Feels like Microsoft just tried this with their own VR ecosystem not too long ago and it fell flat on its face.
Microsoft also tried this with phones...
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#542As usual I get quite hopeful when I hear about a new operating system.
We so absolutely need paths to move away from what we have today.
I didn't even know what "mixed reality operating system" was so that made me hopeful. May include some nifty quantum processing.
Alas, it is just stuff built on top of Android, which is built on top of the Linux kernel.
Perhaps "Meta Horizon SDK for Android" would be a better label?`
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#543Imagine being banned from Facebook due to not complying with the community guidelines and being unable to use your computer. Community guidelines that can change at any moment at any time and are enforced by random people who can make mistakes. A Facebook OS as a daily driver is an idea that is vomitive in every way. Imagine ads that track you eyes and that you cannot look away from. Ads that track your face muscles…
What you wrote makes doesn't sense because Horizon OS doesn't require a Facebook account or any account on social media.
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#547Joel Spolsky's "Commoditize your Complements" [0] seems relevant here. From that perspective, it seems like Meta is trying to commoditize the hardware and monopolize the OS (and likely the app store and payment system), similar to Android.
[0] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/
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#549If hardware manufacturers actually wanted this, Meta would be announcing a licensing deal.
This is a threat to Apple: if Apple doesn't relent on advertising/privacy in VisionOS, then Meta will do to VR what Google did for smartphone's: sell the market to maintain advertising access.
Meta doesn't care about money or mindshare on VR. They just want ad access.
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