Tuesday 23 October 2018

Oculus pulls plug on Rift VODs in wake of another founder departure


Facebook’s Oculus is discontinuing the storefront that allows users to purchase or rent movies to view in their Rifts. Instead, the company says its users are more interested in gaming than they are in anything else. Besides the store, the company is also reimbursing users for their past purchases — which makes sense, as they’re apparently also cutting off their ability to view said movies. According to Variety, the primary reason for shutting down the store appears to be apathy from users. In an email to consumers, a spokesperson says: Over the years, we’ve seen how people use VR for everything…

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https://ift.tt/2SbuvDi Rachel Kaser October 22, 2018 at 06:01PM

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