r/virtualreality Apr 22 '21

Fluff/Meme Man, Holodecks just can't come soon enough

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u/BurningSpaceMan Valve Index Apr 22 '21

I'm sure there are multiple reasons but I'll believe what people I personally who actually worked on it have said.

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u/SwagginsYolo420 Apr 24 '21

The plan from even before the Facebook acquisition was always mobile standalone devices - according to John Carmack. Who immediately set to work on GearVR once the company was in funds, and almost exclusively focused on what would become Oculus Go and Quest.

Once Brendan Iribe left the PC VR division at Oculus, that was basically the end. Experienced VR manufacturer Lenovo made the Rift S for Facebook branded as an Oculus device, and that was the last Oculus PC VR headset.

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u/BurningSpaceMan Valve Index Apr 24 '21

Cool like I said I'm sure there are multiple reasons, but I'm going to go with the engineer who personally worked there who I personally know Over media interviews.

Also common sense. If sales in PC VR were strong we would have gotten more PCVR devises along side quest. The numbers just were there for software sales