did oculus kill a majority of the vrc community?

[Garuu the ToonCat]

starting in october, you'll have to use a facebook log in to fully use your oculus device, and you can choose not to

until 2023

[Squid]

I hate it too. Done supporting their products. Exactly what I feared back when the initial buyout happened. But no, this will not make a dent in the VRC community.

[Garuu the ToonCat]

i am literally a boo boo fool


i bought a cv1 and i bought perscreption lens

and thought about buying a new cable thats non existent


good lord i need an index or something that on par with a cv1

[[MEAT]Sorrow]

Originally posted by Garuu the ToonCat:

starting in october, you'll have to use a facebook log in to fully use your oculus device, and you can choose not to

until 2023

wait what

guess i better start saving for a vive/index then
my cv1 is literally held together with duct tape atm anyways

[Garuu the ToonCat]

https://twitter.com/oculus/status/1295769244894785538 for anyone who's curious over the announcement

[nekochan AL]

eh, they say everyone who already has an account can choose not to do that for 2 years, ill probably have bought a new vr headset by that time anyway

[SapphireSouls]

I'm on Vive, but as annoying as that sounds, you can honestly just make a blank facebook account with no information on it, all privacy setting maxed out and use that for logging in.

I actually keep a facebook account like that handy for websites that allow you to login using it when I'm feeling too lazy to make an account for said website.

[SoalX]

Long live the Vive!

[developer]

Oculus uses webcams for its tracking, not only is that creepy, it's also crappy..

Long live the Vive!!

[Lyuze]

Originally posted by developer:

Oculus uses webcams for its tracking, not only is that creepy, it's also crappy..

Long live the Vive!!

Eh, thats a really weird way of putting it. Yes, the oculus sensors capture video, but you have to go into your kernel to change the way your computer reads USB signals to see the video, and even if you can, the video is not only greyscaled y8 video, but its downscaled. If you manage to get any USABLE video besides IR coordinates from it, feel free to apply at nasa or the NSA

[KittyRena]

Well if you're someone like myself who uses a cv1, you probably planned on upgrading at some point. My cv1 is still in perfect condition but I've got more cash to afford another vr but ya know, we just don't wanna buy one when we rarely use the damn thing o3o

[con]

Are they just giving up on the PC headset market entirely? With their share in standalone-headsets it's understandable and I guess they've weighed up their estimated loss of customerbase against data-collection $$$

It just makes the decision to go to a competitor so, so easy, when Oculus accounts are no longer usable. Reverb G2 looks really good and will hopefully go down in price a little in the EU ($150 markup ;_;) by that time.

[myja]

wait what

I don't even have facebook am I gonna get forced into making one

[con]

Originally posted by yurei:

wait what

I don't even have facebook am I gonna get forced into making one

Yep, from January 1 2023 you will no longer be able to use an Oculus account. From when the news was announced, any new purchases of Oculus headsets will require Facebook accounts or the forced merging of Oculus and Facebook accounts straight out of the box.

They also lock down fake accounts they suspect aren't real identities. So purchasing games via the Oculus store is probably something you should avoid if you choose to not use your real name with them

[Garuu the ToonCat]

gonna just say fricc and get a vive or index

[KittyRena]

Just wait black friday everyone :3 We're gonna have a haul