Shady move over at Oculus today...

[shreddog]

Maybe I'm just getting old, but sometimes I think that the World would be a better place without computers and the Internet. I had pretty high expectations back when I got my first Commodore Vic-20, and even though I was becoming slightly misantropic, I got my hopes back when the World Wide Web arrived. Both actually started out being pretty cool, but as always it all went down the drain when somebody saw a chance of making money.

Maybe it's just time to pull the plug and go offline for good.

Facebook can go flip themselves.

I take it you're not getting a Neuralink then?

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

It was always coming since the buy out. Am surprised it took as long as it did.
When the buy out 1st happened I was dissapointed and almost didn't buy my DK2 over it.
I gotta say tho I think Facebook have really supported VR over the last 5 years or so and if it were not for facebook VR would not be anywhere near as popular as it is. I would say over half of the best VR games either had direct or indirect support from the company and whilst the riftS or quest are not products I am buying it at least they are making products the average consumer can buy.
The index may be great but that is not a product to get VR to really take off.
The thing with Facebook... IF you use it then you already gave them all your info.
IF you have no intention of using it then just make a dummy account (just don't be obvious about it). I really don't think it's that big a deal.

All that being said I have a Reverb G2 on preorder. I won't lie am gonna miss my CV1 touch controllers tho and an very worried about the batteries in the G2 controllers. Last I heard WMR controllers don't work with 1.2v recharables.

Oculus really hit a home run with oculus touch

 

[VR StarLightPL]

I won't lie am gonna miss my CV1 touch controllers tho and an very worried about the batteries in the G2 controllers.

No, you won't ;-) [requires serious investment though ;-)]

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_SepHooREo

 

[[VR] optimal_909]

It was always coming since the buy out. Am surprised it took as long as it did.
When the buy out 1st happened I was dissapointed and almost didn't buy my DK2 over it.
I gotta say tho I think Facebook have really supported VR over the last 5 years or so and if it were not for facebook VR would not be anywhere near as popular as it is. I would say over half of the best VR games either had direct or indirect support from the company and whilst the riftS or quest are not products I am buying it at least they are making products the average consumer can buy.
The index may be great but that is not a product to get VR to really take off.
The thing with Facebook... IF you use it then you already gave them all your info.
IF you have no intention of using it then just make a dummy account (just don't be obvious about it). I really don't think it's that big a deal.

All that being said I have a Reverb G2 on preorder. I won't lie am gonna miss my CV1 touch controllers tho and an very worried about the batteries in the G2 controllers. Last I heard WMR controllers don't work with 1.2v recharables.

Oculus really hit a home run with oculus touch

Apparently they will update the terms and conditions, so I'd expect a fair bit more tracking on users though.
I think the Reverb G2 (have also one on preorder) has it all to upend the VR market, by the looks of it the first properly uncompromised visual quality at mass market prices. I mean, the CV1 was great, but after the VR honeymoon gone, the visual quality started to age quickly and it was uncomfortable to use for an extended time.

Edit: I won't miss the touch controllers that much, actually the limited tracking (beyond the table, for example, when trying sims) was an issue which will be gone with the inside-out tracking.

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

Apparently they will update the terms and conditions, so I'd expect a fair bit more tracking on users though.
I think the Reverb G2 (have also one on preorder) has it all to upend the VR market, by the looks of it the first properly uncompromised visual quality at mass market prices. I mean, the CV1 was great, but after the VR honeymoon gone, the visual quality started to age quickly and it was uncomfortable to use for an extended time.

I dunno. Maybe I am easily pleased but instill love my CV1 now (and am just having a break now after using it in ED most of this morning - gaming day ... holiday from work ) I am really looking forward to the G2 however.

 

[WeComeInPeace]

I take it you're not getting a Neuralink then?

Hehe... Honestly I've dreamt about having something like this even before I read Neuromancer, but now that they're becoming real, definitely nope, though it might be considered mandatory if you want a job a couple of years from now.

Jobs are highly overrated anyhows.

Edit: These thingies gives hacking a lot of new potential...

 

[Pixelated Sparkster]

As if VR users didn't have enough issues, Oculus posted this:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1295769244894785538

Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/oculus/status/1295769244894785538


...announcing the integration of Oculus into Facebook, in direct contradiction to what they promised back when they bought it.

Returning my Rift S. Funny part is every time someone on that thread says "Guess I'm buying a Vive," the official Vive account replies happily with a link to the Vive website.

I had a feeling something like this would happen when I saw the Oculus was purchased by facebook.... but it’s great to see Vive making the most of it