Oculus is working on an app for experiencing concerts and sports in VR
Oculus has set its sights on live events. At the annual Oculus Connect developers conference, the Facebook-owned company announced Oculus Venues, an upcoming feature that will allow you to experience performances and other events in virtual reality.
The ideas is users will be able to visit concerts, movie premieres, and sports events, with their friends, from the comfort of their homes.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Venues, showing a video of a band playing for an audience of cheering cartoon avatars. According to him, the feature will be available in early 2018.
Besides Venues, Oculus announced a number of additional products including Oculus Go, a standalone headset, and updates to its Santa Cruz prototype. Oculus so far has not specified which VR headsets will support Venues when the feature arrives.
Topics Facebook Oculus Virtual Reality
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