Can oculus 1 and 2 play together

So from the article, it sounds like:

  • On a single Oculus device, you can share your games with up to 3 people.  This is useful only if:
    - Your family only has 4 or less people in it.
    - Only one person can play Oculus at a time on the single Oculus device.
  • With two Oculus devices, you can enable sharing on the second device and it can access the games from the first device's admin account.  Maybe you have to have the same admin account on both Oculus devices (I think my wife set them both up).
  • If you have more than two Oculus devices, numbers 3 and up have to re-purchase games they want to play with the rest of the family.

What happens when every member of your family has their own Oculus device?

My expectation is that if the admin account (head of family) buys, say, "Demeo", then everyone in the family can play Demeo on their own Oculus device.

Otherwise, not only do I have to drop $400 per family member to have their own Oculus so they can play together simultaneously, I have to buy the game for each separate family member, too.

We set up 2 Oculus devices with the same admin account and enabled sharing on one of them (my son's device).  This seems to allow my wife (admin account) to play on her device and my son can also play on his device.  I think, anyway.

But the 3rd Oculus device is "stranded" as you can only share on one device.

Oculus needs to understand that VR headsets are going to become like phones.  Every family member will want/have their own VR headset.  App sharing needs to work with all devices in the family.

I know there is a concern of one person buying a game and "sharing" it with 300 "family members".  Maybe the devices will only share apps with devices within, say, 100 feet of each other. 

Anyway when we are dropping $1200 on Oculus devices, plus more for battery packs and custom head harnesses, I was hoping for more family-friendly app sharing.  I guess it's better than Steam where if one person is using the library the entire library is locked out from all other family members.

But Oculus needs to re-think multi-headset households.

I want to say that I think this technology is absolutely astounding.  It has the potential to revolutionize social interaction.  We now have "family board game night" playing Demeo.  It is much better than sitting around the kitchen table where you can't read the stuff on the other side of a traditional board game.  Now each person can manipulate the "board" to their own best vantage point, zoom level, etc.

I then got into a game called Echo VR (weightless game) and you can actually see and interact with other people from all over the world.  It was...eerie...to see other avatars that were actually real people you could wave at and they would wave back!  I can see so many opportunities for this technology.  Virtual business meetings with real interaction unlike Zoom/Teams.  Virtual tour guides of museums or other historical places, with avatar tour guides and avatar tourists walking around historical places.  This even has business potential.  Imagine being able to become a paid virtual tour guide of, say, the National Monument, or whatever historical site you can think of!  The possibilities are off the chart.  I've been a gamer for decades and am no stranger to online game playing.  But this kind of "virtual avatar" experience is nothing like any FPS game.  The feeling of actual interaction with another human being is staggering.  Your brain can't tell it's not dealing with another actual person, even when the avatar looks like some kind of robot being!

But for my family, I see this as a way to socially interact together more than we did before even though we are in the same house!  Not to mention other extended family members who live far away.  Now we can virtually play with our cousins!

There are already far more than two people using the Quest system. ;j

Do you mean two Quests on the same account? Two accounts on the same Quest? Two people on two Quests playing a multiplayer game together? Two people using the same Quest at the same time?

Yes with some limits, no, yes, no.

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UPDATE

Can oculus 1 and 2 play together

Do you have multiple Quest headsets in your household and want to play once-purchased multiplayer titles together? These VR games support this feature.

The Meta Quest 2 is relatively cheap and easy to use, so more and more devices are finding their way into living rooms. Sometimes even in multiple versions, so you can play together with family and friends.

This inevitably raises the question of whether VR games have to be purchased separately for each Quest. The answer varies from title to title.

Beat Saber, for example, only needs to be purchased once and can be played on multiple Quest headsets with the same account, but you cannot play it together in multiplayer mode. This requires an additional license.

Overview shows supported VR games

A Reddit post provides a useful overview of most VR games and is updated here and there. Search for your title and look in the “Single Account Multiplayer” column. Sometimes there are more details under “Notes”.

The list also contains other useful information about crossplay functionality between different VR platforms and VR glasses, but it’s not necessarily up to date. The multiplayer mode of Beat Saber, for example, now supports crossplay between the Oculus and Steam platforms.

Can oculus 1 and 2 play together

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In many cases, it is necessary to set up secondary user accounts and share apps. Meta rolled out these features in early 2021. You can find more information and instructions on the corresponding Oculus support page.

Try it out for yourself and return it if needed

Also note that the list is not complete. Space Pirate Arena, for example, is currently not listed and supports multiplayer sessions via a one-time purchase and the creation of a second user account.

It’s also possible that the conditions could change at any time. Ultimately, it’s up to the individual studios to decide what is and isn’t possible.

In individual cases, you can also try out for yourself what a VR app allows. For VR games, you can request a refund if the purchase was made less than 14 days ago and you played less than two hours. You should additionally note that you can return a maximum of five VR apps in a month.

Read more about Meta Quest 2:

  • Meta Quest 2 review: The VR monopoly in the Meta-Verse
  • In this Meta Quest 2 VR game you control a giant battle mech
  • Meta Quest 2: insurer records increase in claims

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Can two Oculus headsets play the same game?

Sharing your VR games across two Oculus Quest 2 headsets is easy enough once you know how, allowing you to save some cash by not buying two copies of the same game.

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