After you’ve drawn the boundaries of your play area, a
blue wall appears when you get near it in whatever
activity you’re doing on the Quest. It does more than
simply let you know where to stop, though. If you move
your head past the wall, it will turn red, and the Quest’s
cameras will send you a direct feed showing you what’s
around you. This is a helpful safety feature since it
interrupts the blindness to your surroundings that VR
produces.
INTERFACE
Like the Oculus Go, the Oculus Quest runs a heavily
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By default, it places you in the middle of a living room
environment, with the operating system’s windows
appearing directly in front of you. When you browse
your library, the Oculus Store, or any website on the
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this living room. Pressing the Home button on the right
controller brings up a menu bar below the main window
or pops it up in the middle of apps and games that
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store, settings, the web browser, and the Oculus TV app.
It’s a simple, direct interface that should be familiar to
any Oculus Go users and most Android device users.
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should be
familiar to any
Oculus Go
users and
most Android
device users.