Meta's first Quest VR headset will no longer get any feature updates
It's possible that Meta is having difficulties making sure new features are also working on the Quest 1's aging hardware. The company released the first headset back in 2019, when it was still known as Facebook and the device was still under the Oculus branding. It's powered by a Snapdragon 835 chip that was released in 2017 and was already two years old at that point.
That said, the first Quest is also losing access to some abilities it already has: Users will no longer be able to create or join parties going forward. Further, users who have access tosocial features will no longer be able to access them starting on March 5th, 2023. That means they'll only have a couple of months left to invite other users into their Home or visit someone else's Home.
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