We do not have a sorted out strategy-I’ve got a long spiel about this that I’m not gonna have time to get to-but we have all these existence-proofs and examples of… Microsoft tried really really hard to move all apps to a brand-new system and it just… doesn’t work out… I don’t think it’s gonna work out for us. it also works cooperatively with sort of our Android applications like Fandango or the other things there, and that’s still one of the things that absolutely kills me, where I think we need more Android applications.
Instead, he says, the company needs to find a way to bring existing Android applications to Quest. Legendary developer John Carmack-who for several years held the role of Oculus CTO but now maintains a less formal “consulting CTO” arrangement- said during his Facebook Connect keynote in September that he doesn’t believe Oculus will be able to convince a meaningful portion of Android developers to rewrite their applications specifically for the headset.
Allowing users to install and run Android apps on the headset-if just in a ‘flat’ mode on a virtual screen controlled by a laser pointer-could drastically boost the value of the headset by bringing all manner of video players, web browsers, productivity tools, utilities, and even flat games to the device.Īndroid apps running on Quest is apparently something Oculus’ own CTO has been arguing for internally. Oculus CTO John Carmack has said publicly that he’d love to open up Oculus Quest to Android apps to boost the headset’s usefulness, but admits he’s “not winning” the debate internally at Facebook.Īlthough the Quest home environment looks nothing like the home screen of your Android phone, the headset actually runs the Android operating system underneath it all.
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