Oculus Quest 2 users hoping to use their new headset to enjoy Oculus Go titles will end up disappointed.
Oculus consulting CTO John Carmack confirmed on Twitter that the company opted out of providing support for the now-discontinued headset’s library of titles.
“Support was remove [sic] on Quest 2. I totally lost the internal debate over backwards compatibility,” Carmack replied to a Twitter user who asked how to install Go apps.
On the original Oculus Quest, this feature could be accessed via the Quest’s main menu on the user interface. Oculus Go titles include Thumper, Void Racer, Racket Fury: Table Tennis VR, and République VR. While many of these games were ports of other games, it is unfortunate that many of these titles will not be available on the newest iteration of Oculus hardware.
Though the original Quest didn’t offer flawless backwards compatibility with older Go games, it at least allowed players a way to enjoy older titles without having to swap to the Go or keep both headsets around.
This omission comes as something of a surprise, especially since Carmack was such an advocate for bringing Go emulation to the Quest and made it possible with the first iteration of the headset. Now that production of the original Quest ended as of September 2020, with the Go being nothing more than a relic at present, it appears anyone looking to enjoy Oculus Go games will have to rely on older hardware.
