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Meta sneakily introduced “Platform Integrity Attestation API” which basically calls home to see whether the user has a valid license to play.
This means that to run apps user has to have online connection to perform an integrity test. Whether it’s only a test on launch or continues call home like Denuvo-like DRMs is not yet clear. This could also mean that modified headsets could fail to pass this test essentially closing down the device for modifications that could damage “platform integrity”. Not all details are clear yet but this doesn’t look good.
Currently it’s optional and up to app developers to enable it.
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…and there goes my eagerness to buy the Q3. I loathe drm.
Another reason I would never buy a Meta product
Looks like my rift s is still unaffected. Guess I’ll be holding onto it for another 4 years (who am I kidding, I was going to anyway)
I’ve had my quest 2 for a while now but not used it in a bit. Certainly not making me want to play it or get anything new for it.
STEAM DECKERD WHERE ARE YOU
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Oh cool. Another reason to not buy one.
No fucking way I’ll consider buying one now.
My consideration was off the table after Facebook bought Oculus.
Or be like me. Get one then Meta buys the company. Z_z
Bad luck man. I would have bought a rift if Facebook didn’t ruin it.
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I always wanted one, but when they made it a requirement to have and link a Facebook account to use it I completely lost interest.
You don’t need a Facebook account. They very quickly removed that requirement.
Make a dummy one.
They make you send them your id…
No they don’t.
I have one. Not long after I bought it, it became a brick because it forced a software update that forced a Facebook sign in to use it.
That requirement has been removed for longer than it was in place.
Will I never picked it up again to find out.
Well now you can :)
Nah I’m good. Not really that cool anyway after a few hours.
Maybe one day I’ll get a Valve Index.
Maybe one day I’ll get a Valve Index.
But you’ve already got a Quest?
still think people complaing about this is weird. Like, they made this change, and removed the facebook integration, and people still act like this is the case.
They took that out a while ago, that’s when I picked up the Quest 2. Honestly, it’s the best PCVR headset out there, and this article has nothing to do with PCVR, just their own platform. This won’t affect your ability to pirate PCVR games at all.
😂😂😂😂
It seems (seemed) like a pretty good vr headset…just it’s owned by one of the worst companies and I have no interest paying them hundreds for that level of access to my personal information.
Guess I’ll save up for the Valve one
I’m just waiting for the Psvr2 jailbreak. The index is nice, but their choice of display really leaves a lot to be desired. I far preferred even the slightly smeared look of my Odyssey+ to the Index, though the index’s tracking was miles ahead of my Odyssey. PSVR is the best headset on the market, but not worth my time unless it can be used forPCVR.
HP reverb g2 is pretty solid
It’s discontinued unfortunately, so don’t expect much in the way of support. But it is a great VR headset that you can get on the cheap ATM
I’m really not a fan of Windows MR, both because it’s locked to Windows but also because it’s kind of temperamental, but it’s a good headset in terms of resolution at least (and comfort).
Although I will admit it’s not as buggy as it used to be so that’s a plus.
Out of curiosity:
I was looking into VR headsets half a year ago and found the PICO 4 interesting as a budget option to try VR.
The Display of the G2 seems to be a lot better but costs an additional 250€. Does it really make the experience that much better and worth the bigger investment if you only want to try it out and fear that the headset will only collect dust after a month or so?
Honestly, If you are just trying out vr I think you should go for the cheaper option. I don’t have a frame of reference though as the G2 was my first headset. You also need to have a good enough GPU for the increased resolution.
Thanks, I guess I will go for the PICO once my urge to buy some new tech appears again.
Just an FYI, but the PICO 4 is made by ByteDance which is the parent company of TikTok. Facebook is awful but I don’t trust TikTok either.
Or just pay $20 for one of the ones that you stick your phone in.
My phone always overheated with those
Welp as someone who cannot maintain a constant internet connection on my devices this is quite the turnoff
Man am I glad I bought an index after my rift s broke
Yeah, but no new games for PC VR since quest has gobbled up the market.
I’ve got to get a new VR Helm when I can, but the other options are so pricey
There is also the pico that costs more or less the same iirc. Although it’s not available worldwide and the company was bought by bytedance not long ago, so…
I really hope the Valve Deckard is real and can compete on price with Oculus. I feel like it should be doable comparing the price of the cheapest Steam Deck to the price of the Quest 3, but I don’t know a whole lot about how much more hardware has to go into a headset over a game “console” alone.
I wanna completely cut facebook out of my life, but… Some company’s gotta start working with me on price
They have to bring developers along with though. The Quest has completely taken over the VR market.
“Meta announces optional API to allow developers to get paid”
It’s painful how much you editorializing the article. You are basically fox news.
what the hell meta you had a good thing
It stopped being a good thing when Meta took over and you had to login with your Facebook account.
You haven’t had to log in with a a Facebook account for 12 months, that decision was quickly reversed.
Meta never had a good thing. Oculus had a good thing. Meta WAS the bad thing. The writing was on the wall from the start and the open VR community has preached about it for years. It’s a shame for the best outgoing PC-Free VR hardware.
that’s what i was thinking when I wrote this oops 😅
So glad I avoid Meta products. I doubt they will be satisfied until they can live sell your data and display ads while you use the product.
Those are two very different things. Advertising giants don’t actually “sell” your data, it’s really not in their best interest, they make money by being the only ones with your data.
So… they sell, lease, etc either your data or some value added bullshit services or products based on your data for a higher price due to monopoly?
No, they sell advertment slots to advertisers with promise of higher ad interaction, a promise they can keep because they target those advertisements to users that are more likely to interact with them using user data. User data isn’t sold, leased, whatever you want to call it.
Also, technically not entirely a monopoly because there are quite a few tech giants that operate like this. Oligopoly would be the correct term.
What’s the Decard?
