Google’s GV backs SideQuest, an unofficial Meta Quest app store

Google’s GV backs SideQuest, an unofficial Meta Quest app store

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https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/03/googles-gv-backs-sidequest-an-unofficial-meta-quest-app-store/

While the broader virtual reality industry earnestly waits for Meta’s next announcements around new VR products at its Connect event next week, Google’s venture arm GV is placing an interesting bet in a startup building up an ecosystem around some of Meta’s hardware.

GV has led a $12 million Series A investment in SideQuest, the makers of an alternative app store for the Meta Quest VR headset, which allows developers to ship and market experimental games that may not initially meet Meta’s stringent store approval processes.

Google’s GV backs SideQuest, an unofficial Meta Quest app store

Oct 3, 2022, 5:36pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/03/googles-gv-backs-sidequest-an-unofficial-meta-quest-app-store/ > While the broader virtual reality industry earnestly waits for Meta’s next announcements around new VR products at its Connect event next week, Google’s venture arm GV is placing an interesting bet in a startup building up an ecosystem around some of Meta’s hardware. > GV has led a $12 million Series A investment in SideQuest, the makers of an alternative app store for the Meta Quest VR headset, which allows developers to ship and market experimental games that may not initially meet Meta’s stringent store approval processes.