Have you used the Quest 2? I've owned the original rift dev kit, a vive, a vive pro, and a quest 2.... the stand alone quest 2 experience is actually pretty amazing. I was skeptical, too, but it is quite impressive.
The pixel 4 is better than the original pixel. This shouldn't surprise anyone. Extrapolate.
Mine does too, although the unlimited photos has nothing to do with the phone but just google services.
>For example after a software update the usb-c port is no longer reversible, it only charges if cable is inserted in specific direction.
I currently have both a Pixel 3 and a Pixel 3a XL in front of me and this isn't true for either phone. Have you tried cleaning out the usb-c port of dust? There might be dirt build up on one side that isn't allowing all the charging pins to engage properly or something. Another issue might be with the cable.
Paying them money is cutting your own throat.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28871907
Carmack's actions in light of the pattern of Oculus acquiring tech from valve in shady ways can't be seen as anything other than just another guy betraying his former employer for oculus.
A giant stain on his reputation for anyone who can see just how oculus was built.
Also don't see the issue with Carmack. Code you write ethically belongs to you, no matter what the law or your employment contract says
Code you write under contract to an employer doesn't belong to you. Someone paid you for that.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28871907
It's not that valve co-developed the rift, its that CV1 was exactly the steam sight headset with the CV tracking system and new fresnel lenses.
Valve employees convinced whoever made decisions over there to just give the tech over to oculus without a license or contract, and then those employees jumped ship to facebook/oculus in one of the most egregious unethical backstabs in recent tech memory.
Carmack couldn't convince his employer to give away the work he did, so he just took it with him and somehow was involved in a 'clean room' reimplementation of work he did for someone else. It's part of a pattern of unethical behaviour for the big names in oculus.
I wouldn't give them a penny.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28871907
Oculus is company built on lies and scams.
No one is arguing whether the company is bad, that is not relevant to whether standalone VR is bad. How is it bad when everyone is saying the experience is actually really good? You can’t just say the company is bad, that is irrelevant to the point.