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Oculus Rift S

Oculus plans to kill off PC-only VR in 2021

Posted on September 17, 2020August 27, 2023 By Jarvis

Dead VR walking: Oculus says it will kill of the Oculus Rift S in 2021.

After launching its latest standalone VR headset, the Oculus Quest 2, on Wednesday, Facebook quietly dropped a bombshell: Oculus is moving away from PC-only VR headsets.

The company that introduced the original Oculus Rift in 2016, which relied on the PC’s native CPU for the rendering, said in a blog post that it “won’t pursue PC-only hardware” any more. 

”We’re going to focus on standalone VR headsets moving forward,” the company said.
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