Meta Quest 2 Is Already Replacing Oculus Quest 2 Branding (uploadvr.com) 10
A week on from its Connect conference, Meta is moving ahead with rebranding the Oculus Quest 2 as the Meta Quest 2. UploadVR reports: In last week's keynote, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Meta is the new corporate company name for Facebook. Almost all individual services under the company's umbrella, including Whatapp, Instagram and the actual Facebook social platform itself will keep their names. But, just after the keynote, Meta's Andrew Bosworth revealed that the Oculus brand covering VR products and services would start to be switched out with Meta branding. Bosworth explained that "you'll start to see the shift from Oculus Quest from Facebook to Meta Quest and Oculus App to Meta Quest App over time." Turns out "over time" was just over a week -- the Meta Quest 2 branding is already featured prominently in a new blog post on the official Oculus webpage. Confused yet?
The post outlines a new installation at Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort showcasing Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy's Edge on the "Meta Quest 2." Promotional art for the installation seen above also carries the Meta Quest 2 logo despite the fact that the Oculus icon is front and center of the art. Unfortunately, we can't make out if the logo on the Quest headset itself is for Oculus or Meta. But if you try and buy a Quest 2 at the top of the same page, it's still branded as the Oculus Quest 2 for now.
The post outlines a new installation at Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort showcasing Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy's Edge on the "Meta Quest 2." Promotional art for the installation seen above also carries the Meta Quest 2 logo despite the fact that the Oculus icon is front and center of the art. Unfortunately, we can't make out if the logo on the Quest headset itself is for Oculus or Meta. But if you try and buy a Quest 2 at the top of the same page, it's still branded as the Oculus Quest 2 for now.
Hope it backfires (Score:2)
I'm hoping Fuckerberg spends a small fortune rebranding, then gets slapped down big for trying to steal another company's name and has to spend another small fortune undoing the changes. Sadly, a couple of small fortunes won't even dent his large fortune.
Side Note, Star Wars game is actually pretty good. (Score:1)
I have no dog in this Meta rebranding so I don't care one way or the other, Facebook will always be Facebook to me...
But I will say if you like Star Wars, that the Tales From the Galaxy's Edge game on the Oculus Quest 2 is pretty fun, and well worth playing. I've not played the second installment but I greatly enjoyed the first.
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I have no dog in this Meta rebranding...
The Quest will always be the Oculus Quest to me. I refuse to use the word Meta to refer to the Quest. Facebook is changing its name to try washing its stank off of itself, and I won't participate in the wash cycle. At least the name Quest is one degree removed from the pigpen of Facebook. Referring to it by the same name as its deplorable parent company is adding insult to injury.
Meta as an acronym (Score:3)
Brand name change is a sign of downhill (Score:2)
Gets popcorn... watches... (Score:3)
This is going to be an interesting failure to witness, that's for sure.
company who changes name - changes name (Score:1)
what's the story morning glory?
Facebook changed its name to meta - and proceeds to change its other brands in line with the new branding....
news at 11
Looks like someone saw season 3 of "The Wire" (Score:1)
Stringer Bell: "What are the options when you've got an inferior product in an aggressive marketplace?"
Stringer's Community College Business Professor: "Well, if you have a large share of the market you buy up the competition."
Stringer (shaking his head): "And if you don't?"
Prof: "Reduce price and increase market share."
Stringer: "That assumes low overhead."
Prof: "Of course. Otherwise you operate at a loss. And worse, as your prices drop, your product loses consumer credibility. You know, the new CEO of Wor