VR News - 📰 Issue 4: Oculus Link Beta, Half-Life: Alyx Announced, Black Friday Deals
Your rundown of Quest-centric virtual reality news from the past fortnight!
I bring you the news, from the perspective of the Oculus Quest, branching out to include other hardware, software, augmented reality, and immersive technology in general.
Oculus Link beta 1:02
New software announcements 2:09
Half-Life: Alyx 6:28
New software releases 8:35
Software updates 12:29
Awards 13:10
Sales and Black Friday deals 16:08
Quest build 11.0: https://support.oculus.com/release-notes/
Oculus Link beta: https://www.oculus.com/blog/play-rift-content-on-quest-with-oculus-link-available-now-in-beta/
https://support.oculus.com/444256562873335/
Vacation Simulator: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2393300320759737/
A Fisherman's Tale: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2299967930057156/
Sun Shard: https://twitter.com/RJdoesVR/status/1195398566430285825?s=20
The Climb: https://twitter.com/theclimbgame/status/1196445362480922624?s=20
Radial-G: Proteus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxT8lXNfqWk
ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos: https://arthands-vr.com/2019/11/19/vr-adventure-game-altdeus-beyond-chronos-announced-set-in-tokyo-chronos-universe/
Waltz of the Wizard: Extended Edition: https://medium.com/aldin-dynamics/waltz-of-the-wizard-is-coming-to-oculus-quest-a2cf669c2e9d
Arizona Sunshine: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2190353671014400/
Half-Life: Alyx: https://store.steampowered.com/app/546560/HalfLife_Alyx/
Virtual Desktop, version 1.8: https://twitter.com/VRDesktop/status/1193606711526846464?s=20
I Expect You To Die, Operation: Death Engine: https://iexpectyoutodie.schellgames.com/news/vr-spy-game-i-expect-you-to-die-releases-final-level
VR Awards: https://vrawards.aixr.org/winners-and-finalists-2019/
John Carmack announcement: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2547632585471243&id=100006735798590
Best Inventions of 2019: https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2019/5733051/oculus-quest/
Fast Travel Games tease: https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/dz6k01/ama_with_the_curious_tale_of_the_stolen_pets/f85lf6l/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes sale: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/keep-talking-and-nobody-explodes?hmb_source=search_bar
Vader Immortal 1-3 Quest bundle: https://www.oculus.com/blog/get-the-complete-vader-immortal-a-vr-star-wars-series-saga-free-with-purchase-of-oculus-quest/
Black Friday deals: https://uploadvr.com/best-black-friday-2019-vr-sales-and-deals/
Upload Holiday VR Showcase: https://uploadvr.com/holiday-vr-showcase-launch-date/
End screen music:
“Air Hockey Saloon” by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under CC BY 4.0
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Vendaface/05_-_Air_Hockey_Saloon
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