If Logged into Facebook, Oculus VR Data Will Now Be Used for Ads

Re:If Logged into Facebook, Oculus VR Data Will Now Be Used ... by paride5745 on Thursday December 12, 2019 @10:43AM (#21772732)

Let me play Devil's Advocate here.

Without these Ads plans, your device would probably cost $1000, as the Valve Index shows us.

My 2 cents.

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Re:If Logged into Facebook, Oculus VR Data Will Now Be Used ... by inetknght on Thursday December 12, 2019 @03:02PM (#21775742)

> Without these Ads plans, your device would probably cost $1000, as the Valve Index shows us.

Good. Let me decide if the full cost without ads is worth buying the device. Hint: if it doesn't send my data then it might be. Double-dipping is egregiously wrong.

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Re:If Logged into Facebook, Oculus VR Data Will Now Be Used ... by sli on Thursday December 12, 2019 @10:59AM (#21772921)

So then why are other, non-Oculus, non-Steam VR setups cheaper than $1000 without ads? The Index is premium-level, it's not entry-level.

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Re:If Logged into Facebook, Oculus VR Data Will Now Be Used ... by sudosysgen on Thursday December 12, 2019 @04:44PM (#21776865)

Uh, no. Lenovo and Samsung manage to make better HMDs than the Rift S for 250$. The only disadvantage they have is slightly smaller tracking area, but that's not cost, the cameras are like 2$ each.

The only reason the Index costs 1000$ is because its absolutely cutting edge and its controllers and tracking systems are expensive. If it had inside out tracking and normal controllers it would be around the price of the Index.

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Re:If Logged into Facebook, Oculus VR Data Will Now Be Used ... by tjoff on Thursday December 12, 2019 @04:28PM (#21776697)

Closer to $500.02.

Seriously.

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