2011 – 2020retired
Angry Birds Rio
“The birds flew home to Rio, and honestly, who could blame them.”
“It freed VR from wires and gave us Passthrough to find the couch again.”
Released on May 21, 2019, the Oculus Quest was a standalone VR headset from Oculus, a brand of Facebook, that ran games wirelessly on an Android-based operating system. Six degrees of freedom came from internal sensors and front-facing cameras instead of external ones, and those cameras doubled as Passthrough, keeping you safe inside your Guardian boundary. Fans loved its price and convenience, plus better graphics a
It was retired in September 2020, having earned only mild grumbles about its front-heavy build and graphics that lagged PC-based VR. Its launch restrictions to Oculus Store software and lack of Go backwards compatibility were early criticisms, but the convenience won out. It left behind the proof that untethered VR could find a devoted audience.
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“The birds flew home to Rio, and honestly, who could blame them.”
“It kept 50,000 of your songs safe, then quietly handed the aux cable to YouTube Music”
“The login worked everywhere except the reason you got it.”