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I would be so happy for a stand-alone gaming VR headset that isn’t run by Facebook.
I actually really want a PSVR2, but it doesn’t do anything except gaming, and I have an old VR180 camera I’d like to take traveling.
I don't get what the big deal is, they dropped the Facebook account requirement a while ago and it's easily the best headset on the market for wireless VR. You don't even have to use their store, you can do everything in PCVR. I know everyone here hates big tech, but you're not going to find an open source VR headset.
It's less about it not being open source and more about it being Facebook. One of the worst companies. I refuse to strap my face into spyware.
This is the same company that made a study on how it negatively impacted people's lives and then purposely moved against it for profit. I simply don't trust them to make anything with my best interests in mind.
In Meta’s defense they have recently been super open source…but on the flip side they have ALWAYS been horrible on user privacy. Sucks, Zuck is the only billionaire that legit is a coding nerd (well not only but most prominent) and he gets tech moreso than the other leeches imo, but his disregard for user privacy makes pretty much all his efforts with Meta non-viable for me.
You can just make an account not connected to you at all and only use it for PCVR. Streaming from your PC to your headset doesn't give them any access to your PC if that's what you're worried about. Boycott them for other reasons if you want, but this isn't a privacy concern.
Lol wow, what an insightful comment, you put so much thought into it
Then do it or write nothing at all. Calling people naive on the internet because you disagree with them doesn't make you insightful, it makes you a dick.
They can still connect it to you by
And even if it were anonymous, it’s very reasonable to be opposed to them having the data they can collect from the headset. Using a Facebook headset is basically like using a Facebook phone that also happens to track the movement of your head and both arms and your responses to more immersive stimulus.
SimulaVR but it’s geared towards business