Quest with Oculus Link: Facebook to discontinue Oculus Rift series in 2021
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Announcement of the Oculus Quest 2, Facebook announces the end of the Oculus Rift series from 2021. Until then, the sale of the Oculus Rift S will end and there will be no more pure PC-VR headset from Facebook and Oculus.
Quest 2 with Oculus Link as alternative
Facebook justifies the decision with the progress made on Quest 2 and with Oculus Link. Oculus Link (Preview) makes it possible to connect the Oculus Quest (2) via cable to the PC for rendering and to play PC-exclusive software. The Oculus Quest (2) can also be used with SteamVR for Half-Life: Alyx (Test). The Facebook compulsion applies to the Oculus Quest 2 nevertheless.
Official launch from autumn
With this step, Facebook is now releasing the Oculus-Link-Software in its final version and announces to end the beta in autumn. However, initial reports show that the higher resolution of the Quest 2 leads to clearly visible compression artifacts and that Oculus Link does not yet use the higher refresh rate of the Quest 2.