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Oculus Quest is a new standalone mobile VR headset with 6 degrees of freedom (6DOF) and two 6DOF motion controllers for $399.
Specifications and Key Features
List of launch games
Gameplay videos
Comparison vith Rift S and with other 6DOF mobile VR headsets (updated May 19, 2019)
Compatibility with Gear VR and Oculus Go (added May 8, 2019)
Price and availability
Hands-on Review
Here is a hands-on review by Tested:
Specifications and Key Features
Here are its key specifications:
| Resolution per eye | 1600 x 1440 |
| Lens type | Fresnel |
| Field of view | Oculus claims “similar to Rift” |
| Refresh rate | 72 frames per second |
| IPD Adjustment | physical, 58–72mm |
| Memory | 64GB or 128GB |
| Tracking | 6DOF, world scale |
| External sensors | None |
| Controllers | two controllers, 6DOF |
| Connectivity | USB Type C Wi-Fi |
| Price and availability | $399 (64GB) $499 (128GB) Shipping May 21, 2019 |
Here are more details about its key features:
Standalone VR headset: The Quest does not need to be connected to a PC or a phone. This means it is ready to be used right away. No need to power up your PC or launch Oculus Home or Steam VR.
6DOF tracking: Mobile VR headsets such as Gear VR and Oculus Go are typically limited to head tracking with 3 degrees of freedom. They can track head rotation but not lateral or vertical head movement. Oculus Quest can track with 6 degrees of freedom, which means that you can not only look in any direction but you can also move any direction. 6DOF tracking can create a much more convincing sense of presence, the illusion of feeling as if you are in another place.
No external sensors: The Quest does not need any external sensors, so there’s nothing to setup. Instead, Quest uses Oculus Insight technology, which uses four cameras that can use computer vision to analyze the environment and track the Quest’s position in 3D space.
Completely wireless: Desktop VR headsets such as Oculus Rift or HTC Vive or Playstation VR require a cable connection to a desktop system. The cable can interfere with gameplay and reduce immersion. Unlike desktop VR headsets, the Quest is completely untethered. Not only will you be able to move freely, but in addition, there is theoretically no limit to the tracking area.
High resolution display: Oculus Quest has a display resolution of 1600 x 1440 per eye, 77% higher resolution compared to the Rift which has resolution of 1080 x 1200 per eye. Pixels on the Quest are much smaller and it can show finer details such as small text.
Oculus Touch 6DOF controllers: Quest uses two Oculus Touch controllers that are each tracked with 6 degrees of freedom. These are the same controllers as for Rift S.
Built-in audio: Quest has speakers built into the headstrap, similar to Oculus Go, which sound like invisible earphones.
Compatibility: Oculus has not yet said whether Quest will be compatible with the Gear VR / Oculus Go library.
Oculus Quest launch titles
Oculus posted a new trailer for the Oculus Quest that revealed some of the launch titles, including the VR boxing game Creed: Rise to Glory. Also see the list of launch title games announced by developers below. Here’s the new trailer:
Here is a list of the games shown in the trailer above (italicized titles are new):
Creed: Rise to Glory
Beat Saber
Sports Scramble
SUPERHOT VR
Robo Recall
Face Your Fears 2
Dead and Buried 2
Vacation Simulator (Holiday Title)
Journey of the Gods
Moss
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode 1
Space Pirate Trainer
Job Simulator
Shadow Point
Dance Central
Here are all the confirmed games, including many that have not been announced by Oculus, but have been confirmed as launch titles by their respective developers:
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Altspace | social |
| Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs | action |
| Apex Construct | adventure; shooter |
| Apollo 11 | media |
| Bait! | fishing |
| Beast Pets | simulation |
| Beat Saber | action |
| Bigscreen VR | app |
| BOGO | simulation |
| Bonfire | app |
| BoxVR | sports |
| CineVR | media |
| Covert | multiplayer; party |
| Cradle of Sins | multiplayer; action |
| Creed: Rise to Glory | sports |
| Crisis VRigade | shooter |
| Dance Central | rhythm |
| Dance Collider | rhythm |
| Dead and Buried 1 | multiplayer; shooter |
| Dead and Buried 2 | multiplayer; shooter |
| Death Horizon | shooter; horror |
| Drop Dead: Dual Strike Edition | shooter; horror |
| Eleven: Table Tennis VR | sports |
| Exorcist: Legion VR | horror |
| Face Your Fears 2 | simulation; horror |
| First Person Tennis | sports |
| Fruit Ninja VR | action |
| Google Tilt Brush | app |
| Gravity Sketch | app |
| Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son | adventure |
| Guided Tai Chi | app |
| High Fidelity | app |
| Honor and Duty: D-Day | shooter |
| I Expect You To Die | puzzle; adventure |
| Immersed VR | app |
| Insta360VR | app |
| IVRy | app |
| Job Simulator | simulation |
| Journey of the Gods | adventure |
| Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes | multiplayer; party |
| Loco Dojo | social |
| MelodyVR | app |
| Moss | adventure |
| National Geographic | app |
| Nature Treks VR | media |
| Ninja Legends / Ninja Ikari | action |
| Nostos | adventure; multiplayer |
| Ocean Rift | simulation |
| Oculus Browser | app |
| Oculus First Contact | app |
| Oculus Gallery | app |
| Oculus TV | app |
| Oculus Video | app |
| Pick-up League Hockey | sports |
| Pixel Ripped 1989 | adventure |
| QuiVR Vanguard | shooter |
| Racket Fury: Table Tennis VR | sports |
| Range Day VR | shooter |
| Rave Runner | rhythm |
| Real VR Fishing | sports |
| Rec Room | social |
| Rhythm of the Universe | adventure |
| Richie’s Plank Experience | simulation |
| RiftCat | app |
| Robo Recall | adventure |
| Sairento VR | adventure |
| SculptrVR | app |
| Shadow Legend VR | adventure |
| Shadow Point | puzzle; adventure |
| Skybox | app |
| Somnium Space | social |
| Soundscape VR | rhythm |
| Space Pirate Trainer | shooter |
| Spice & Wolf VR | media |
| Sports Scramble | sports |
| Star Force VR | shooter |
| Superhot VR | adventure |
| The Brookhaven Experiment | shooter; horror |
| The Climb | simulation |
| The Cooking Game VR | simulation |
| The Tower 2 | adventure |
| The Under Presents | adventure; multiplayer |
| Thumper | rhythm; racing |
| Tilt Brush | app |
| Tokyo Chronos | media |
| Ultrawings | simulation |
| Vacation Simulator (holiday title) | simulation |
| Vader Immortal Ep. 1: A Star Wars VR Series | adventure |
| Virtual Desktop | app |
| Voronium | strategy |
| VR Chat | app |
| VR Furballs | action |
| VR Karts: Sprint | sports |
| Vtime | app |
| VZfit Explorer | app |
| Wander | app |
Oculus Quest gameplay videos
One of the best games that will be available for Oculus Quest is the smash hit Beat Saber:
Apex Control is a bow and arrow shooter / adventure:
Journey of the Gods is an adventure game where you switch between playing as a warrior and as a god.
Dance Central is a VR version of the dance game, with professionally choreographed moves. It will be available for both Oculus Quest and Rift. The video below shows the graphics from the Rift version.
Here’s another Oculus Quest gameplay video with Shadow Point, a room-scale puzzle game featuring Sir Patrick Stewart.
Comparison vs. Oculus Rift S (updated May 19, 2019)
Many of the Quest games are ported from Oculus Rift. However, playing those games with a completely untethered headset can add a new dimension of gameplay. For example, with Beat Saber, it is possible for the player to spin freely. In Superhot, the player will be able to move in almost any direction (while avoiding real-world furniture). In Creed: Rise to Glory, with a large enough area, it is possible for the player to move around the ‘ring’ the same way they would in a normal boxing ring. With the Rift, that is difficult to do because the cable gets in the way.
The tradeoff will be lower image quality compared to the Rift, but I believe the freedom of moving around should more than make up for it, in my opinion, for many games. Here is a comparison between Quest and Rift S image quality on Dead and Buried 2, Space Pirate Trainer, and Apex Construct and other games.
Here is a side-by-side comparison by Tyriel Wood:
Side by side comparison by Paradise Decay:
How does Oculus Quest compare to Oculus Go and other mobile VR headsets?
First, the Oculus Quest is beyond Oculus Go in several ways. First, Quest is a 6DOF VR headset while Oculus Go is only 3DOF, which means with Oculus Go you can look around with your head but it won’t track your horizontal or vertical movement. 6DoF tracking is the key to creating a strong sense of VR presence (the illusion that you are somewhere else).
Second, Quest has two 6DOF controllers, whereas Go has only one 3DOF controller. With Go, you can only rotate your wrist, and make very basic movements. With Quest, you can do pretty much anything that can be done on a desktop VR headset, such as using a bow and arrow, or shooting with two guns, or boxing.
Third, Quest has a more powerful Snapdragon 835 processor, while the Go uses the Snapdragon 821.
Compared to other 6DOF mobile VR headsets
Oculus Quest is not the first 6DOF mobile VR headset. There are also headsets such as the Lenovo Mirage Solo, which uses Google Daydream 2.0, and HTC’s Vive Focus and Vive Focus Plus. Qualcomm is also working on a 6DOF standalone VR headset. The Quest, Mirage Solo, Vive Focus, and Vive Focus Plus all use the same Snapdragon 835 processor, while Qualcomm’s VR headset uses Snapdragon 845 and features eye tracking.
The Quest differs in three ways: first the Quest has two 6DOF motion controllers. Lenovo Mirage Solo and Vive Focus have a single 3DOF motion controller (similar to Google Daydream 1.0, Samsung Gear VR, or Oculus Go). Vive Focus Plus does have two 6DOF motion controllers. Qualcomm’s VR headset’s controllers have not yet been revealed.
The other significant difference between the headsets is the software library. Among the 6DOF VR headests, Oculus is expected to have the largest libary of apps because Oculus has made it easy to port apps from Rift to Oculus Quest. Oculus is also screening games more carefully with the Quest, ensuring a higher quality standard than the games and apps for the other headsets. With Facebook’s backing, Oculus has also been able to invest hundreds of millions for VR software development.
The third difference is that Oculus Quest has a resolution of 1600 x 1440 per eye, the same as the HTC Vive Pro, Valve Index, and Samsung Odyssey, the second highest resolution among consumer VR headsets at the moment.
Compatibility with Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go
Although Oculus Quest hardware is capable of running Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go games, Oculus has not enabled compatibility for now. There may be several reasons for this. First, Gear VR and Oculus Go games are designed for 3DOF with a 3DOF controller. If they allowed Gear VR and Oculus Go games to be played on Oculus Quest, people could be confused about why their 6DOF headset appears to be limited to 3DOF.
Second, Oculus wanted to curate Oculus Quest games and hold them to a higher standard in order to ensure a very high quality VR experience. Gear VR and Oculus Go games are not screened as thoroughly, and there are a wider variety of games – some good and some that are poor. Oculus is reportedly charging developers higher fees to publish on Oculus Quest compared to Oculus Go.
Price and availability
Oculus Quest will be available on May 21, 2019 for $399 (64GB) or $499 (128GB). I’ve ordered it and will post a review as soon as I get it.
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