Re:Facebook has 10k engineers working on AR/VR
by m12k on Monday March 15, 2021 @03:28AM
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Yeah, the Quest 2 looks like a great piece of hardware, but I'm getting one if and only if a jailbreak comes out.
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Re:Facebook has 10k engineers working on AR/VR
by TeMPOraL on Monday March 15, 2021 @04:10AM
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Yup. They knee-capped Quest in a really dumb way. I'm not upgrading my Quest 1 until I can buy something equivalent without forced cloud login bullshit. If I can't, I guess I'll just stay out of VR. From what I see, this is not just nerds being nerds, a lot of Quest's current user base feels the same.
I'm also hoping general population is slowly discovering the flip side of shared cloud logins for unrelated services. Connecting Facebook to your Quest doesn't just mean you can VR-chat with your Facebook friends now. It also means that if Facebook automoderator doesn't like you, your Quest will turn into an expensive paperweight. Or if you break Quest ToS, you may lose your whole Facebook account with it.
(What is sometimes called "digital feudalism" really does start feeling like one.)
Re:Facebook has 10k engineers working on AR/VR
by pantalaimon on Monday March 15, 2021 @04:07AM
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Why do you need a jailbreak?
You can already install third party APKs and there is a huge SideQuest community.
Re:Facebook has 10k engineers working on AR/VR
by herbst on Monday March 15, 2021 @04:39AM
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Some of us avoid devices that depend on (forever changing) hacks for normal usage.