
You might not realize this if you’ve spent most of your time researching cutting edge VR content and brand-new games, but there is actually a ton of great passive content out there for VR headsets too. These stories are a highly recommended fast-loading first stops in VR before moving on to more interactive content.ĭownload: YouTube VR, Facebook Watch, Netflix, and More Quill’s format, meanwhile, became the VR Animation Player and lives on as a way to experience some of the fully animated stories made with the original PC-based toolset. Facebook shut down Story Studio while spinning out the Medium sculpting tool to Adobe. Dear Angelica, for example, was made in VR by tools and teams that have since been disbanded ( Oculus Story Studio) or handed off to the original creators ( Quill).

Think of both these touching stories as stepping stones necessary for Facebook and now Meta to get to the Quest 2, and some of the impressive paid content you can buy for it. These are comfortable to watch seated and you don’t have to watch them in any particular order, but the two fundamental ones to at least try and check out first are Henry (totally family-friendly) and Dear Angelica (an absolute tear jerker). The first things you should seek out with Quest are animated short stories sprouting from the early days of Oculus. Recommended: Henry, Dear Angelica, and find Tales from Soda Island in the VR Animation Player See Quill And Oculus Animations In VR Animation Player
#Free games on oculus quest 2 free#
Best Free Games And Experiences For Oculus Quest 2 You’ll be hard-pressed to find a better intro experience so at the very least it’s great to have installed and ready to go for introducing people to the joy of VR for the first time. The robot from First Steps has more personality than most entire VR games can cram into swaths of NPCs and the playground style retro collection of toys and gadgets is a blast in First Contact. Not only are they great introductions to things like the Guardian system and roomscale wireless VR, but they’re just damn good apps in and of themselves. This might be a given, but for some users that have spent time in VR already they might be inclined to skip these experiences that likely come preloaded on your device. So we’ve rounded up a list of the 11 best free games and experiences to play and try first (plus a few bonus suggestions) on your Oculus Quest or Oculus Quest 2.īonus: Check Out The Charming Tutorial Experiencesĭownload: First Steps / First Steps for Quest 2 and First Contact

#Free games on oculus quest 2 for free#
Make no mistake: you’ll need to drop cash to get the best stuff from the Oculus store, but there is still good stuff for free on the Quest from Meta, even if you’ve likely got one or two projects picked out ahead of time to purchase already. Quest 2’s $299 starting price brings in a whole new wave of VR buyers and luckily there are lots of great free VR games and VR experiences to try right out of the box.
