Roblox is launching on Meta Quest VR headsets at present, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced on the firm’s Join occasion. The announcement comes as Roblox, a serious participant within the metaverse house, was rumored to change into accessible on Meta Quest VR headsets someday this 12 months.
Meta beforehand shared that gamers will be capable to entry the Quest model of Roblox on the Quest 2 and Quest Professional. It’ll additionally work on the newly introduced Quest 3, which prices $500.
“Roblox is launching at present,” Zuckerberg mentioned throughout the Meta Join keynote. “I’m actually excited for this one. After taking a very long time to optimize it for VR, it’s going to be an enormous deal.”
In the present day’s announcement doesn’t come as a shock. Again in July, Meta announced that Roblox was coming to Meta Quest VR headsets, beginning with an open beta that shall be accessible on App Lab.
Again in 2021, Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki said during a call with investors that Quest makes “excellent sense for Roblox.” Baszucki’s remark indicated that the corporate had deliberate to make Roblox accessible on the Meta Quest sooner or later.
Though Roblox is already suitable with various VR headsets, together with Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, players presently want to attach their PC to a VR headset to play. The Quest model of Roblox needs to be rather a lot simpler to load and entry, particularly since you’ll ultimately be capable to obtain it straight from the Meta Quest Retailer.
