Our Six Best Hands-On And Feature Pieces From Oculus Connect 6

Well, it’s been a week since Oculus Connect 6 and by this point you’ve probably seen all the major pieces of news and all of the talks that are available online.

However, in the whirlwind of headlines last week, you might have missed some of our meatier pieces that gave a deeper look at the games and services announced. So for your convenience, we’ve summarized and linked our six best hands-on and feature pieces from Oculus Connect 6 below.

Facebook Horizon’s Social Future Built Around Real Identity And Blocking People

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Ian tried an early version of Facebook Horizon while at OC6. He also asked Meaghan Fitzgerald, head of product marketing for AR/VR content at Facebook, and Eric Romo, product director at Facebook, some questions about the game. He covered moderation, Facebook integration, hand tracking and much more. It’s probably the best look we’ll get at Horizon before the beta next year.

Hands-On – Medal of Honor: Above And Beyond Is A Welcome Return To A Series Long-Forgotten

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David was so excited to share his hands-on with Respawn’s new VR Medal of Honor game, and it’s easy to see why. He called it “an authentic and welcome return for the long-forgotten franchise,” and went into great detail about the levels he played, the gun mechanics and some areas he hopes get improved before release.

Analysis: Facebook Isn’t Playing Games With Its Finger Tracking For VR

Quest Finger Tracking

It was one of the biggest announcements of OC6: finger tracking for Quest. There’s still a lot more to be revealed by Facebook regarding the functionality but Ian played around with a demo last week, and outlined his thoughts on what he saw.

The Room VR Hands-On: Mysterious Puzzles And Impressive Visuals

After a long history of mobile games, The Room is coming to VR. David snuck in a quick hands-on with the game while Tatjana talked to Barry Meade, Co-Founder and Director of Fireproof Games, about the upcoming title. 

Solaris: Offworld Combat – First Details And Trailer For The Rift/Quest Crossplay VR Shooter

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Solaris: Offworld Combat, the next VR Shooter from the Firewall Zero Hour devs was first revealed in our E3 VR Showcase. However, this year during OC6, we shared some exclusive new details about the game, which is coming to Rift and Quest next year, and PSVR at some point after that.

Star Wars: Vader Immortal Episode II Review: ILMxLAB’s Difficult Second Album

Vader Immortal Episode II Review

Vader Immortal Episode II released during the first day’s keynote. Thousands of miles away from OC6, Jamie quickly jumped into a full play through of the hotly-anticipated second chapter and gave his thoughts on how it stacks up compared to Episode I.

Those are our biggest hands-on and features pieces from OC6. What are you looking forward to most? Let us know in the comments below. 

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Social VR World Facebook Horizon Coming to Oculus Quest and Rift in 2020

With two big hardware launches, it was unclear quite what Oculus had in store for this week’s Oculus Connect 6 (OC6) event in San Jose. Needless to say, it really didn’t disappoint, with a new hand tracking feature coming next year for Oculus Quest as well as Oculus Link. On the software side, there were a few arrivals, with the most unexpected being social virtual reality (VR) world Facebook Horizon.

Facebook Horizon

Supporting both Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest platforms, Facebook Horizon is the future replacement of Facebook Spaces and Oculus Rooms, with both being closed down on 25th October 2019.

Facebook Horizon is much grander in scale, moving towards the likes of Sansar, Somnium Space and other big social worlds. Designed as an ever-expanding world where people can connect and play together, the centre of this new world will be a town square to meet and mingle. From here it seems there could be no limit, where you can explore; play games like Wing Strikers, a multiplayer aerial experience and eventually create your own experiences.

Just like with most social worlds, you’ll be able to create your own avatar with an array of clothing and body options to suit your own style. After sorting out your avatar it’s time to jump in one of the many telepods (a sort of portal) to whisk you around the world. But there’s not just one Horizon world. Using the World Builder you’ll be able to create your own, from scratch. From a tropical paradise to an interactive action arena, supposedly anything is possible with the easy-to-use creator tools.

Facebook Horizon

If this sounds exactly what you want to dive into using Oculus Rift or Quest then you’ll have to wait as Facebook Horizon isn’t due to launch until 2020. A beta is due to start in early 2020 – which you can sign up to here – so a full launch may happen at next year’s Oculus Connect.

VRFocus will continue its coverage of Facebook Horizon as further updates are released, or take a look at the other news from OC6 like Respawn Entertainment’s first VR title Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond.