Quest 3 was the fourth most used VR headset on Steam in December, surpassing the original HTC Vive.
  • simple@lemmy.worldEnglish
    341·
    9 months ago

    Not surprising considering there’s little to no competition in that price range. Pretty much every not-bad PC headset is $1000+, and heavy hitters like Valve Index haven’t had a hardware refresh in years.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    I’ve been contemplating getting a VR headset, are there any ways to set up and operate an Oculus/Meta headset without giving Meta your data on a continuous basis?

    Anything Meta gives a bad taste to my mouth but the price difference to the Index is 1K CAD…

    • Anony Moose@lemmy.caEnglish
      131·
      9 months ago

      I was in the same boat as you. I ended up getting the Quest 3, because frankly, it’s one of the best headsets on the market right now. While Meta still tries it’s best to vacuum my data, I’ve disabled as many data sharing options as I can find.

      I do most of my VR gaming on PCVR through Steam Link, which is outstanding. If you have a PC and a good WiFi 6 router, you can avoid the Meta marketplace for the most part by buying PCVR games on Steam directly. That way Meta doesn’t get as much data out of you.

      • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        I’d want to play primarily SteamVR. But I’m worried that Meta could flip a switch and I’d have an otherwise useless $650 eyemask.

        If I can decouple the headset from needing updates and can have work solely over LAN I’d be sold. Maybe I’ll block it on my router if I had one.

        • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          6·
          9 months ago

          And they will. I’ve had a Quest 1 for ages and recently went to hook it up again and it had forced Facebook accounts. Used to be the gen 1 could still be used with just an Oculus account or “offline”. That’s no longer the case. We decided to make a FB account to use with it (never had one in the past) only to find that it couldn’t “authenticate” properly with PiHole running… so I now have a piece of e-waste that used to be a functional headset sitting on the pile.

          It was a beyond frustrating experience and made the option of ever purchasing a gen 2 or 3 a null factor. I’ll stick to the Rift and Index and deal with wires across my living room.

        • Anony Moose@lemmy.caEnglish
          5·
          9 months ago

          Yeah, that’s a fair concern. I wish somebody would create a custom ROM you could replace the Meta shit with or something

    • StephniBefni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      One of the reasons I actually stayed with WMR headsets like the reverb g2. Unfortunately they aren’t making any new ones going forward, but the headset is great!