Facebook’s Quest VR Is Heading for A Great Start with YouTube’s VR App Bundled In

As technology continues to evolve, innovation is on the rise. In the Entertainment Media industry, Head-mounted displays are becoming a thing that is gaining wide popularity among many media giants. Several media houses are constantly looking for effective ways to exploit new ideas that will help optimize virtual reality entertainment.

To further corroborate this fact, YouTube recently announced that its VR app will be available on Facebook’s Oculus VR headset. The app will give users access to numerous virtual reality videos and experiences on YouTube’s channels.

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Facebook’s Oculus Quest VR device, which launches later this month, features YouTube’s dedicated VR app as a launch application.

Although the news continues to generate great interest in the Entertainment media, Facebook Quest isn’t the first head-mounted device to feature YouTube’s VR app. Devices like Samsung’s Gear VR, PlayStation VR, Vive headset form HTC and Daydream VR from Google all have the app.

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High-end Immersive Virtual Reality Experience on a standalone Head-mounted Device

Facebook partnership with Oculus dwells on their mutual aim to offer a VR experience that will bring fully immersive content to the table of every user. Users can take advantage of Quests’ insight tracking to curate video content and enjoy immersive VR experience.

Over the years, Virtual Reality contents have seen tremendous improvement in production values and investments. This means users have access to several 360-degree videos and several of YouTube’s VR180 video clips. YouTube’s VR app will also offer immersive contents produced by Google’s Spotlight Stories studio.

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Want to know more about YouTube’s new VR180 video format for VRs? They have something for you!

Optimizing Virtual Reality Content for head-mounted devices with no external sensor requires great technical know-how and effort. That is why YouTube is training content creators on the best practices for making the most of its new VR180 format for YouTube videos.

Outstanding participants may win up to $20,000 in the form of production financing for their project. Other prizes include a VR180 camera and advanced YouTube Virtual Reality-focused classes at a YouTube Space location nearest to you.