Facebook will let you manage the ads you see. Hence, it is including controls to hide specific ads or hide ads from an advertiser completely.
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Facebook brings Messenger to Oculus because we all love chatting on VR headsets
Facebook has today announced that it is bringing Messenger to its Oculus line of VR headsets. For now, it appears that the Facebook-owned messaging service will only be accessible on the Quest and its Quest 2 successor, and not the older offerings such as Quest Go, Rift, and Rift S.
The older Oculus Go, Rift, and Rift S VR headsets have been left out
And just in case you’re wondering, you can rely on voice-to-text or bank on some pre-written conversation templates, if the idea of typing a message using the controllers sounds horrifying. Also, the person you are chatting with – while the Quest headset is mounted on your brian box – doesn’t need to wear a VR headset. Just saying!
Messenger on VR headsets – but why though?
The arrival of Messenger on the Oculus VR platform is more of a minor convenience than a necessity. It will come in handy if you want to send a quick invite to your friend to join you in a VR game. Or, you just seek to respond to a few Messenger texts in a jiffy without having to take your VR headset off. But that’s from a user’s perspective.
From Facebook’s viewpoint, the more services it can integrate and interlink, the merrier. Remember the grand Instagram-Facebook-WhatsApp interoperability plans? Well, the Oculus VR platform now appears to be a part of it as well.
Signing in and out of Messenger on the VR headset will be easy if you share it with others
However, Facebook assures that chatting with friends over Messenger via a compatible Quest VR headset won’t impact the existing Oculus privacy settings. Plus, Facebook is leaving the Oculus Chats service untouched, so you can still make use of your Oculus username for communicating with your friends in the VR world.
Furthermore, if you share with your Oculus Quest or Quest 2 with a family member and worry about your privacy, you can easily sign out of Messenger on the headset. Just don’t forget it though, because the next time you want to engage in a VR-fueled Messenger conversation, you’ll have to re-enter it if you previously signed out of the instant messaging service.
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Facebook is working on a smaller Oculus Quest VR headset that offers 90Hz support: Report
Facebook is reportedly working on a new Oculus Quest standalone VR headset that will be smaller and lighter than the current Oculus Quest. As per a Bloomberg report, the headset was originally scheduled to debut later this year, but the coronavirus pandemic has derailed those plans and it might now arrive next year.
The Oculus Quest refresh comes with a redesigned controller and will be lighter too, making it more comfortable to wear. The company is also looking to change the material on the sides and the strap, all the while reducing its size. The biggest update will be support for 90Hz refresh rate content, up from the 60Hz supported by the existing Oculus Quest.
The updated model will reportedly have four cameras and offers 6 degrees of freedom, ensuring more scope of movement in virtual space. Facebook’s Oculus division reportedly has multiple models in the test lab with varied specifications and design tweaks, so the final product might vary a bit.
Source: Bloomberg
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Pocketnow Daily: OnePlus Launching a NEW Device at CES 2020?!(video)
On today's Pocketnow Daily, we talk about the surprise we may get from OnePlus, China and US possible trade deal and more
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Facebook Assistant planned to compete with Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant
A couple of recent reports are suggesting that Facebook might be working on what could end up being the Facebook Assistant.
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Oculus Quest is a $399 all-in-one VR kit
Wireless, phoneless virtual reality has made progress with Oculus. Quest will launch next spring with more than 50 titles.
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When you can play Oculus Rift apps from the HTC Viveport
Oculus Rift app developers can soon make their games or tools available on the HTC Vieport and gain revenue through its subscription-based system.
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Standalone Oculus Go VR headset is now widely available across Europe and Canada
Before HTC can expand the Vive Focus from China, Facebook has officially released the Oculus Go VR device in the US, Canada and many European countries.
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Xiaomi Mi Band 3 comes with a larger screen, swim-proof design, same killer price
It took Xiaomi a full two years to improve on the crazy affordable Mi Band 2, but believe it or not, the Mi Band 3 is just as cheap, as well as larger and suited for long, deep swims.
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Google and LG bring the future of VR closer by co-developing 18MP OLED display
It's only fair to share...
Google and LG have a common goal, working together on a crazy sharp VR OLED display with a record-breaking 1443 ppi count and 120 x 96 field of view.
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No wires, no phones needed: Oculus Go launches for sale at $199
An Oculus virtual reality headset comes untethered with the new Oculus Go. It doesn't need a computer like the Rift does and it doesn't need a Samsung phone like the Gear VR does.
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Expired certificate bricked Oculus Rift headsets worldwide, but all’s fixed now
It didn't take long for the Oculus Rift to recover from a critical Runtime Service error, but the embarrassment of forgetting to renew a security certificate remains.
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Expired certificate bricked Oculus Rift headsets worldwide, but all’s fixed now
It didn't take long for the Oculus Rift to recover from a critical Runtime Service error, but the embarrassment of forgetting to renew a security certificate remains.
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Xiaomi announced as Oculus Go hardware partner, Mi VR Standalone coming to China
The self-contained Oculus Go headset is actually manufactured by Xiaomi, as announced at CES 2018, and a China-exclusive equivalent called Mi VR Standalone is also in the pipeline.
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Facebook Spaces app spreads to HTC Vive
The app is not on the Viveport platform, so it's really Facebook's way of extracting something from a potential expansion of its VR user base.
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