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Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Post by micromacrofoot »

loeg wrote: post #18
supermatt wrote: post #13

Facebook account will become meta account. Oculus will transition to meta account. There will be no difference.

No, this would be an Oculus-specific account. There are enough legitimate criticisms of Facebook that we don't have to go around inventing false ones. Edited to cite the announcement 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 b…

Oculus no longer exists. It's Meta, which is The Facebook company.

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Post by shafyy »

chaostheory wrote: post #8
ENOTTY wrote: post #5

Facebook could just as easily change the policy again. Meh

I believe EU laws are the main driver for this change. As an aside, the Quest 2 would have been a break away hit, if they didn’t make the FB login a requirement last year though

It's crazy that they still sold that many, considering that it's not sold in Germany, one of the biggest markets in the world for them.

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Post by micromacrofoot »

ImPostingOnHN wrote: post #55
loeg wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, this would be an Oculus-specific account. There are enough legitimate criticisms of Facebook that we don't have to go around inventing false ones. Edited to cite the announcement 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 b…

Would Facebook be physically prevented from ever accessing or linking to data on the Metafacebookulus account, ad vice versa? If not, sounds like a Facebook account by another name.

It's literally the same company, why would it be prevented?

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Post by eli »

playpause wrote: post #58
nixpulvis wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why the fuck do I need to log into my monitor?! it's bad enough the driver demands a running application which tries to sell me shit and pushes me into a place I don't want to be at all. It's literally hijacking my computer.

The Oculus isn’t just a monitor, it’s a complete computer system with its own OS. If you just want a VR headset that is purely a monitor, buy one of those.

And an app store. It obviously needs some kind of login.

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Post by ootsootsoots »

jensensbutton wrote: post #47
nixpulvis wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why the fuck do I need to log into my monitor?! it's bad enough the driver demands a running application which tries to sell me shit and pushes me into a place I don't want to be at all. It's literally hijacking my computer.

You log into an ipad. What's the difference?

I use a pin code or thumbprint to unlock my iPad and login to Apples store

I can root it and install alternative store

What alternative software can I run on Occulus?

That and all the extra engineering for managing users for business reasons not technical wastes real resources to prop up a technology company that isn’t interested in novel discovery, but servicing contemporary business obligations

If they’re so smart and capable of pulling useful metadata off unstructured data, why do they need me to maintain a specific profile?

Really kind of feels like they rely on having concrete data and the meta part is marketing

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Post by shafyy »

throwaway123x2 wrote: post #23

Would anyone recommend the Oculus Quest for getting exercise? This might be what pushed me to get it.

Yes, for sure. Much more fun than going to the gym or doing boring exercises at home. Main use would be cardio and stuff like squats etc, not weight lifting. Although Carmack said (in his FB Connect keynote yesterday) that they will soon be fitness apps that incorporate weights as well.

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Post by ImPostingOnHN »

GuardianCaveman wrote: post #29
zorr wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least now it will become possible to use Oculus without being forced to have a Facebook social media account. Just like it is possible to use Whatsapp without a Facebook identity.

This is the big point even if we have to have a meta account we are not at the whim of being suspended from using our headset because of something we said on a separate social media platform

The bigger point is how much of your personal info and psychographic profiling will, one way or another, still make its way to The Company Formerly Known As Facebook, which remains to be seen

Do you think they will just ignore those micro-head-movements when they start A/B testing different stuff on screen to figure out the algorithm that is _you_? Who needs a real, physical Westworld?

I hear the next version might even track retinal movement. So many useful audience-segmenting and personalized targeting capabilities!

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Post by evilduck »

jensensbutton wrote: post #47
nixpulvis wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why the fuck do I need to log into my monitor?! it's bad enough the driver demands a running application which tries to sell me shit and pushes me into a place I don't want to be at all. It's literally hijacking my computer.

You log into an ipad. What's the difference?

I mean, thats a complete lie. Got anything else?

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Post by mrfinn »

melvinmt wrote: post #44

Oculus will also no longer be known as Oculus: https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/28/facebook-errr-meta-uncerem...

Terrible decision, Oculus is a well known brand, the name is catchy, it has good reputation. So, Facebook decides, let's kill off the brand and replace it with. something completely unknown!
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