Review: Oculus Quest could be the Nintendo Switch of VR

Review: Oculus Quest could be the Nintendo Switch of VR

5 years ago
Anonymous $9jpehmcKty

https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/30/review-oculus-quest-could-be-the-nintendo-switch-of-vr/

Facebook has bet a lot on its VR dream. The industry has become the butt of a few jokes in the past couple years as hype has deflated, but there’s been no question that the tech is interesting, the question has been whether it’s sustainably cool. Oculus made a gamble on the high-end three years ago, but the $399 standalone Quest is where they see whether that bet was worth it.

In a lot of ways, this is a VR headset built in the spirit of the Nintendo Switch.* Performance is secondary to the depth of user experience and ease of use. It’s vastly easier to get this out of the box and start playing with tracked VR than any other VR headset I’ve used. It takes minutes the first time you take it out of the box and seconds in subsequent uses.