Oculus Quest 2 is getting two killer upgrades next month

Oculus Quest two is getting ii killer upgrades next calendar month

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Oculus Quest 2 buyers and owners are in for a treat, because Oculus has announced that this VR headset will be getting support for multiple user accounts and device specific app sharing starting adjacent month.

That ways multiple users will exist able to log into a single headset, with the pick to share the same library of apps. And so no more buying multiple headsets and indistinguishable apps just and so everyone can have things their way.

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This upgrade volition get-go rolling out to Quest 2 owners as an experimental characteristic, earlier rolling out to the original Oculus Quest headset at a afterwards date. It'southward not been revealed exactly what date the changes will happen, though app developers are existence given until February 12 to opt out of app sharing.

From February thirteen app sharing will exist enabled automatically, suggesting the feature will start rolling out to users around this fourth dimension.

Chief Oculus Quest 2 business relationship holders can add upwardly to iii secondary accounts to their headset, all of which will be able admission eligible shared apps from that single headset. Obviously, Oculus would like you lot to buy more one, so that characteristic volition be expanded in the future, and allow a primary account holder to share their apps across three different Quest devices.

That'southward the program right at present anyway, since the announcement post said the number of secondary devices and accounts may change equally they go customer feedback. So those numbers may get up or they may also get down. It'due south also not clear whether Oculus will forbid people from sharing apps when they don't live together.

Unfortunately, this system does come with some caveats. Secondary account holders who buy their ain apps won't exist able to share them with other users. For some reason that's a right reserved only for the primary business relationship holder. However, shared apps can be run on more than than one device simultaneously, provided you're non trying to utilize the primary account on both headsets.

All these accounts will need to be linked to your Facebook account, since that's now mandatory for all Oculus users.

In any case, this is all great news for Oculus Quest owners. The declaration claims that this is designed to help "grow the VR community, promote apps, and help prevent piracy".

Whatever your thoughts on that, the fact that people volition be able to have their own business relationship space without necessarily having to spend $299 on their ain headset is definitely a practiced thing. Especially if it also ways non having to buy the aforementioned app or game several times.

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