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Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

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Re: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

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Post by simfree »

pm90 wrote: post #188
LegitShady wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

valve is very differently structured and has had a very tough time pivoting to hardware. We can see this obviously with steam machines where they just didn't want to get involved. Then the steam controller, steam link, and now steam deck... they're getting there but they're not exactly there yet. I think oculus taking their research tech and turning it into a $2b acquisition and a threat to steam because of its close…

So why are they having such difficulty with hardware?

It takes consistent organizational effort spanning years to build hardware, maintain vendor relationships, merchandize the product (advertise, sell, ship, liquidate), inventory management, and continuously develop new hardware to bring to market.

Valve has traditionally focused on their Steam platform, which has a much tighter feedback loop and none of the aforementioned effort that comes with physical products.

Re: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

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Post by filoleg »

14 wrote: post #84
dylan604 wrote: post #31

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Thanks. I don't typically read reddit, so I had not seen this. Starting to contemplate getting a new inkjet for the home office. I now have something else to keep in mind during the researching. This plus all of the ink jet forensic marking, I'm leaning towards the extra cost for color laser instead, and definitely not an HP.

I have the brother 3750 I believe the model is and is great. The starter inks lasted me a long time and I finally bought all new full sized ink I expect they will last years. It was a bit costly to buy all the ink but I know it will last for years and I know if I don’t use it for a few months it will still print perfectly when I decide to. Definitely recommend a brother printer.

Brother printers are something else. After getting tired of having to do major troubleshooting for my printer at least a few times a year and deal with minor annoyances from time to time, I decided to leave my old printer to my parents (as I was doing a cross-country move at the time, so the less I brought with me the easier it would be). As soon as I settled in, I got a Brother MFCL2740DW printer. That was almost 5 years ago.

Let me tell you, the longer I have it, the longer it keeps blowing my mind. I've only set it up once, and then forgot about it forever. Since then, I added bajillion different devices, built a new desktop, switched routers multiple times and completely redid my wireless networking, etc. On every new device (including smartphones), without having to install any additional software or screwing around with settings, I can reliably expect to just click "print", and my printer will show up in the list of available printing devices, and it will just work. Toner cartridges last forever and are priced very reasonably. I can simply take the printer, put it wherever I want, and it will just work with any device from which one can print without any extra actions.

Normally, a lot of devices start like that at first, and then problems start arising, and things start becoming unreliable due to compatibility issues with newer devices and such, new firmware updates are needed, maybe certain workarounds in settings, etc. But nope, not a single hitch with this one, as it is coming close to 5 years of regular use in many different configurations.

And no, I am not getting paid to advertise for Brother printers. I just simply love when a tool is super powerful like that, but also "just works" extremely reliably without any thought needed, very seamlessly and in the background.

Re: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

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Post by vermilingua »

Can anyone comment on the Quest vs Quest 2? I've heard that it's a difficult tradeoff, as the build quality of the Quest is better while the screen quality of the Quest 2 is a huge improvement.

If the plan is to use one for a monitor replacement for extended periods, which is a better choice?

Re: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

polyomino wrote: post #185

This reminds me of the time that Steve Ballmer did an Q&A with Microsoft interns saying basically that he's happy everyone in China pirates Windows because then Microsoft sets the standard.

Reminds me of the time when the president of Romania told Bill Gates to his face that the Romanian IT industry has grown to where it is today thanks to everyone pirating Windows.[1]

I'm still wondering what went through Bill's head hearing that.

[1]https://www.wired.com/2007/02/romanian-presid/

Re: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

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Post by jachee »

spurgu wrote: post #63
lapetitejort wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you know by chance what breaks? For example, would immersed [0] still work, or tethered Steam VR? [0]: https://immersed.com/

I don't know either, but from the description it doesn't sound too good: > What doesn’t work? > Most apps downloaded through the Oculus Store because of entitlement errors (including Virtual Desktop :/) I would assume Immersed uses this. Disclaimer: Considering getting a Quest 2 just for Immersed.

I’m holding out for their non-Oculus support, which is coming Soon™ according to their FAQ.

Re: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

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Post by bradneuberg »

vermilingua wrote: post #193

Can anyone comment on the Quest vs Quest 2? I've heard that it's a difficult tradeoff, as the build quality of the Quest is better while the screen quality of the Quest 2 is a huge improvement. If the plan is to use one for a monitor replacement for extended periods, which is a better choice?

I have both -- the Oculus Quest 2 is better on both fronts, it's lighter and the screen is better.

Re: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

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Post by coolspot »

vermilingua wrote: post #193

Can anyone comment on the Quest vs Quest 2? I've heard that it's a difficult tradeoff, as the build quality of the Quest is better while the screen quality of the Quest 2 is a huge improvement. If the plan is to use one for a monitor replacement for extended periods, which is a better choice?

I don’t think you can comfortably use Q1 as monitor replacement. IMO, resolution is not enough for comfortable reading.

Re: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

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Post by d3nj4l »

vermilingua wrote: post #193

Can anyone comment on the Quest vs Quest 2? I've heard that it's a difficult tradeoff, as the build quality of the Quest is better while the screen quality of the Quest 2 is a huge improvement. If the plan is to use one for a monitor replacement for extended periods, which is a better choice?

I have a quest 2 and I don’t think it’s a great monitor replacement, especially as someone with multiple 4K screens. The resolution isn’t good enough to comfortably read for extended periods IMO.

E: out of curiosity, I pulled up immersed to browse this thread on HN and my eyes can't take it for too long.

If you do use it as a monitor replacement, here's a suggestion: make your screens small and keep them close to you. Scanning with your eyes doesn't work as well, you should be moving your head a lot more.

Re: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

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Post by d3nj4l »

spurgu wrote: post #63
lapetitejort wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you know by chance what breaks? For example, would immersed [0] still work, or tethered Steam VR? [0]: https://immersed.com/

I don't know either, but from the description it doesn't sound too good: > What doesn’t work? > Most apps downloaded through the Oculus Store because of entitlement errors (including Virtual Desktop :/) I would assume Immersed uses this. Disclaimer: Considering getting a Quest 2 just for Immersed.

Immersed is free on the oculus store, so I don’t think there should be a problem with installing it from SideQuest.

Re: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

vermilingua wrote: post #193

Can anyone comment on the Quest vs Quest 2? I've heard that it's a difficult tradeoff, as the build quality of the Quest is better while the screen quality of the Quest 2 is a huge improvement. If the plan is to use one for a monitor replacement for extended periods, which is a better choice?

I have had both and although the Quest 2 has shitty lens adjustment that doesn't fit my IPD (pupillary distance) correctly, the clarity on the Quest 2, thanks to the higher resolution display and full-RGB pixel matrix vs pentile on the Quest 1, was just miles better than on the Quest 1 which had a better IPD adjustment system that fitted my eyesight. Couple this with the lower weight, more comfortable strap (I know), more powerful processor, higher refresh rate, the Quest 1 can't even hold a candle to the Quest 2.

Sold the Quest 1 immediately and kept the Quest 2.

Although I wouldn't use either as a monitor replacement for more than 30 minutes. The tech is just not there yet for eye-stranious work like reading small text like code. Best kept for entertainment and content consumption.

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