Oculus Releases New Features to Make Playing With Friends Easier on VR

Very recently Facebook acquired Oculus and launched new features to make playing with friends easier under the name of ‘Coordinated App Launch API’. It works similar to the PlayStation or Xbox VR versions, it allows multiple people to gather in the Oculus VR Room and then start the multiplayer designed game together. It is now a new way for playing VR games with friends. Another interesting feature by Oculus is Travel Together which will allow groups to go to social experiences quickly and you won’t have to scroll long menus or wait for your friends to join. Though not all Oculus games are supported, however games like Racket: Nx, Eleven Table Tennis, Arizona Sunshine, etc. are included. It is also inaugurating an audio chat feature named ‘Parties’ for facilitating voice chat while playing on VR. Madhu Muthukumar, the product manager at Oculus said that Rooms are like real-life apartments where you can call your friends and have fun playing VR, and talk to each other. The Rooms featu...