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When the Oculus Quest App Lab launched back in February the new distribution method only had a very small selection of titles available. One of those was a demo for
Smash Drums, a rock-infusing rhythm action videogame by indie team PotamWorks. Today, the developer has confirmed that the full experience will arrive via App Lab next month.
While the
Smash Drums demo offers one song for players to test their drumming skills on the official launch in June will see 21 songs from up-and-coming indie rock bands made available. There are seven environments for players to drum away in, including a prison, a crypt, and an office but one of Smash Drums’ more unique features is that the environments are destructible. So you can literally smash through the songs.
Operator
Good afternoon. My name is France, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Facebook first-quarter 2021 earnings conference call. [Operator instructions] This call will be recorded.
Thank you very much. Ms. Deborah Crawford, Facebook s vice president of investor relations, you may begin.
Deborah Crawford
Vice President of Investor Relations
Thank you. Good afternoon, and welcome to Facebook s first-quarter earnings conference call. Joining me today to discuss our results are Mark Zuckerberg, CEO; Sheryl Sandberg, COO; and Dave Wehner, CFO. Before we get started, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that our remarks today will include forward-looking statements.
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Oculus launched App Lab as a way for indie devs to easily get their projects onto Oculus Quest, and by all accounts, it seems to have been a success. In the early stages, 12 indie teams got together to create the “Waiting for App Lab” bundle as a way to offer gamers a deal and get their projects noticed. Earlier this month and with the help of more indies Lab Surprise was launched, a website offering big savings depending on how much you like a cheeky gamble.
Lab Surprise offers bundles of three App Lab videogames where you can save a massive 70% off the regular price. The catch is that to keep the 70% discount the titles you get are completely random – out of a selection of 19 for a total of 969 bundle combinations. Games include the likes of
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Since the launch of the original Oculus Quest back in 2019, the SideQuest platform has been an important part of the community ecosystem, ensuring early virtual reality (VR) projects – or ones that didn’t meet Oculus Store approval – had a way of being noticed by players. While that process has been easier tanks to App Lab, SideQuest is following suit, releasing an Android app today.
SideQuest always relied on sideloading content onto the Oculus Quest via a PC, which was hardly a frictionless experience. With the SideQuest app discovering and playing VR beta and early access titles is much more seamless, as you don’t need a PC anymore.
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.]
27 April 2021 - VR discoverability platform SideQuest is excited to announce its much anticipated free mobile app is now live for Android!
SideQuest is the leading support platform for VR beta and early access titles, as well as ground-breaking VR games that maybe otherwise be overlooked. It introduces users to titles on Oculus App Lab, and allows easy access to hundreds of in-development games. SideQuest s seamless platform invites players to join the wider VR community, share feedback directly to developers, and experience a wider range of what VR has to offer.