Oculus Store: Difference between revisions

|Platforms=[[Oculus Rift (Platform)]]

|Devices=[[Samsung Gear VR]], [[Rift]]

|Accessible=[[Mobile]], [[PC]], [[VR]]

|Developer=[[Oculus VR]]

|Website=

[[Oculus Store]] is the official [[Virtual Reality]] [[App Store]] for the [[Oculus Rift (Platform)]]. Created by [[Oculus VR]], Oculus Store curates and distributes apps created for various [[Oculus Rift#Devices|Rift devices]]. The app store will be accessible on [[VR Devices]] such as [[DK1]], [[DK2]], [[CV1]] and [[Samsung Gear VR]] through the [[Oculus Home]] [[Portal]]. 2D versions of Oculus Store is accessible on PC and mobile devices. The non-VR predecessor of Rift app distribution platform is [[Oculus Share]].

 

Users and developers for the [[Rift]] does not have to download and publish apps on the Oculus Store. They free to distribute their apps on other [[App Stores]].

 

As of May 2015, Oculus Store can only be accessed on Samsung smartphones compatible with Samsung Gear VR. Oculus Store for [[Rift]] and PC is scheduled to be released in Q1 2016.

Apps on Oculus Store are pre-approved. They are given a [[comfort rating]] to indicate if they are likely to induce [[simulator sickness]] or cause [[psychological trauma]]. It also has Age Rating through International Age Rating Coalition (IARC).

Developers have the option of implementing cross-buy between [[Gear VR]] and [[Rift]].