{"id":1408650,"date":"2021-11-05T15:54:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T19:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrscout.com\/?p=25440"},"modified":"2021-11-05T15:54:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T19:54:08","slug":"the-oculus-quest-is-now-the-meta-quest","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/plato-data\/the-oculus-quest-is-now-the-meta-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oculus Quest Is Now The Meta Quest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Just a week after Facebook (Meta) announced the name change, we\u2019re already seeing \u2018Meta Quest\u2019 branding out in the wild.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week during Facebook Connect 2021, Mark Zuckerburg took to the stream to reveal the official rebranding of Facebook to \u201cMeta.\u201d The name change is meant to reflect the companies growing shift in values as it works to expand its ambitious metaverse platform. Zuckerberg confirmed that the company will begin shifting away from the Facebook brand over the course of the year into 2022.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t end there, however. According to Andrew \u201cBoz\u201d Bosworth, soon to be CTO of Meta, the name change will also affect the Oculus product line. Moving forward, the Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 will be referred to as the Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2 respectively. Naturally, we assumed it would take some time before the company could begin rebranding. According to a new blog post, however, Meta rebranding is already well underway.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vXVBiF73a_o?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Here\u2019s some context: Earlier today, ILMxLAB (<em>Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy<\/em>\u2018s Edge, <em>Vader Immortal <\/em>series) announced plans to bring a special preview version of its popular <em>Star Wars VR <\/em>game<em> Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy\u2019s Edge<\/em> to the Downtown Disney&nbsp;District at the&nbsp;Disneyland&nbsp;Resort in Anaheim, California (available for a limited time). There will also be a special edition of the game featured during the Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade on Saturday, December 25th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited for guests to virtually experience Seezelslak\u2019s Cantina and meet Mubo (Owner of the Droid Depot!) at the&nbsp;Downtown Disney&nbsp;District activation,\u201d said Jose Perez III, Director, in an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/blog\/star-wars-galaxys-edge-downtown-disney-quest-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official release<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cILMxLAB worked diligently expanding the story of&nbsp;<em>Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge<\/em> and we all hope our guests have a wonderful time visiting the strange and beautiful planet of Batuu in VR.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/l3apq3bncl82o596k2d1ydn1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MetaQuestBranding.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/platoaistream.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/the-oculus-quest-is-now-the-meta-quest.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-25441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platoaistream.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/the-oculus-quest-is-now-the-meta-quest.png 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/l3apq3bncl82o596k2d1ydn1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MetaQuestBranding.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/l3apq3bncl82o596k2d1ydn1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MetaQuestBranding.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><figcaption><em><strong>Image Credit: Facebook (Meta)<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Today\u2019s announcement also came with new promotional imagery featuring Meta Quest branding. What\u2019s interesting, however, is the company chose to include a graphic featuring the original Oculus logo. Regardless of your opinion of the rebranding, it\u2019s exciting to see the process already underway. The name \u201cOculus\u201d has become synonymous with the VR community; that said it\u2019ll take some time before the company can shed its old skin.<\/p>\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">For more information on everything Facebook Connect 2021, check out our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vrscout.com\/?s=Facebook+Connect+2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official coverage<\/a><\/strong> from last week. In addition to the name change, the company also revealed Horizon Home, a new Oculus Quest home where you can hang with friends, watch videos, and party up before a game; customizable Horizon Workrooms; new mixed reality tools; and a new XR headset referred to as \u2018Project Cambria.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Feature Image Credit: Facebook (Meta)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/vrscout.com\/news\/the-oculus-quest-is-now-the-meta-quest\/\">Source: https:\/\/vrscout.com\/news\/the-oculus-quest-is-now-the-meta-quest\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1408651,"template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","type":"","auto_type":false,"post":"","stream":"","stream_url":"","waveform_data":[],"duration":0,"start":0,"end":0,"bpm":0,"downloadable":false,"download_url":"","purchase_title":"","purchase_url":"","post-count-all":0,"like_count":0,"download_count":0,"editor_note":"","copyright":"","captions":[],"sources":[]},"genre":[10309],"station_tag":[9829,3761,4722,3820,5355,5338,4840,4147,7264,3690,3889,3830,6978,3892,5010,3792,4816,7002,38617,5404,4251,4307,8066,453,4865,4614,3902,4075,44139,4710,3650,45572,4186,3908,3653,4200,457,4696,3657,5176,8954,5028,15330,11191,15872,15873,460,4731,4900,43857,4578,3861,4017,4793,3939,6167,4546,19766,8580,477,7229,28409,3671,4415,4551,4631,3815,4240,14481,3717,468],"artist":[10458],"mood":[],"activity":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station\/1408650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/station"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=1408650"},{"taxonomy":"station_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station_tag?post=1408650"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=1408650"},{"taxonomy":"mood","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mood?post=1408650"},{"taxonomy":"activity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity?post=1408650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}