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John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset

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Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset

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Post by h43k3r »

m45t3r wrote: post #110
soylentcola wrote: post #94

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Oddly enough, this is why I stopped buying iOS devices. With my old Android phones/the one Android tablet I got I was able to install something useful and pared-down once they became older and unsupported. They work fine as readers/browsers on my home network or as "fancy" remotes and local-network media players. The only old iOS device I haven't sold/tossed is an iPad 2 which is unbearably slow for most things, and…

Yeah. I had a LG G Pad 8.3 (2013) that I used as much as last year until the screen separated from its body and started to fail as an effect. Was using it with LineageOS (don't remember the exactly version, but it was either Android 9 or 10), and it also allowed to tweak the scheduler so the CPU would always run at pretty much the maximum speed. The battery life was obviously bad but would still get one day of readin…

This is exactly what I did. I imported my GPad in 2013. It is still working as a pdf reader with its screen seperated.

I am planning to do some DIY fix and going to donate it. There are many kids here in India who needs a digital device to do their online classes but have to use a small screen phone

Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset

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Post by charcircuit »

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #256
charcircuit wrote: post #252

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Why? Can you rationally explain what you are afraid of them doing?

Have you considered how much VR is used for porn? Totally unrelated side note, but virtamate is um, probably risky for someone who feels like they could become obsessed with porn.

>Have you considered how much VR is used for porn?

And what does that have to do with eye tracking? I could see it recommend more content based off what you are looking at instead of having to manually like posts. Having a hands free experience sounds like a pro to me.

>virtamate is um, probably risky for someone who feels like they could become obsessed with porn.

Almost all VR porn sucks compared to the flatscreen counterpart. There's also a much bigger collection of 2D stuff that exists.

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

charcircuit wrote: post #263
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #256

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Have you considered how much VR is used for porn? Totally unrelated side note, but virtamate is um, probably risky for someone who feels like they could become obsessed with porn.

>Have you considered how much VR is used for porn? And what does that have to do with eye tracking? I could see it recommend more content based off what you are looking at instead of having to manually like posts. Having a hands free experience sounds like a pro to me. >virtamate is um, probably risky for someone who feels like they could become obsessed with porn. Almost all VR porn sucks compared to the flatscreen…

> And what does that have to do with eye tracking?

Nothing. But the Quest2 specially also has four cameras that point out at you and your rooms. So it’s the same theme that I don’t really want Facebook seeing anything remotely related to this.

> Almost all VR porn sucks compared to the flatscreen counterpart.

Compelling argument.

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Post by genewitch »

samstave wrote: post #99
rob74 wrote: post #61

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Of course for military equipment there are also other cost drivers - more demanding specs, less units produced to spread the development cost etc. etc.

When I was at Lockheed, they would buy $2,000 panasonic 'toughbook' laptops, which were then sold to the military for $20,000 - not including the software licenses for our RFID product.

And if one of those tough books broke, what did Lockheed charge to replace it?

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Post by makeitdouble »

ralmidani wrote: post #59

Massive props to John Carmack! We also need laws to protect consumers when they don’t have an enlightened champion on their side. Part of the reason I buy Apple devices is because Apple is unlikely to get acquired or go out of business for the foreseeable future. I wish there were viable alternatives. Android devices are not an option for me, as they are more likely to be abandoned and/or contain Google/manufacturer/…

Are current Apple products still worth that trust ?

I had to repair an old Macbook, and while Apple is still in business they won't take repairs for out of support products. Official repair shops seem to have some access to old pieces, but I don't know how long it will last, my laptop got its part from another junk laptop.

Then the current crop of Apple product have unreplaceable parts for third party shops, especially anything touching the secure enclaves.

I kinda doubt Apple being in business will help on the supoort side for 5 or 10 years older products.

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Post by UberMouse »

bytebolt wrote: post #242
generalizations wrote: post #235

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Don't those things need a facebook account also?

Please tell me there is a way to get rid of Facebook out of quest 2

There is this https://github.com/basti564/Oculess

Haven't tried it myself, and it has some caveats, but it does make it possible to use the Quest 2 without Facebook.

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Post by charcircuit »

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #264
charcircuit wrote: post #263

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>Have you considered how much VR is used for porn? And what does that have to do with eye tracking? I could see it recommend more content based off what you are looking at instead of having to manually like posts. Having a hands free experience sounds like a pro to me. >virtamate is um, probably risky for someone who feels like they could become obsessed with porn. Almost all VR porn sucks compared to the flatscreen…

> And what does that have to do with eye tracking? Nothing. But the Quest2 specially also has four cameras that point out at you and your rooms. So it’s the same theme that I don’t really want Facebook seeing anything remotely related to this. > Almost all VR porn sucks compared to the flatscreen counterpart. Compelling argument.

>So it’s the same theme that I don’t really want Facebook seeing anything remotely related to this.

What's the issue of them anonymously collecting things like how big your room is, or what the average brightness of your room is?

>Compelling argument.

It's mostly subjective. The vast majority of it is blurry 3 DoF videos and proper 6 DoF content is limited.

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Post by psd1 »

kingcharles wrote: post #243
fencepost wrote: post #241

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Adblock Plus might be an acceptable solution for you, IIRC it has an "acceptable ads" program designed to only filter out the heavier or more intrusive ads.

Thank you for the tip. Just installed it. Open source, and powered by donations. Awesome.

Wait till you get a raspberry pi and install pi-hole

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Post by InitialLastName »

bdastous wrote: post #238
InitialLastName wrote: post #55

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He's truly had an incredible run, but it's a shame he's let the finale be "enabled Facebook to mix eyeball tracking with advertising".

This assumption strikes me as ageist.

Look at that, he's younger than I thought. In my head he was in his 60s, where "transition from leadership to 'consulting leadership' at a major company" sounds like a step towards a quieter life.
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