Announced in September 2018 and released in May 2019, the one then called Oculus Quest was quickly replaced by its more capable little brother in October 2020. As 2023 begins, Meta believes it’s time to turn the page and announces that the first Quest of the name will no longer be updated and will therefore no longer benefit from new features. The headset will of course still be able to play current games and applications and will still be entitled to patches and other security patches until 2024, if necessary. On the social side, however, Quest 1 users will soon no longer be able to create or join a user group. Those who currently have access to the Meta Horizon home, the lucky ones, will also lose access to these features on March 5, 2023, from which date they will no longer be able to invite other users to their virtual environment or visit their virtual environment. ‘another.
The Quest 2 draft was already in the closet
While waiting for a Meta Quest 3 whose production is beyond doubt, Meta’s efforts have clearly been channeled for a long time on Meta Quest 2, which had a rather eventful year 2022 with in particular the shock announcement of an increase in price of 100 euros, applied some time before the announcement of the PS5 price increase for similar economic reasons. Quest 2 also ended the year aggressively with three new studio acquisitions (Camouflaj, Twisted Pixel Games, Armature) adding to a family that already included Beat Games, Ready At Dawn and Sanzaru Games. Titles such as Marvel’s Iron Man VR, Among Us VR, Bonelab, Red Matter 2, Moss: Book II, Maskmaker and The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution have also been added to the catalog in recent months.
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