What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week

Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week by vkoskiv on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @03:36AM (#28680250)

> I can't speak how enforced these are, but even if it's a soft requirement for now, it's enough for me to avoid it. Pity, since it seems pretty good tech wise.

Strictly enforced. I borrowed an older oculus headset from a friend to try out a while ago. It wouldn't let me use it without providing Facebook my personal details. I tried making a new anonymous facebook account, which was immediately locked out before I could provide government issued identification. I borrowed my friends' oculus account to briefly give it a go, but quickly returned the hardware because I was just too creeped out by the Facebook association.

It really is a shame that the companies with the biggest R&D budgets are also the ones which are the least aligned with the interests of the user.

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Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week by caslon on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @07:50AM (#28681693)

This is either a lie or a heavy misconception; my Quest 2 (the first Oculus headset to "require" a Facebook account; none of the others do), didn't require a Facebook account, and works even with Oculus accounts made within the month.

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Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week by Ensorceled on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @08:08AM (#28681825)

I have an Oculus Go that I logged into last week that I hadn't used in months. There were a lot of dark patterns trying to get me to use a facebook login but I finally figured out how to use my original Oculus account.

Falling for shitty dark patterns doesn't earn being called a liar; take the victim blaming somewhere else.

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Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week by blensor on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @11:43AM (#28684133)

Carmack just announced that they will unlock the bootloader of the go to allow root access and give the owners full control.

As for the Quest, you can buy a Facebook free version for about twice the price of the standard one

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Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week by krageon on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @08:24AM (#28692699)

It's supposedly 500 dollars more and that's excluding the fact that they will bill that in euros if you live in the EU. That makes it almost three times as expensive.

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Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week by caslon on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @08:48AM (#28682127)

I said a lie or misconception, and I was right.

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