Oculus is dead. Long live Meta. Blah blah blah. The Facebook owner is finally killing off the Oculus branding, and it wants you to migrate that account to its own account system before the end of the month. Failure to do so will result in the deletion of your account and everything tied to it, so you’d best get moving. Now would be great.
Oculus’ demise isn’t news. At least, it isn’t new news. Facebook, as it was known then, has been attempting to rid itself of the Oculus branding since 2020 by attempting to convert customers to Facebook accounts. That changed when the company rebranded to Meta a year later but the gist is still the same: Goodbye Oculus.
Oculus’ final hours
Meta recently reminded Oculus account holders of the deletion through an email sent out at the end of February.
“Hi Trent, on 10/31/22 we emailed you regarding your Oculus account and the need to migrate to a Meta account to continue using Meta VR products. Your Oculus account is now scheduled for deletion on 03/29/24, the email reads. “If your Oculus account is deleted you will no longer be able to use Meta Quest with your Oculus account and you won’t be able to reactivate or retrieve anything from the account, including:
- All of your apps and in-app purchases
- Existing app store credits
- Your achievements
- Your friends list
- Any content you created with your Oculus account.”
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Fortunately, migration isn’t the schlepp it sounds like. When the company initially dreamed up Meta accounts to take over from Oculus accounts, it made the process simple, allowing customers to sign up without first needing a Facebook account — a point that was a major departure from Facebook’s earlier VR products.
To save your account from deletion, you must head here and sign up for a new Meta account using the same email address linked to your Oculus account. From there, you can access all your games, data, and saved content without issues. Your faithful old Oculus account will still be deleted on 29 March 2024, so say your goodbyes now.