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Re:Oculus Rift exclusivity protection leads to a VR piracy a... by kotarou on Monday May 23, 2016 @08:33PM (#11758077)
They really did do a spectacular job in bring VR back into the public conciousness after the... failures of the 90's, and full kudos for that.

As a researcher (visual discomfort / simulator sickness), sometimes I just want to replicate an issue I am seeing in one application on another headset: controlling applications to only work on your HMD is a serious impediment to this and makes my work way harder than it needs be!

Curbing piracy is fine, but with heavier solutions like this, everyone loses in the end.

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Re:Oculus Rift exclusivity protection leads to a VR piracy a... by SquareWheel on Monday May 23, 2016 @08:37PM (#11758098)
I don't disagree! I was disappointed by the Facebook buyout, but this update really hurt my opinion of Oculus as a company. I hope they rectify it.
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