Το Oculus Quest, new wireless virtual reality device of Facebook, was presented at an event in the US and is expected to hit the market in the spring of 2019.
The Oculus Rift, which worn on the head and is accompanied by two controls, you do not need a computer to operate while you will costs 399 dollars, according to Reuters and the BBC.
The company will also release 50 παιχνίδια for the new device, which he bets on in order to stimulate users' interest in virtual reality.
Facebook had acquired Oculus to 2014 for $ 199 billion. It has already released the Oculus Rift device that must be connected to a computer (and which will continue to be sold), while in May this year it released the standalone Oculus Go device priced at $ XNUMX. According to SuperData, approximately 289.000 Go devices were sold by June 2018.
Speaking at the event in San Jose, California, the head of Facebook Mark Zackerberg admitted that the company is far behind the declared in 2017 goal of one billion people to use virtual reality (VR) technology. As he said, not even 1% of this goal has been achieved.
Sales of VR devices are declining instead of increasing. "Clearly the VR industry is struggling to take off. "We expect a 23% drop in sales of such devices this year," said IDC analyst Brian Ma. This is partly because companies like Samsungseem to be abandoning their plans for VR devices, combined with "smart" mobile phones to offer the virtual reality experience.
According to analysts, although the "aggressive" pricing of Oculus devices, has not yet allayed the hesitations of consumers. "The price of Oculus Quest is impressively low. But if price was the only obstacle, then the cheaper Oculus Go would have managed to sell many more pieces. "The biggest problem is the content," Ma said.
