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Oof - $999, worse than I thought: > Every Oculus Quest for business costs $999. https://skarredghost.com/2020/05/22/oculus-business-vr-price...
So that’s how much all the tracking and other data (biometrics? 3D model of your home?) is worth to them.
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> I can't speak how enforced these are, but even if it's a soft requirement for now, it's enough for me to avoid it. Pity, since it seems pretty good tech wise. Strictly enforced. I borrowed an older oculus headset from a friend to try out a while ago. It wouldn't let me use it without providing Facebook my personal details. I tried making a new anonymous facebook account, which was immediately locked out before I co…
This is either a lie or a heavy misconception; my Quest 2 (the first Oculus headset to "require" a Facebook account; none of the others do), didn't require a Facebook account, and works even with Oculus accounts made within the month.
Falling for shitty dark patterns doesn't earn being called a liar; take the victim blaming somewhere else.
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New service: subscription identity - buy a real identity of a real person from some poor country and use it for yourself in the glorious developed world. Official government issued ID, passport, photos, video verification available for a fee.
Also known as identity theft
I highly doubt it. My dual monitor setup cost me about £300 including a nice desk stand. No fancy GPU or anything required. If that VR setup really cost that much it would be an impulse buy for me.
Have they solved the motion sickness yet? I used an early Oculus (I think it was Oculus Rift DK2) and mainly used it for virtual desktop stuff try to see if I could replace my multiple monitor setup, but I'd feel really unwell after about 30 minutes so I kind of gave up. If that's been resolved I'd be interested to give this another go. Is there a reason why Immersed only works with Facebook devices? I deleted my Fac…
As for the FB devices - available audience and cost of doing business. They also support the Vive Focus 3 now though, and others are in the works.
Weird. I have a Quest 2 and the thought of having it constantly on my face (likely powered by cable) is… daunting.
I'd be very afraid to fry my eyes. I can't imagine strapping a bright display at 10cm from your eyes, for hours on end, won't lead to eye issues later on in life. I already feel strained after using a headset for an hour.
Indirect sun light on average sunny day is many times more energetic rhan anything screens put out.
Not to mention humans have evolved with sunlight in mind and LED lights are relatively new. Our eyes most likely are more used to sunlight than LED lights.
Curious if the op now uses quick head movements to focus attention rather than rapid eye movement. I haven't used the Oculus, but with another headset found reading text to the far left or right difficult, as the resolution there is poor. Moving your head so the text is centered increases the pixel density and the text becomes readable.
However I am never buying an Oculus device, for fear and loathing of anything made by Facebook. Having to have and use a FB account, with their track record of privacy blunders has completely alienated me from all their products.
Sadly that doesn't leave very many options on the table, some of which cost an arm and a leg.
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Your last paragraph reminded me of Isaac Asimov's novel "The Naked Sun" and his fictional world of Solaria, where people have grown used to living far from each other and only "meet" in VR, and this has happened long enough that people feel repulsed by other people and feel sick if they believe they are in the actual presence of another person.
Well that one certainly came to pass, didn't it? The pandemic is the best opportunity FB will ever have to push VR into the mainstream. Zuck has also been playing up that it could replace business travel post pandemic and there have been leaked specs for a Quest Pro that would deliver a very cutting edge productivity experience.
I woke up thinking, "I need to invest in drone deliveries!"