The company will remove the original Quill app from the Oculus Store on October 18th. But don’t worry it will still work for those who downloaded it. But Oculus won’t support the app any longer. Users will need to manually upload creators to Oculus Media Studio rather than through Quill as well.
Facebook hands over VR Painting and Animation app Quill to its Creator
Facebook says Quill content shared on Oculus Media Studio or Oculus TV will still be available on Oculus for now. The Quill Theater app will remain on the store — it will be renamed as VR Animation Player next month. The Oculus team also noted that Smoothstep has open-sourced both Quill Theater’s IMM immersive content distribution file format (IMM) and an IMM player. Quilez built the first version of Quill during a 2015 hackathon to aid production on Oculus Story Studio’s VR short, Dear Angelica. The film was the first to be hand-painted completely inside of a VR environment. Other filmmakers have adopted Quill, with works created using the tool being screened at major film festivals such as Sundance and Venice. Some major companies are expected to enter or push deeper into the VR and mixed reality space in the coming years, such as Apple and Sony. As such, developers of VR creation tools such as Quill have a big opportunity for growth in the medium term. Just recently, Facebook has designed a virtual reality app for infotainment purposes. With this application, you can also select different outfits, avatars, and clothes. The main ambition of Facebook is to enable people to use Aquilas for entertainment as well as serious activities and to have a unique virtual dating experience. A maximum of 16 individuals wearing headsets at a time can sit and have a viable discussion in the workroom. Ray-Ban and Facebook have introduced Ray-Ban Stories, first-generation smart glasses. From daily activities like riding your bike to special milestones like your favourite music festival, Ray-Ban Stories’ dual integrated 5MP cameras let you capture life’s spontaneous moments as they happen from a unique first-person perspective. You can easily record the world as you see it, taking photos and up to 30-second videos using the capture button or hands-free with Facebook Assistant voice commands. Source: Engadget
