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This recall is only for the foam face insert. It's removable and probably very inexpensive to make / replace. Oculus is sending free replacements to folks. I a
by jeremyis 5y ago
This recall is only for the foam face insert. It's removable and probably very inexpensive to make / replace. Oculus is sending free replacements to folks.
I am an avid Quest 2 user since ~October. I play Population:one and _love_ it. It's a team-based Battle Royale. I am just blown away by how much fun and social it is. It's been a godsend during the pandemic.
The Quest 2 is only $300 - I strongly recommend it!
- 0des 5y agoDoes this model require an FB account to be used as intended?
- renewiltord 5y agoI believe so. It is required by them for store purchases.
- ct520 5y agoYes
- rychco 5y agoYes, so it should absolutely be avoided at all costs.
- wsc981 5y agoFrom what I read there’s an enterprise Oculus Quest 2 model that is more expensive but doesn’t require a Facebook account.
- zlsa 5y agoBut it doesn't have access to the consumer-facing store and is intended solely for internal business usage (for example, employee training and the like.)
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoOk, but the Oculus store sucks anyway, so the question is: can I just use Steam with it?
- Mindwipe 5y agoYou can actually obtain it with access to the consumer facing store now, but you couldn't when that scheme launched. But there is no way to switch between these options, or even to upgrade the consumer hardware you had to buy to get stuff out of the door when they launched without this functionality to be able to utilise the business accounts, even if you were willing to pay to do so. The answer is literally to junk your existing hardware investment. It's really a crazy mess. Nobody at Facebook/Oculus seems to really care about how this is supposed to work for businesses developing for the platform in practice. It seems so much harder than just permitting business users to set up a "faux" account that can be used for company wide demo machines (and managed only by signing into that account, not having to buy specific hardware), even if a bunch of verification was required for that initial setup.
- mortenjorck 5y agoIt does, but "requires a Facebook account" doesn't entirely capture the nature of Oculus' requirements. If, for instance, Twitter sold hardware that required a Twitter account, that would indeed be the beginning and end of it – create a new Twitter account for the hardware, and off you go. What Oculus requires, however, is your Facebook account, as in the one you created over a decade ago and never use but is full of all your friends' pictures of their children and/or political memes. Creating a separate account just for using the hardware is not only expressly forbidden, but can result in you being locked out of your device: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/oculus-quest-2-users-banned-from-facebook https://www.tomshardware.com/news/oculus-quest-2-users-banne... And if you truly do not have an existing account, good luck convincing the algorithms of that.
- knownjorbist 5y agoInteresting, did not know that they could ban people for that. I did exactly this and haven't had an issue yet. Maybe because I've purchased games through their store. Fingers crossed.
- ericflo 5y agoNo, there are numerous accounts online of people losing all their purchases because of violating their terms of service or whatever. Having purchased content won't help. Here's one from a few days ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/ouubx1/deleted_facebook_account/ https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/ouubx1/deleted_face... Or this from a week ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/osbbkj/i_lost_my_entire_oculus_library_because_i_tried/ https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/osbbkj/i_lost_my_en...
- moron4hire 5y ago> Creating a separate account just for using the hardware is not only expressly forbidden, but can result in you being locked out of your device: I'm not one to defend Facebook, but what you've said is just not true. That only happened to a handful of people at the very beginning and was likely a moderation bug. People aren't getting banned for having burner accounts.
- knownjorbist 5y agoA number of people make a FB account just for the oculus.
- zmmmmm 5y agoIt's highly risky .... it is directly against Facebook TOS and people are actively banned for it, not only losing all their purchases but sometimes their lifelong real facebook account as well.
- code_duck 5y agoSo this is a way to get them to permanently deactivate my account? Doesn’t sound so bad.
- knownjorbist 5y agoI used a throwaway email, phone, fake photos and friended a number of accounts. I have nothing connecting it to my "real" facebook and/or social graph. Maybe I'm lucky.
- notJim 5y agoIf anyone else is on the fence about the Quest 2, I received on as a gift, and it has totally blown me away. I was previously somewhat skeptical of VR, but it's so fun. FWIW, it also feels a bit _different_ than normal video games, because you're on your feet, moving your body, etc.
- insulanus 5y agoYes, I used a friend's, and it really is great. However, you must link it to your facebook account that is connected to your true friend graph, and they can deactivate your account at any time. I highly recommend that no one buy one.
- neither_color 5y agoI wasnt knocking on the quest 2, I love mine. You just literally can't buy one retail right now, only second hand like ebay. It's an FYI.