Would anyone recommend the Oculus Quest for getting exercise? This might be what pushed me to get it.
Beat saber is a surprisingly good cardio workout - lots of squatting, moving around etc.
Does sweat not affect the Oculus Quest?
Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
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Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#32It begs the question: if they host the social media account and VR account and can reliably identify / link them on their end, and the laws and terms allow them to do so, does it really matter if they’re different accounts? It's still a win if you don't have a facebook account. For everyone else: I would assume that they will identify your accounts reliably.
> does it really matter if they’re different accounts?
Yes. If you lose access to one, you can keep the other.
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#33I'll pay the extra money and get the valve index just to avoid doing business with FB
Valve left the ship of VR, pain me to say it but Facebook is the future.
Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#34Facebook account will become meta account. Oculus will transition to meta account. There will be no difference.
I’d assume this is the case, but is there actually any evidence either way, or are we all just speculating?
I am speculating here - but it looks a whole lot like a move to head off anti trust
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#35Would anyone recommend the Oculus Quest for getting exercise? This might be what pushed me to get it.
Boxing, Audio Trip, Pistol Whip and even Beat Saber are all nice
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Beat saber is a surprisingly good cardio workout - lots of squatting, moving around etc.
Does sweat not affect the Oculus Quest?
Not a Quest (I've used both and think it's the same answer), but with the HTC Vive the foam pads do a good job of not letting sweat get to your eyes.
In general, the facemasks are pretty tight around the eyes, and the sweat glands are on the forehead, so it doesn't affect operation.
Of course, it still gets gunky and you'll want to regularly clean the facemasks if you do any exercising in VR.
The Quest specifically has the face mask directly integrated to the spacer, so you have to remove the whole thing to clean it, but it's doable.
Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#37I'll pay the extra money and get the valve index just to avoid doing business with FB
I sort of have a hard time dishing out $999 for a Index but I’m also in the same boat regarding FB. I don’t want anything to do with them. Even though they have all my information from back in the day when I used it.
Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#38It begs the question: if they host the social media account and VR account and can reliably identify / link them on their end, and the laws and terms allow them to do so, does it really matter if they’re different accounts? It's still a win if you don't have a facebook account. For everyone else: I would assume that they will identify your accounts reliably.
>It's still a win if you don't have a facebook account.
That's making the assumption that Facebook isn't just going to eventually force everyone to a "meta" account that spans all of their properties. Which is exactly what I expect they're going to do.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’d assume this is the case, but is there actually any evidence either way, or are we all just speculating?
Transcript[1]: > And as we’ve focused more on work, and frankly, as we’ve heard your feedback more broadly, we’re on making it so you can log into Quest with an account other than your personal Facebook account . > ... I know this is a big deal for a lot of people. Not everyone wants their social media profile linked to all these other experiences. To me this strongly suggests that it is a separate account, and is no…
Without giving much detail, where I work many accounts from different businesses aren't linked... in customer facing systems. But internally everything is linked, and well linked (for good reasons). FB will profile you even more even though you can use a different email.
Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#40In the future: "good news! Your oculus, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook accounts are all merging into a single Meta account later this month"