Technology @lemmy.world misk @sopuli.xyz 5 mo. ago

Facebook opens its Android-based Quest operating system to other VR device makers – OSnews

www.osnews.com Facebook opens its Android-based Quest operating system to other VR device makers – OSnews

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My current requirements for a vr headset now: Not Meta/Facebook Ability to work with Steam VR Zero-setup (inside out tracking)
- Yup, give me one of those for <$500 that works on Linux and I'll probably get it. Otherwise, I'm happy to wait.
  
  I mean, we are on Lemmy, I figured limux was implied
- And my wife got a Meta Quest 2 headset that does neither of those. Ugh.
  
  ALVR works pretty well. Not zero setup but it's there. 🤷‍♂️
If they still phone home to Facebook, no thanks.
"We're being so generous by allowing other hardware manufacturers to buy into our closed walled-garden data mining system that could boot their company out of the market at a moments notice!"

EEE
The OS is the worst part of the Quest line. The hardware is pretty cool but software completely removes it from consideration for me.
So it the plan to go with the Google or Microsoft’s model?

Will third parties be able to customize whatever they want, like with Android, or is the user experience going to be strictly controlled, like with Windows?
- It's Facebook... They're 100% going the Windows route so that you can't turn off all of the data collection that will go straight to them.
  
  That’s what I would assume, but I guess the question is, has anyone here read through the licensing stuff?
This is just a play because Google is releasing Android XR soon
hmm
Calling Meta "Facebook" tells me all I need to know about the engagement that random opinion blog will attract.
- They're right tho. I call Meta Facebook like I call X Twitter. A name change can't wash away shit lmao

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