Facebook rebranded to Meta and did that whole metaverse song and dance, combined with a big marketing push, to sell Oculus. Zero to do with crypto. Change my mind. Normal people don't actually hate Facebook so it wasn't to get away from that. Looks like their plan worked so far. pic.twitter.com/uBfrnigxXC
— Adam Singer (@AdamSinger) December 26, 2021
Virtual Reality is Dead pic.twitter.com/fRDmP4BtMH
— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) December 26, 2021
App Store rankings are about trajectory and momentum. Oculus is sliding, rightfully. It’s not about overall popularity. pic.twitter.com/xuE9aYTOAA
— drew olanoff (@yoda) December 28, 2021
Who else got the oculus quest 2??? ? pic.twitter.com/ngLsITXbcI
— Stream’n Demon ? (@JkellaTheDemon) December 25, 2021
If you can afford it, go to the store and buy an oculus quest 2 Right Now.
— Eddie Gangland?gangland.eth (@eddiegangland) December 25, 2021
Holy shit. ?
Obviously there are a lot of young kids who got a Quest this Christmas. Meanwhile Horizon Worlds, the headsets main hub is 18+ I seriously wonder how Meta is going to moderate this.
— Nathie (@NathieVR) December 26, 2021
$QCOM CEO revealing in November that more than 10M of Oculus Quest 2 were sold. And now Oculus the top downloaded app.
— Rihard Jarc (@RihardJarc) December 26, 2021
First big signs of mainstream adopting for $FB VR. I bet on the next earnings call everybody will act surprised but the signs are already here.
Long. pic.twitter.com/rggzmAgXsn
I am actually very happy to see Oculus get to this milestone for the first and last time before it becomes/takes over Meta.
— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) December 26, 2021
Anyway, it’s fun to read that Facebook’s PR/reorg tactic worked well enough to drum up consumer demand for VR tech, but I’m skeptical they’ll be able to keep users interested.
— Cody Ogden (@killedbygoogle) December 28, 2021
“Hoverboards” we’re also popular Christmas gifts at one point.https://t.co/CbpYyZxL8z
— Cody Ogden (@killedbygoogle) December 28, 2021
No column tonight, got carried away with researching the big Oculus Table Tennis investigation.
— Ben Smith (@benyt) December 27, 2021
?That Christmas spike is real!! Happy Oculus Quest 2 day!
— Ryan Engle (@Rengle820) December 25, 2021
For reference yesterday was our best sales day ever and today is already 30% bigger with the better half still to come!
Green line is last year’s unit sales by hour.#VR ??? pic.twitter.com/aieLob9LHI
I’m sceptical of this dystopian meta verse stuff but I can’t lie, I’ve always dreamt of using virtual reality one day.
— Dominique Samuels (@DominiqueTaegon) December 26, 2021
So yes I just had to get the latest oculus quest 2 as a lil Christmas gift to myself.
Absolutely buzzing for it to come ? pic.twitter.com/K5EXVojUg0
Will Zuck reverse course and keep the Oculus name?
— Andrew Woodberry (@XRandrew) December 26, 2021
I see Oculus name & logo all over my timeline the last two days.
I see Meta nowhere. ?
Big day for the Metaverse? pic.twitter.com/GNri81hF4j
— Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) December 25, 2021
I'm guessing ~850k headsets. https://t.co/7FvkaDFaV9
— Jack Soslow (@JackSoslow) December 25, 2021
People, this is satire: the App Store data is real...but Google Trends data is a joke (well, its unavailable in the public feed).
— Trung Phan ?? (@TrungTPhan) December 26, 2021
Let’s not put our head in the sand, though. Porn and tech go hand-in-hand:
? https://t.co/SlBkgJ9yPJ pic.twitter.com/drxcMIn8k2
Wait for the stats but @oculus just crushed Christmas. #1 app in the app store right now: $FB
— Sean D. Emory (@_SeanDavid) December 25, 2021
Christmas Day says yes to metaverse. pic.twitter.com/q52MjMyCjU
Looks like Oculus had a big Christmas pic.twitter.com/jq4ikPOcub
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) December 25, 2021
Christmas was so Meta: Big jump in Oculus app installs signals a tipping point for VR https://t.co/LYVYltpdx1
— toddbishop (@toddbishop) December 28, 2021
"How the metaverse won Christmas" Just the beginning. With Metaverse Properties, $NIHK is ready to pounce and capitalize on this new technological movement. #Metaverse_Landlord $META $RBLX $VNTH $DRNG $NWTT $OWUV $FB @tevrcoin @opportunityzonhttps://t.co/P3wZR5u48t
— Tytan Cybernetics (@NIHKEV) December 28, 2021
Meta had the most popular app in Apple’s App Store on Christmas: the Oculus VR app. https://t.co/0wSq3SzXUs
— CNBC (@CNBC) December 28, 2021
As if you needed more proof that the #Metaverse is here to stay...#lovelace has big plans for 2022, and will serve as an invaluable ally and resource for those looking to carve out their own slice of the metaverse.https://t.co/x1R84dgFlD
— Lovelace - Metaverse as a Service (@LovelaceWorld) December 28, 2021
How the #Metaverse won Christmas:
— Bolt | ti&m ?? (@UrsBolt) December 28, 2021
.@Meta, #Facebook’s parent company, had the most popular app in Apple’s App Store on Christmas: the #Oculus VR app.@SteveKovach, @CNBC. #VirtualRealityhttps://t.co/i8187qHVNv
$SBES a Metaverse stock coming to life. Keep it on your radars.https://t.co/VIAvPEh9Jq
— StocksRunningWild (@shall1432) December 27, 2021
クリスマス当日、AppleのApp Storeで最もダウンロードされたアプリはOculus VRだったそう。クリスマスギフトとしてOculus VRが贈られたケースが多かったのではという話。https://t.co/nPZfUpCAsa pic.twitter.com/OfBrprT5Gj
— 今村咲 (@saki_imamura) December 27, 2021
#Oculus tops the chart for the most downloaded app this Christmas, a strong (but still early) indication of increased mainstream consumer interest in #VR tech and the #Metaverse promisehttps://t.co/REqsx03RUB pic.twitter.com/8RDnRBN7ru
— Kumar Rangarajan (@kumrr) December 28, 2021
きてんね
— なめるなよ (@PlayerNatural9) December 28, 2021
How the metaverse won Christmashttps://t.co/KbfXaz2Gx3 pic.twitter.com/lSqRedIFS5