is a standalone VR headset released in May 2018. It had a relatively low price of 23,800 yen and was easy to use, lightweight and cableless.

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``Oculus Go's success was the first demonstration that an all-in-one VR headset could provide an immersive experience,'' Oculus VR said in an official announcement. We will not ship any more 3DoF products (like Oculus Go) because the majority of the reactions were that 6DoF seems to be in the future,'' Oculus Go will end selling on June 22, 2020. Announced to do. In the future, he said that he will only deploy products that support 6DoF, such as Oculus Quest.

DoF is the 'number of movements' that a VR headset can detect. In 3DoF, it was possible to detect three types of head movements: movements that move the field of view left and right, movements that move the field of view up and down, and movements that tilt the head, but with 6DoF, in addition to the movements of the head, It will also be possible to detect three types of body movements: 'Move back and forth', 'Move left and right' and 'Move up and down'.

The difference between 3DoF and 6DoF is explained in detail below.

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Although Oculus Go will be discontinued, users who already have an Oculus Go headset can continue to use Oculus Go in the future, and until 2022 the maintenance of system software by fixing defects and security patches It will be continued. However, new features for Oculus Go will not be released in the future, and apps available on Oculus Go will not be delivered after December 18, 2020.

Upcoming Changes for Oculus Go
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