Facebook has no plans to restock its Oculus Rift S VR headset – Is Oculus killing PC-only VR?

Now, Facebook has confirmed to UploadVR that they will not be replenishing their stocks of Rift S headsets moving forward, “generally speaking”. This means that Facebook’s Rift S headset will only be available while supplies last at most retailers. 

Facebook has confirmed that they “plan to stop selling Rift S in 2021″, and as of now, Facebook has revealed no plans to replace their Rift S with a next-generation model. The Rift S’s replacement is the Quest 2, a VR headset that has already outsold all of the company’s prior VR headsets combined. 

The Oculus Rift S has effectively reached end-of-life status. Facebook are no longer focusing on PC-only VR experiences, forcing PC-VR users to make do with Oculus’ Quest 2 or utilise competing PC-only VR headsets from Valve, HTC and other companies.  

Facebook currently has no plans to create a Rift 2 VR headset, as the social media giant has no interest in creating a niche high-end VR platform. With their Quest 2 headset, Facebook has created a VR headset with mass-market appeal and a reasonable price tag, and that’s good enough for them. Facebook’s next VR headset will be a successor to the Quest 2, not a successor to the Rift…