If the cuts are deep, they could hamper Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s project to build augmented and virtual reality products enabling access to a set of immersive virtual
VR is interesting to me. I have zero desire for a facebook product, I don’t care how good it is.
Zuckerberg has to realize he, as the messenger, is poisoning the future he wants to exist.
It’s a shame that Oculus was gobbled up by them, and a shame that they seem to be the only ones capable of making an untethered unit.
I’ve used the quest, and could take or leave the built in stuff, mostly leave, but the untethered desktop VR experience was something else.
I just won’t ever buy a Facebook product.
They even pissed off John “Literal Rocket Scientist” Carmack enough to leave.
Unfortunately, Oculus was started by a Maga head so… I’m not sure who is worse. Probably the Maga head but Zuckerberg sold privacy data to Cambridge analytica.
Yeah, I’m still using my Quest 2, but I’m sure in time there’ll be a really good offer from someone else, and I would buy that. I’m really interested in what Valve might have to offer soon
I was quite sad when I crossed Occulus off my list following the acquisition.
I would have loved one.
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.
VR is potentially cool, but meta is building a version of Second life that has less privacy and more monetization. Hard pass
I was bummed that they bought oculus, but now they’ve advanced the tech so much and made it so clear to the market that people want unrestricted vr that I’m hoping the whole debacle jumpstarts a stream deck equivalent, just a headset with decent tech running on open source software or minimally restricted software that just works.
That’s why the oculus was so good, they just released it it developers play with it, no logins, no required software environments, just creative fun
I’m with you. I want Meta to keep heavily developing in the VR and AR space, but not so I can buy products from them. I just want the increase in new products and innovation from other companies that would come with that development.
Yea, exactly. I searched around a little and it looks like that’s actually working out, there’s some tiny companies offering 4K VR glasses for 500 bucks now; it’s not exactly an open environment again like in the heyday, but at least it isn’t tethered to a massive data mining corporation.
I’m not sure if there are open environment alternatives. Actually, I didn’t even know 4K had gotten so cheap already, It was encouraging to hear about all the little companies making new goggles.
I loved using the, I think it was 1080p Oculus DK2 for watching movies and playing games, so I can’t wait to be blown away by one of these 4K kits just a few years later.
I think an open alternative would become more likely as VR becomes more adopted. While I don’t like Meta, they are doing a good job at increasing adoptions, and that’s something that I’m certainly happy about.
I think the Quest 3 now has DRM and a bunch of other intrusive components, so that’s definitely off the table.
Pico looks promising, will have to do more research.
I was ready to buy a vr headset until I realized the only one under 1000 was meta.
Nope.
Same. I even tried it and it’s really cool, and at that price point I would… but meta. I even heard at one point they forced you to log in with your facebook account to use it. Wtf? I don’t even have one. So basically I’ll wait for the valve index 2.0. VR is not mature yet and they all have quirks and trade offs.
HP Reverb G2?
I refuse to buy hp products. Hard pass.
The metaverse silicon team? Money really was too cheap in the pandemic.
Wonder if he’ll make an oh-so-brave mea culpa and be praised for it like when they did massive layoffs early this year? Of course it’s your fault dude, you’re the founder and CEO! What an asshat.
