I also don't think VR is good enough to be worth investing $1k+ into a VR headset like Vive. $300 seemed like a very high return on investment for what I got. Not sure about $400 since I already have one but I'd probably still do it.
I also made a fake, empty Facebook account to use the Oculus store, so I don't feel like it's a privacy invasion.
You're kidding yourself with that. You gave Facebook literal eyes into your home through an internet connected device. If you don't think Facebook know who you are I have some coins I'd like to sell you.
"One of the things I’m really excited about for future versions is getting eye tracking and face tracking in" - Mark Zuckerberg https://uploadvr.com/zuckerberg-quest-3-4-eye-face-tracking/
Here is their tech demo for full eye and face tracking for virtual avatars:
There's enough wrong with FB/Meta to not need to go into conspiracies
[1]: https://www.ft.com/content/76d40aac-034e-4e0b-95eb-c5d34146f...
I did, and it says that they gave message access to users that authorized it to. Saying "Facebook is reckless with data" because of this makes as much sense as saying that google is "reckless" with your data because people are constantly downloading shady flashlight apps and granting them location permissions.
The information on when you are playing gives information on your job situation.
The kinds of games give insight into personality.
And so on, if you combine with data from other sources (what else happens on the IP address around the same time?) you can get quite a lot.
They definitely don’t see the VR devices as a gateway to another frontier on data collection. That’s why they paid billions for Oculus and then spent billions to sell the Quest devices at a loss.
Ignore the fact that one of basic features of the Quest is to scan your room and build a play area. Just give FB a burner account and you’re set they definitely won’t be able to tie that data together it’s not like they built their entire business around doing that.
Data, not video or pictures.
I just made a mental list of all of the items in my office room where I use Quest and the face I own a Macbook and some high end speakers/chair/desk/monitor and an iPhone is really not that interesting to anyone.
I'm way more concerned by my mobile phone or browser where I actual engage with personal information.
I use it maybe an hour or two a week now (used to be way higher) and when I'm not using it it sits in a case in a closet. I dont see any value of getting images of my office and audio of an empty room.
I'm really struggling to see how this affects my privacy. I dont even play multiplayer games where I'm ever talking.
- Star Wars Vader Immortal, is so good I can only compare it to a Disneyland ride.
- Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners
It's not all about graphics, it's about gameplay, cooperation, competition and good sportsmanship with some friendly ribbing. I've got more than 2K matches in and still play a couple times a week until the battery dies.
There is also Golf+ plus I am way more into table tennis.
• Biking/walking through interesting locations (museums, beautiful nature) together with my disabled wife is wonderful.
• Contemplating while visiting some beautiful locations such as Horseshoe bend from above is very nice.
• Biking through brightly-lit locations while actually being in the dark in my air-conditioned bedroom while my wife sleeps is nice.
• I don't play the games, but the best of them have enormous dedicated followings
• Viewing 3D pictures taken by users is often interesting.
• I find anything approaching porn very creepy, but imagine that the "virtual live sex doll" nature of it is very popular.
Secondary FB accounts can be banned for not being the "real person" btw.
Can you use it as a virtual desktop, like Arcan Safespaces: https://arcan-fe.com/2018/03/29/safespaces-an-open-source-vr...
What about writing code in VR with unlimited virtual monitors/windows?
I purchased a streaming VR service and played games on Steam not available on Oculus store using my Quest 2. Greatly expanding the number of games you can play.
And I have a PC that can handle VR games (and you can use the Quest 1 or 2 as basically a PC VR headset if you want). But it’s just so much less hassle to use the native Quest.
The main use of the Quest is still to play beatsaber tho LOL.
If this isn't your main account, then this is a violation of the ToS and Meta/FB can (and in many cases, have) ban you and remove access to everything you bought at the drop of a hat.
If it is your main account, then you should assume that they are linking all of your VR data in the backend with whatever shadow profiles they have generated for you from other sources.
The best ROI is bringing it to my sisters house to play with my nephew/niece. They always have a blast.