Its no secret that not everyone gets the Quest firmware updates at the same time and the folks at scarred ghost let us know why.

Firstly all quest updates get a gradual release so meta can catch any detrimental bugs and fix them before sending out completely to the masses. So you can be early in the rollout timeline but get the bugs or later in the release and get a clean update but just have to wait.

Meta does not time the rollouts by location so certain regions are not getting them before others its just completely random all over the world so they can test for any issues for different regions and languages. Also the timeline is supposedly randomized as well. If you received update 39 early you may be waiting longer than others for version 40. So its kind of like roulette headset.

As for timing, If the rollout goes smoothly they usually take just a few days to get to thos at the end of the line, but if problems arise of course it will take more time for everyone to get the update.

On top of update release timing, new features also get a staggered release. So you may have the latest update and looking for something like the new hand tracking 2.0 feature but don’t yet have it. Almost as if the feature gets a flag from meta’s servers on if your device can enable it or not.

Meta does this again to catch any bugs with new features they may be crippling to the device and if so they can remotely disable the feature while allowing the full update to proceed to everyone. New special features are usually rolled out over 3 - 5 days but again if there are problems it will be longer. Unfortunately as of right now there isn’t a way to know what features are or aren’t enabled for your device.

If you like to risk it for the bisquit you can sign up for the public test channel to get updates early but of course you can run into problems when testing beta software but you could also be the first one with that new Quest horizon home space feature we heard about forever ago. 

Lifes nothing more than a gamble but to sign up for the PTC go into the newest update version of the oculus app on your phone while near your headset, enable bluetooth on your phone then go to menu at the bottom right then devices and once your headset is connected, go below to advance settings and you’ll see public test channel.

If you’re lucky there may be an opening for you but currently at least for me its full.

Life as a quest update is a lottery, do you get them pretty soon after they are announced? Let me know below and I’ll see you in the next quickie!

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The folks working at Meta’s reality labs have built a prototype standalone VR headset that can produce photo realistic avatars.

With a custom built chip designed with I’m a real boy energy, reality labs is aiming to create video game mocap like avatars that animate in real time and in high detail using a combination of eye and mouth tracking sensors along with the black magic that is Artificial intelligence.

To make this a reality in a standalone quest like headset Meta built a custom chip with a 7 nanometer process with Codec Avatars specifically in mind. The chip was specially made for analyzing eye tracking images and features a neural network accelerator. 

The codec’s AI model was reworked to take advantage of this new small chip that is able to perform at 30 frames a second with low power consumption and of course lower heat. No worry of VR faceburn.

This new chip is then coupled with the Quest 2 snapdragon XR2 CPU to handle the encoding process and render the actual visuals of your realistic avatar.

Of course this is an ongoing work in research and development but the future is always bright for VR innovation. Maybe one day this will help lower the cost of facial mocap for indie developers? Or just a new expanded horizon for Vtubers. Probably Vtubers.

My only question to meta is will these avatars of the future have legs? 

Its the year 2030 and your Quest 6 has this feature, are you putting your real self in VR chat or a super high detailed creation of something else? Let’s explore in the comments and I’ll catch you in the next quickie.

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Another day means more Meta Quest leaks, this time from insider tech business publication the Information. Here’s the 411 on the four new quest headsets Meta is planning to release by 2024

In the reporting A road map for Meta was shown to feature a release for four different VR headsets in the next 2 years. The next one of course being project cambria then following up  are two new versions of the current more affordable and consumer friendly Quest internally named Stinson and Cardiff for 2023 and 2024. Then a second version of the cambria codenamed funston. Everything must be a beach in california bc well technology can only be created there right? Its all about the sand for the wafers.

So basically meta wants to release a high end headset and then a lower cost hmd the following year. Aka the back in the day apple approach to the S phone models.

This wicked fast timeline is to bring Zucks vision of the metaverse (ick) to life and get more people into VR. Which Goldman sachs predicts by 2023 over 19 million VR headsets will be sold. I mean add the upcoming PSVR2 plus the quest sales from this year and that number will more than likely be in sight.

The information reported that according to two people in the know, the cambria is expected to cost around $800 while a meta spokesperson said the price would be much higher.

Project cambria known inside Meta as Arcata, has been alluded to by the employees of Reality Labs as the laptop for the face or a chromebook for the face. Ahh yeas chrome facebook. OH GAH!

Cambria again will run on the android based vr OS which according to the information means it won’t be able to run many common workplace software designed for PCs or Macs, (press F excel master users) but it can run web based tools and services through the VR browser. Office 365 is about to go virtual.

Project Camb was said to be heavier than the quest 2 due to its larger battery but with the built in skull battery design it will be more balanced and comfortable than the quest 2.

Will $800 be the reality? Do we even care now that we definitely know it’s not going to really be for gaming? Hit me up in the comments and I’ll catch you in the next leakie…. I mean quickie.

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From the meta leaker goat Brad Lynch and his private source we found out about some possible new oculus meta quest 2 features coming in the future for the meta quest home environment and dashboard.

A quick resume feature like the one found on the xbox series will be added as part of a system that will expand your home environment. This feature will rid the days of only having one app open at a time and having to completely close out and save before entering another VR experience. This will work for both 2D apps like the browser and VR games. 

This quick resume feature will be built upon a 3 windowed system anchored to different places inside your home space. So when you teleport to let’s say the couch of your home environment you’ll have a set of three custom windows waiting for you in the headset memory and are then triggered to resume when you enter the area. So you can have a window for bigscreen, amazon prime and netflix pop up and then seamlessly jump in when you are by your virtual couch. This of course will then suspend all the other apps that will be anchored in the other areas you just left. The keyword here again is suspend and not close out, so please keep me open daddy, I’ve got some bonelabbin to do.

Overall the dashboard and home area will be rebuilt for better optimization and multitasking more than likely preparing for the launch of the work and productivity based project cambria and hopefully the quest 2 will get to take part in some of those upgrades.

Shout out again to brad and his secret source. What three windows would you have waiting for you everytime you logged in to your quest. Let me know down below and I’ll catch you in the next quickie.

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Project Cambria or maybe the final name of it the Meta Quest 2 Pro headset gets a few words from Mark Zuckerberg during Meta's Q1 2022 earnings call. Here are those words.

“The last priority I want to discuss today is the metaverse. While we're focusing on the biggest opportunities and challenges of today, I think it's important to build the foundation for the next era of social technology as well.

The centerpiece of our strategy is the social platform that we're starting to build with Horizon. It's still early but as we build out the experience, the next focus will be on growing the community. We plan to launch a web version of Horizon later this year that will make it easy for people to step into metaverse experiences from a lot more platforms, even without needing a headset. I think the best experience will be on virtual and eventually augmented reality platforms -- and especially on our platforms like Quest, where in an upcoming release, from the moment you put on your headset you’re going to be embodied in your Meta avatar and ready to interact in Horizon with your friends right from your Quest home.

But making this available everywhere will mean you can interact with anyone on whatever device or platform that they want to use. Our other focus for Horizon is building out the metaverse economy and helping creators make a living working in the metaverse. We expect to be meaningfully better at monetization than others in this space, and we think that should become a sustainable advantage for our platforms as they develop.

On the hardware side, Meta Quest 2 continues to be the leading virtual reality headset. Later this year, we'll release a higher-end headset, codenamed Project Cambria, which will be more focused on work use cases and eventually replacing your laptop or work setup. This premium device will have improved ergonomics and full color passthrough mixed reality to seamlessly blend virtual reality with the physical world. We're also building in eye tracking and face tracking so that your avatar can make eye contact and facial expressions, which dramatically improves your sense of presence.

It's also a good example of why we're developing hardware in addition to the social platforms. We're bringing Horizon to more platforms, but if you want to be able to make eye contact or have your physical facial expressions just automatically get translated to your avatar in real-time, then our hardware will provide the best metaverse experience -- whether you're playing a game or meeting with co-workers in Horizon Workrooms. We'll share more details about Project Cambria in the months ahead as we get ready to launch it.

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The pandemic social deduction sensation among us is coming to quest and virtual reality this fall. As for an exact release date we shall get to that in a moment, but first here is everything we know about among us vr.

Coming to us by way of creators Innersloth and award winning VR devs schell games which are the creators behind the I expect you to die series Until you fall and many others. 

AVR will feature crews of 4-10 players online and will place you in a full 3d version of the skeld, With all the same tasks, emergency meetings, literal finger pointing and backstabbing we all know and love. 

I’m really looking forward to fixing some wires, aligning the engines and clearing asteroids with my actual hands. Or opening and peering through grates to sneak up and cut someone in half of course. We haven’t seen how that will look in VR yet.

The meetings will be taken in person rather than a chat screen which should be real interesting come launch. We have only seen one task in VR which was during the game awards trailer back in december which pointed out with a limited first person view it feels like the imposters will have a much better advantage than the flat screen third person counter part.

As far as release date goes their may have been a leak caught by the site steamdb which tracks updates in the steam games library data base. Just in time for Christmas Among Us could land on tuesday decemeber 13th for quest over and playstation VR. Again this is rumor but the gaming showcase did state a holiday 2022 release so it makes sense. Let’s just hope for sooner.

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