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Re:Delete Facebook and You'll Lose All Oculus Games for Good by Rebelgecko on Sunday October 25, 2020 @12:43PM (#24887598)
Yup. HTC announced that they're working on standalone headsets, but right now all they've actually released is some 3d renderings. After buying a Quest, I have a bit of a dilemma because I never want to be tethered again, but I also don't want to support what FB is currently doing
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Re:Delete Facebook and You'll Lose All Oculus Games for Good by chrischen on Monday October 26, 2020 @06:53PM (#24902443)
Most of my Quest VR is still PC tethered (via Link cable or via Virtual Desktop over Wifi). But that being said, HTC does have a standalone Quest competitor... just not for the consumer market.

https://enterprise.vive.com/us/product/focus-plus/

Arguably their reasons seem sound because how can they compete against Facebook in the consumer market with such a subsidized headset? Facebook is betting on being able to monetize your FB account and VR usage in a way that HTC can't with just hardware sales and software sales. Given that Quest requires a facebook account, it makes it a non-starter for enterprise/business use cases.

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