The Oculus Quest has been announced during Oculus Connect 5. Priced at $399, it will release in Spring 2019 as an All-in-One VR system.
The Oculus Quest was the biggest announcement during Oculus Connect 5 yesterday. The standalone VR device will offer a middle ground between the existing Oculus Go and Oculus Rift devices.
Priced at $399 and due in Spring 2019, it won’t need PC, wires or anything else to work. It will be powered by a Snapdragon 835 processor, according to Gizmodo.
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The Oculus Quest will have a line-up of over 50 compatible titles at launch, with more coming later including hit titles such as Moss, Robo Recall and The Climb. A brand new Star Wars VR series, Vader Immortal, was also announced to be coming to the Oculus Quest with its first episode in 2019.
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is being produced by ILMxLAB in partnership with Ninja Theory and it will be written by David S. Goyer, the renown screenwriter who worked on Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.
Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, said:
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Colum Slevin, head of experiences at Oculus, said:
ILMxLAB Executive in Charge Vicki Dobbs Beck said:
Goyer himself added:
A bunch of new games were also confirmed for the Oculus Rift, including Ready at Dawn’s Lone Echo II and Echo Combat, Final Assault by Phaser Lock Interactive, and Defector by Twisted Pixel Games.
