this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2024
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The closest I've felt to those monumental leaps in recent history was the first time I played VR. It feels similarly mind-blowing.
VR is great, but it's just so hard to convince people with a trailer, it really is something that you have to experience, I'm glad there was a VR arcade here for me to try it out.
It's just a shame that only one company wants to bring it to the masses, and they're one of the worst companies I can think of.
Although the last few years have certainly given them competition on that front, if not the VR one.
I'm still mad that Microsoft is deciding to just brick WMR devices. It's such a scum move. They should require unlocking and open-sourcing the firmware at that point.
"But muh companee seecrets :(" Clearly you're done with them, M$ / HP / Samsung / Asus and friends!
I'm happy Monado is a thing but right now it just feels like a very big "if" for these devices, and I refuse to give facebook any money for any reason.
At least there's hope with possibly lightly used Vive kits or something? Idk...
Meta will brick my headset unless I tell them my birthday within 30 days, and just by using the device it links to multiple emails, my phone number, phone, and laptops. The OS feels cooked to grab data and many of the TOS agreements say it explicitly.
https://www.meta.com/help/quest/articles/accounts/account-settings-and-management/why-we-ask-for-your-birthday/
But at the same time it's under £300 and doesn't even need a PC or PS5 to run it.
A PSVR2 with console will set you back just under £1000. A Valve Index setup with good PC is probably going to be close to £2500.
It's not hard to see why the Quest outsells all the others by miles.
You either pay with money or your data. This clearly shows the value of your data.
Very true. I'm definitely softer on Zuckerberg and his company after owning a couple oculus headsets, my misery is less, I live another day. It feels like doing something I know I shouldn't do but I can't help but enjoy it.
What? I assume you're referencing Meta, but Valve cooked their own VR solution years and years ago (Valve Index) and it's pretty much the best one out there, and the software gets an update about once a week.
Yes, but it's not really for the masses is it? It costs over a grand which is a big ask for hardware that few people actually make games for.
The PS5 is $750 and only plays PS4 games and people are still buying those