Oculus Quest Multi-User Accounts and App Sharing
The Oculus Quest 2 might be an awesome device, but it costs around $300. This is a fairly hefty investment and isn’t conducive to having your entire family decked out in sparkly new VR headsets.
Thankfully, Oculus has confirmed via a blog post that it is to add multi-user accounts and app sharing to the Oculus ecosystem. Soon you’ll be able to share the Oculus hardware with the entire family, and everyone can have a different account!
What Are the New Oculus Sharing Settings?
These new settings aren’t active just yet. Oculus says this:
So, when February rolls around, you’ll start seeing changes in your settings which allow multi-user accounts and app sharing. Oculus goes on to explain:
Perhaps it might be time to draw up a household Oculus Quest rota…we can see this ending in tantrums, tears, and possibly broken Oculus hardware.
What Do the New Oculus Sharing Settings Allow?
Initially, Oculus plans to push the additional features experimentally on the Quest 2. The rest of the Oculus hardware family will see the sharing functions at a later date. Oculus explains what these extra settings will allow users to do.
So, you can add up to three other family members to your Oculus Quest and each one will have their own separate account space. You can also share your purchases across three different Oculus devices. This, Oculus hopes, will help stamp out piracy.
Get Ready for New Oculus Quest Settings
As mentioned, these new settings will arrive soon. The blog post says February 13th (which is a Saturday, not a Friday… phewph!) but be aware that Oculus has aimed this post at developers. Once feedback rolls in, Oculus will roll out sharing settings to the general public.
