Portaltic.-Oculus is now Meta Quest

MADRID, 27 Ene. (Portaltic/EP) –

Meta has made effective the name change of its virtual reality division, oculus, which now adopts that of the parent company without this implying a change in the company’s plans.

Meta Quest It is the name that now exhibits the division that until now was known as Oculus VR, which the company itself has been in charge of announcing through a post on twitter, where he has shared a meme to explain that despite the change it is still the same.

In the meme, a smiling young man making the ‘Ok’ gesture, that everything is fine, is preceded by another image in which he presses two red buttons, one headed by the name of Oculus and another, by Meta Quest. The message of the image is reinforced with a short text: “New name. Same mission.”

New Name. Same Mission. pic.twitter.com/USJafAPEdW

— Meta Quest (@MetaQuestVR) January 26, 2022

The change, which follows the parent company’s renown last year for an emphasis on developing virtual ecosystems (what it calls the metaverse), has not convinced supporters of virtual reality headsets and software, who have criticized There is a different brand image.

“We understand our community will miss the Oculus name, but change doesn’t always have to be a bad thing. We hope that our ambitions to help build the metaverse will be clearer with the new name“, Meta has shared in response to complaints.

We understand our community will miss the Oculus name, but change doesn’t always have to be a bad thing! We’re hoping to make our ambitions to help build the metaverse more clear with our new name!

— Meta Quest (@MetaQuestVR) January 26, 2022

The company shared its plans to focus on creating the metaverse in late October of last year. This virtual ecosystem is seen by the CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, as the next chapter of the internet, and its development required changing the name of the company, to detach it from its main social network.

Along with the new name, the brands were divided into two branches: one that encompasses social applications (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger) and another that focuses on the platforms of the future (metaverse and Quest).

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