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Meta will delete all non-migrated Oculus accounts in March - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

Gee. Remember the last time Meta lied about this sort of thing? I remember.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/393371/oculus-vr-headsets-will-soon-require-a-facebook-account.html

When Meta bought Oculus, I boxed up my OG Rift and threw it in the basement, and bought a Reverb G2. I'd rather be tied to a dead platform (WMR) than Meta. Fuck Meta, and fuck Facebook. Don't buy their products, don't give them your data, don't give them a dime.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago

Yeah, Oculus went from neutral-leaning-positive in my mind to not-worth-consideration as soon as FB bought it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When Meta bought Oculus, I boxed up my OG Quest and threw it in the basement,

Meta (at the time it was still just named Facebook) bought Oculus before they ever released a retail product. Facebook bought them between the release of the original dev kit on Kickstarter and the dk2 in 2014. They had already been owned by Facebook for 2 years when the first Retail Rift came out in 2016. The first Quest didn't come out until 2019, 5 years after Facebook/Meta bought Oculus.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For the story to make sense, I'm guessing that the person you're responding to meant OG Oculus or OG Rift as in the development kit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're right, I'm not sure why I put Quest. I've never owned a Quest, that came out long after I ditched them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Facebook bought oculus before the release of the CV1...

Did you put a DK1 or 2 in your basement?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Feel the hate. Let it flow through you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately the Reverb G2 will be junk when WMR is removed from Windows.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I'd doubt it. There are already open source projects to make it (and other similar headsets) work without WMR including on Linux, and it's likely you'll be able to shoehorn and install the final release of WMR back into Windows manually just like you can with all kinds of other legacy Microsoft stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Reverb G2 owner here. Also, fuck Microsoft and Fuuuuuuck HP.