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No but it tells Microsoft that, or Apple. And they've been collecting data like that since XP. You're just being an alarmist.

I for one don't really care if VR ads are tracking information like that, I kinda figured it was a given. In game ads on consoles have existed for 10+ Years, and guess what? Tracking how long the ad is on the screen was already included.

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This is supposed to be a dumb peripheral, so users can decide whether to accept psychological analysis and manipulation.

VR is supposed to be a dumb peripheral? That's incredibly ignorant - there needs to be a lot of software work to make VR work, and the company making the hardware is also making that software... Down the line maybe these will be all plug and play compatible, but in the meantime there isn't room for zealotry.

>No but it tells Microsoft that, or Apple. And they've been collecting data like that since XP.

My monitor tells Microsoft and Apple what I'm looking at? Huh?

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