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Rift Core 2.0 Adds Oculus Dash and Home Update in December

Rift Core 2.0 is adding some new features for Oculus Rift users.

Ozzie Mejia

October 11, 2017 10:58 AM

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Rift is getting its biggest update so far, with Head of Rift Nate Mitchell coming to the Oculus Connect stage to reveal Rift Core 2.0. With this update, the Oculus home menu is getting a major upgrade for touch systems, leading to the reveal of Oculus Dash.

In addition to a whole new menu layout, Oculus users will also be able to use Dash to remotely access their PCs without exiting the Rift.

With the introduction of Oculus Dash, it leaves more room to play around with Oculus Home, allowing for customizable spaces. This means cosmetic home components that can be placed anywhere. These customized homes can also be shared with friends, though details on how to do so were not revealed.

A free beta version of Rift Core 2.0 will be available this December. More details can be found on the Oculus Blog.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?