Oculus Rooms and Parties are now available for Samsung Gear VR. The special thing about VR is the immersion and the feeling of being in virtual space. Another new component has been added: sharing this immersion with other people and perceiving their presence in VR. Finding your own friends in VR is very easy. The Facebook and Oculus accounts can be linked and the friends list can be searched by real names or Oculus usernames. Once you have added your friends to the Oculus friends list, you can see when they are online, start a voice call with them or jump straight into the VR adventure together.
Making a voice call with friends in VR
Oculus Parties allow up to four people to make a voice call at the same time, no matter where they are in virtual reality. To start, simply click "Party" in Oculus Home and select the people you want to join the party.
Meet up with friends in Oculus Rooms
Oculus Rooms sind private, virtuelle Bereiche, in denen man Zeit mit Freunden verbringen kann. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf den sozialen Aktivitäten, die man dort erleben kann. Sobald sich mindestens zwei Personen zu einer Party zusammengefunden haben, können sie ebenfalls Oculus Rooms betreten. Dort können anschließend verschiedene Aktivitäten ausgewählt werden: Man kann zusammen Videos schauen, kleine Mini-Spiele spielen oder über den App-Launcher direkt in Multiplayer-Spiele wie „Dragon Front“ oder „Drop Dead“ springen. Weitere Apps, die dieses Feature unterstützen, erscheinen in den folgenden Monaten.
In 2017, these new features will also be released for Oculus Rift.
Source: oculus.com
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