Oculus Quest 2 users may soon get ads beamed to their eyes — thanks to Facebook

Oculus Quest 2 users may soon become ads beamed to their optics — thanks to Facebook

White new generation VR headset isolated on white background. Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2021.01.01

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Facebook is an advertising company at the end of the day, and then it's no surprise that its line of virtual reality headsets, including the Oculus Quest 2 and the Oculus Rift South, could soon be striking with ads.

According to Cnet, Facebook is now testing in-game VR ads within the game Blaston. Just like billboard ads people see at a football game, when playing Blaston, gamers volition see ads from business. It would too be possible to click on ads to get more than data.

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At the moment, Blaston, made by Resolution Games, costs $10. It's uncertain if this new in-game advert push will bring the price of the game downwards or make it gratuitous-to-play.

"This is a fundamental part of ensuring we're creating a self-sustaining platform that can support a diversity of business models that unlock new types of content and audiences," Facebook said in a blog mail. "It also helps u.s.a. proceed to make innovative AR/VR hardware more accessible to more people."

It was a motility that some users have seen coming. Facebook already began testing ads inside the Oculus mobile app before this year.

Facebook says that it aims for ads to exist high quality that follow its "build for people showtime" approach. Users will have the choice to hide ads.

Facebook says it will collect data on whether you lot interacted with an advert and how (such as clicking on it for more info or hiding it.) "Outside of that, this test doesn't modify how your Oculus information is processed or how information technology informs ads," the company said.

Facebook is also encouraging users to attain out to the Oculus Support folio to share feedback.

Blaston in-VR ad by Facebook within Oculus — (Image credit: Facebook)

There was enough of consternation amidst VR fans when Facebook bought Oculus for $ii billion back in 2014. The worry was that Facebook would influence development of VR engineering science in a way that could harm the original vision by founder Palmer Luckey.

Back then, Luckey assuaged fears past saying "y'all will not need a Facebook account to use or develop for the Rift." Luckey also said in a Reddit post that "We are not going to track you, flash ads at you, or practice anything invasive."

Well, Facebook fired Luckey in March of 2017, in the aftermath of scrutiny over his political contributions. Since then, Facebook has become increasingly tied to the Oculus platform. Terminal year, the social media behemothic required Oculus users to sign in with a Facebook account, infuriating users.

Oculus isn't the but Facebook-owned company trying out new advertising methods. On WhatsApp, the visitor announced earlier this year that data from the messaging service would be shared to better target users with ads.

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