Windows 10: Introducing the new Oculus Rift S VR headset at GDC 2019

Brink · Mar 20, 2019

Today at GDC, we unveiled Oculus Rift S—a new VR headset that combines the convenience of built-in Oculus Insight tracking technology with the full power of your PC. Built on the Rift platform, Rift S gives gamers and tech enthusiasts access to the most immersive content that VR has to offer, and it’s launching in Spring 2019 for $399 USD.

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Higher Resolution on the Best PC VR Gaming Platform

Rift S works with the Rift platform, giving you access to the top-selling and most immersive VR titles on Day 1—and even more groundbreaking games like Asgard’s Wrath, Defector, and Stormland on the horizon. Improved optics and display technology deliver a sharper picture with higher pixel density for an even more immersive gaming experience. Games on Rift have never looked better.

Increased Comfort and Integrated Audio

We partnered with Lenovo™ to design Rift S, drawing on their experience in the VR and AR space and feedback from the Lenovo Legion™ gaming community. Lenovo co-designed the Rift S for increased comfort, better weight distribution, and improved light blocking, as well as a simple, single-cable system for a clutter-free experience. Rift S features the same integrated audio system as Oculus Quest and Oculus Go, with a headphone jack that lets you use your own favorite headphones.

Oculus Insight for Precise Room-Scale Tracking

Like Quest, Rift S features Oculus Insight, our state-of-the-art inside-out tracking technology. Say goodbye to external sensors—Oculus Insight gets you into the game with ease. Using computer vision algorithms, Oculus Insight captures, traces, and navigates physical spaces in real time. The Rift S headset features five sensors to maximize tracking volume in support of the existing Rift library. Oculus Touch controllers, redesigned for inside-out tracking, bring familiar hand presence and input so you can grab, point, and gesture through the best of VR.

Introducing Passthrough+

We’re also enabling a true stereo-correct passthrough feature, Passthrough+. It utilizes core Oculus runtime advancements, including ASW, to produce a comfortable experience with minimal depth disparity or performance impact. It’s especially helpful any time you need to step or see outside of your play space.

A Shared Platform

Because Rift and Rift S share the same core platform experience, current Rift owners will be able to take advantage of our continued software updates. They’ll also enjoy access to the same games available today and coming in the future.

We can’t wait to share more in the weeks ahead. Sign up for all the latest updates at oculus.com/rift-s.

— The Oculus Team
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Source: https://www.oculus.com/blog/announci...g-spring-2019/

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Brink · Sep 26, 2019

Introducing Oculus Quest All-in-One VR Gaming System - Spring 2019

UPDATE: At 11:10 am PT, ILMxLAB Executive in Charge Vicki Dobbs Beck and Writer and Executive Producer David S. Goyer took the stage at OC5 to announce that the first episode of Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series will debut on Oculus Quest when it launches in Spring 2019. Click here to learn more about this yet untold story in the Star Wars universe.

We’re excited to usher in the next era of VR gaming with the introduction of Oculus Quest, our first all-in-one VR gaming system. Oculus Quest will launch in Spring 2019 for $399 USD. Offering six degrees of freedom and Touch controllers, Oculus Quest makes it easy to jump right into the action—with no PC, no wires, and no external sensors. We have over 50 titles lined up for launch, with even more in the works including some of your favorite Rift games like Robo Recall, The Climb, and Moss.

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Oculus Insight
We also unveiled Oculus Insight, our breakthrough technology that powers inside-out tracking, Guardian, and Touch controller tracking. This innovative system uses four ultra wide-angle sensors and computer vision algorithms to track your exact position in real time without any external sensors. Insight gives you a greater sense of immersion, presence, and mobility, plus the ability to go beyond room-scale. And we’ve brought over Guardian to help keep you safer while in VR. It’s easy to setup and experience whenever you want.

The Best VR Games Deserve the Best VR Controllers
With the same buttons, thumbsticks, and sensors that have defined VR gaming, our intuitive Touch controllers bring your real hands into VR and let you easily and naturally interact with the world around you. By shipping Oculus Quest with Touch, everything developers have learned about game design for Rift applies to Oculus Quest. Now you can enjoy the best that VR gaming has to offer, starting at $399 USD for a 64GB headset—with the convenience and portability of all-in-one VR.

Quality Meets Comfort
Oculus Quest includes the same best-of-class optics as Oculus Go with a display resolution of 1600x1440 per eye, while incorporating a lens spacing adjustment to help maximize visual comfort. And we’ve improved our built-in audio, so you get high-quality, immersive sound with even deeper bass.

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All in the Family
With the introduction of Oculus Quest, we’ve completed our first generation of best-in-class VR headsets. Oculus Go remains the easiest and most affordable way to get into VR, while Oculus Rift leverages the power of your PC to push the limits of what’s possible. Thanks to Oculus Quest, we’re now able to combine the best of both worlds and welcome even more people into the VR community.

We can’t wait to share more with you soon. Stay up to date with Oculus Quest and other Oculus products at oculus.com.

— The Oculus Team

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Source: https://www.oculus.com/blog/introduc...g-spring-2019/

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StevenJackson3 · Mar 20, 2019

Family Screen Time restrictions do not stop VR (Oculus Rift) from working

I have Microsoft Family Screen Time restrictions set up on my childs account.

When the time limit is reached the screen DOES lock, telling the child their time is up, and lets them contact me to request more time. All good.

However, she plays VR on this PC (Oculus Rift) and the Screen Time lock does NOT prevent it from working. Even when the PC monitor is locked, they can just put the VR headset on, and it keeps working (i.e. the displays in the headset do not lock, Oculus
applications all still work, Oculus Handsets are still registered and work properly, etc.).

This means that the Screen Time restrictions are useless for VR.

Is this a know issue? Is there any way to make the PC also block the Oculus Rift?

Many thanks.

SquidFox · Mar 20, 2019

How many sensors with the Oculus Rift?

Hi, i was going to buy an oculus rift however i wanted to know how many sensors come in the oculus rift+ touch bundle? If it is only one sensor will I need to buy another sensor to play vr? Thanks in advance!

(Here is the link to the bundle https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/oculus-rift-touch/8mt5ws8lgbwl?activetab=pivot:overviewtab )

Windows 10: Introducing the new Oculus Rift S VR headset at GDC 2019

Introducing the new Oculus Rift S VR headset at GDC 2019

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