5 big questions after VR’s big week at Oculus Connect

Last week marked the fifth anniversary of Oculus Connect, a virtual reality developer conference held by the Facebook-owned headset maker. In 2016 and 2017, Oculus used Connect to tease a self-contained, high-end VR headset that it called Santa Cruz. And in 2018, it finally put a lot of questions around Santa Cruz to rest. We know the headset’s final name (the “Oculus Quest”), its price (a surprisingly cheap $399), and its approximate shipping date (spring of next year).

But the Oculus Quest announcement has raised its own set of questions, some strictly practical, others sweeping and open-ended. At Connect, I talked to Oculus after trying the Oculus Quest, looking for hints about the future of virtual reality.

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