Oculus Quest 2 is coming to South Korean retail tomorrow via SK Telecom, the country’s largest wireless carrier, according to Korea Herald. It is already available online from Facebook.
SK Telecom has over 14,000 retail stores in the country. We don’t yet know how many will stock Quest 2, or whether demos will be available. South Korea is still battling a third wave of COVID-19.
Quest 2 was the second Oculus headset to officially come to Korea. In late 2019 SK Telecom forged a partnership with Facebook to sell its now-retired low cost media headset Oculus Go as the hardware for SK’s Jump VR services.
Back in 2016 Oculus filed with Korean regulators for the original PC-based Rift, but evidently this was either cancelled by Facebook or rejected by officials. Rift S didn’t come to Korea either, and nor did Quest 1.
SK Telecom plans to expand its VR content lineup with multiple Quest 2 games featuring characters from popular Korean properties including Kakao Friends & Nexon. It also plans to launch a VR English learning tool using voice recognition, as well as expanding its Jump VR service.
Pricing is the same as buying from Facebook: ₩414,000 (around $370).
