Because of Apple’s just lately launched Imaginative and prescient Professional headset, the VR wars are hotter than ever. And but, not everybody desires to be part of the motion. Plex — a very talked-about media streaming platform that folk use to arrange and play their private film, TV, and music collections — has simply introduced that it’s discontinuing assist for its present VR shopper apps.
The affected gadgets embrace Google’s Daydream (which itself misplaced assist when Google deserted it in 2019), Oculus Go, and Samsung’s Gear VR. Plex introduced the change by way of an electronic mail to its members who had beforehand downloaded these apps:
“As a part of our efforts to ensure we’re focusing our sources in ways in which finest serve our Plex neighborhood, we’ve determined to formally finish assist for our Google Daydream, Gear VR, and Oculus Go apps. You’re receiving this electronic mail as a result of our information signifies that you just’ve just lately used one in every of these apps.”
Plex apologized for the change, noting that “general low utilization performed a serious function in our resolution course of. Moreover, these platforms are both at the moment not, or quickly is not going to be, supported by their producers.”
As is widespread when corporations take away assist for a given app or machine, these Plex shoppers will proceed working — for now. The danger is that, with out the corporate’s assist, modifications to the principle Plex media server software program may trigger issues with how these shopper apps work — or doubtlessly forestall them from working in any respect.
Plex isn’t simply completed with legacy VR gadgets just like the Oculus Go and Gear VR — it seems to be reticent about VR platforms as a complete. The corporate by no means launched a shopper app for the Meta Quest household of headsets, and it has stated it doesn’t have any present plans to assist the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
We’re slightly shocked by this resolution, seeing because the Imaginative and prescient Professional has obtained practically unanimous reward as a house theater substitute.
Nonetheless, Plex followers aren’t totally with out VR choices.
Some customers on Reddit report that they’ve had restricted success getting the Plex iPadOS app to work on the Imaginative and prescient Professional, whereas Meta Quest headset customers can nonetheless purchase the $10 third-party Film Deck app, which acts as shopper for Plex on that platform.
