Presumably, someone out there has been itching to keep up with the family group chat while playing Beat Saber. If that’s you, congratulations. Your day has finally come.
In the latest Oculus Quest developer update, the Facebook-owned VR company announced, among other things, that Facebook Messenger will start rolling out to Quest headsets this week. You’ll be able to chat by manually typing in VR, using voice-to-text, or inserting generic auto-filled statements into the conversation.
Messenger on Oculus Quest
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One nice thing is that Messenger on Quest doesn’t segregate users based on device. In other words, non-VR users can chat with VR users to their hearts’ content. If multiple VR users happen to chat with each other, they can create an Oculus party from within Messenger to group up in whatever multiplayer game they feel like playing together. Read more…
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