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It's unknown what a Meta account will be, but I can explain the difference between a FB account and an Oculus one. Having an Oculus account was pretty much lik

It's unknown what a Meta account will be, but I can explain the difference between a FB account and an Oculus one. Having an Oculus account was pretty much like having a Steam account. It keeps track of your devices, your purchases, and you get emails or notifications (if you enable it)about products it thinks you want. Not perfect, but an a tradeoff I will accept for great devices and a good service. Having to log into FB means you have to create an FB account, and they try to stop you from setting up a fake one not connected to your real phone number and emails. Using your device will mean that sometimes you have to log into FB which can be a real hassle on your home browser or phone. You have to think about leaving cookies, not leaving certain apps on your phone, particularly if you are on Android, and if you are a Quest 2 developer you are an Android developer so all the security questions are x2. Plus, FB probably keeps this account you set up just to use your Oculus device and they post to it every time you buy a game or maybe every time you get an achievement. I have no idea if anyone actually has the misfortune to see those posts, but I wonder if they collect money on ads that are served to the accounts that have no other activity than automated Oculus posts. Someone here would know. I love the Quest 2 and I am really happy FB is doing this. Thank you FB for this.

kerng 5y ago
This entire rebranding is just a stunt to steer away from the mess Facebook creates in our society - it's still the same people in charge, even worse the Facebook people are moving more and more over to RL teams - so absolutley nothing will change, it will actually get worse as Facebook culture takes over. Maybe some fun startup like Magic Leap or maybe Snap rebrands to Antimeta.
- georgeecollins 5y ago
  I don't disagree, but keep in mind that any VR headset is probably going to involve an account and a login. When I download a game from Nintendo or Valve I am signing up for something and giving them personal info. We are going to have to strike some balances. It's really annoying to have FB (or anyone) mandate that you join a multi-platform surveillance ecosystem to use their hardware. On the other hand, a platform with a digital library-- like say a kindle-- requires a login and some personal info. We just need to set some limits so that companies don't abuse these relationships.
  - chii 5y ago
    > We are going to have to strike some balances. the balance is easily reached before the advent of facebooks' policy - you buy the hardware, you get to run _any_ software on it. Some software require an account, but only because that software's specific needs (like VR chat would require some sort of account to identify a user). Steam lets you use steamvr without having a steam account. The only reason facebook didn't is because they saw an opportunity to pull in people by force into the facebook ecosystem.

kerng 5y ago

This entire rebranding is just a stunt to steer away from the mess Facebook creates in our society - it's still the same people in charge, even worse the Facebook people are moving more and more over to RL teams - so absolutley nothing will change, it will actually get worse as Facebook culture takes over. Maybe some fun startup like Magic Leap or maybe Snap rebrands to Antimeta.

georgeecollins 5y ago
I don't disagree, but keep in mind that any VR headset is probably going to involve an account and a login. When I download a game from Nintendo or Valve I am signing up for something and giving them personal info. We are going to have to strike some balances. It's really annoying to have FB (or anyone) mandate that you join a multi-platform surveillance ecosystem to use their hardware. On the other hand, a platform with a digital library-- like say a kindle-- requires a login and some personal info. We just need to set some limits so that companies don't abuse these relationships.
- chii 5y ago
  > We are going to have to strike some balances. the balance is easily reached before the advent of facebooks' policy - you buy the hardware, you get to run _any_ software on it. Some software require an account, but only because that software's specific needs (like VR chat would require some sort of account to identify a user). Steam lets you use steamvr without having a steam account. The only reason facebook didn't is because they saw an opportunity to pull in people by force into the facebook ecosystem.