• TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It sucks, because I’ve listened to a ton of interviews with him discussing VR/AR and I actually think he is super interested in the tech and is doing pretty incredible stuff in the space. But the blatant disregard for people’s personal privacy and Facebook/Social Media’s destructive history prevents me from trusting Meta in this area and many others. What’s sad is that Zuck actually is pretty damn smart, and I think he’s one of the few billionaires that really understands tech. They’ve been open sourcing things and just getting better overall in a lot of ways but at the end of the day the trust isn’t there.

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      I loved the CV1 oculus. The moment Facebook integration started happening I noped the fuck out of there. Also can’t stand overly proprietary environments. Acquiescence to researchers like yann lecun would be the only reason I don’t absolutely detest meta at this point.

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        It would have been less bitter if they hadn’t promised that Facebook would never be required or integrated at the time Facebook bought them… just before they made it an integrated requirement.

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          At least they reversed it, but they probably still waited for most people to give in and make a Facebook account. I still log in with an Oculus account.

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            I have two VR systems. Neither require an account

            You shouldn’t need to log into hardware.

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              While this is true, it was not in consideration during my purchase. I was not as informed at the time. I’ll wait for a time when there is a good competitor for untethered VR, that is also an appreciable difference to upgrade.

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        1 year ago

        Love my CV1. My quest 2 gets more use since it’s wireless, but I’ll never not love the CV1

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      VR is potentially cool, but meta is building a version of Second life that has less privacy and more monetization. Hard pass