The cheapest Oculus headset is being discontinued this year

[Jacob Siegal]

• Oculus has discontinued the Oculus Go standalone VR headset and will stop selling it this year.
• Oculus will shift its focus to the Oculus Quest, and after December 18th, new Go apps will no longer be added to the Oculus Store, though support will continue through 2022.
• Oculus also revealed that there will be a new way to distribute apps to Quest users outside of the Oculus Store without sideloading, but didn't share any details.

Virtual reality has seemingly been on the verge of achieving mainstream success for years, but it keeps hitting a wall that it can't seem to break through. Oculus led the way with its first commercial VR headset in early 2016, following its successful Kickstarter campaign and subsequent acquisition by Facebook, and has seemingly been the brand to beat ever since. Oculus also made a point of expanding the market with the launch of the $199 Oculus Go in 2018 and the $399 Oculus Quest in 2019, but much like the Highlander, there can only be one affordable HMD.

On Tuesday, Oculus announced in a blog post that the Oculus Go is being discontinued, with sales of the device set to end this year. Oculus will no longer accept Go apps or app updates to the Oculus Store after December 4th, 2020, and will stop adding new Go apps to the Oculus Store altogether after December 18th.

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