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What if I bought a HMD other that Oculus Rift ?

bobd14
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With several HMD  on the market lately, & OR being closely link with face book, my next purchase may be from a different manufacturer.   What happens to the apps that were bought at the oculus store...lost ? 
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kevinw729
Honored Visionary

RedRizla said:
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That's the problem we haven't been told how this is going to affect Revive. Where has Facebook mentioned what is going to happen with Revive? They could just announce next week that Revive will need a Facebook Social Media account after October, or some other date. But how are we to know unless someone has a link that mentions what Oculus have planned for Revive users?
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We have asked numerous times across the forums - no one has one.
We may have to wait till next week, or more likely October to see how the transition works. But again the lack of the Road Map, rather than depending on 2014 video presentations of former members of the team for commitment is an issue that leaves some of us uneasy. But I am sure others are perfectly fine with this - so there is nothing to it. 🙂
https://vrawards.aixr.org/ "The Out-of-Home Immersive Entertainment Frontier: Expanding Interactive Boundaries in Leisure Facilities" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Home-Immersive-Entertainment-Frontier/dp/1472426959

Oculus won't provide a roadmap for something that isn't supported.

@RedRizla I would also consider who is consistently pessimistic about the future of Oculus consumer VR and who is optimistic and where their interests lie.

kevinw729
Honored Visionary


Oculus won't provide a roadmap for something that isn't supported.



Totally agree - but if they were closing the door on a loop hole (their perception not mine) then it would be the kind of thing to signal?
https://vrawards.aixr.org/ "The Out-of-Home Immersive Entertainment Frontier: Expanding Interactive Boundaries in Leisure Facilities" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Home-Immersive-Entertainment-Frontier/dp/1472426959

Doesn't the requirement for a facebook account close the door? again, why would a block on Revive be needed as well?

The answer to that is it wouldn't be needed, and asking for a roadmap from Oculus for something that isn't supported is pointless.

RedRizla
Honored Visionary


@RedRizla I would also consider who is consistently pessimistic about the future of Oculus consumer VR and who is optimistic and where their interests lie.



Considering somethings have changed with Oculus since I became a user back in 2013, I can't help but feel pessimistic. Right now I could lose software I've purchased because I'm not going create a Facebook Social Media account. Had I known I would have to create a Social Media account back then, I doubt I would have purchased these games. First I lost features I once had and now I stand to lose games I purchased at some point. So yeah, sorry for not feeling very optimistic.

You will lose the social features of Oculus software as we all will if we don't have a facebook account.

kevinw729
Honored Visionary


Doesn't the requirement for a facebook account close the door? again, why would a block on Revive be needed as well?

The answer to that is it wouldn't be needed, and asking for a roadmap from Oculus for something that isn't supported is pointless.



I see your point - as they do not really recognize ReViVE then they do not care one way or the other - even if members of their dev team are using it for evaluation and admit its value - it is not really their concern.

I think you may accidently miss construed what was mentioned by the Road Map - this was more a direction of the company on hardware, there was no real need for ReViVE to be mentioned, more a question on if it would be actively blocked, and from what you allude too they would not admit or deny that in the first place.

The Road Map is contentious I know - constraining the operation to abide by a fixed path, when all around is changing. No corporation would normally do this but expect the loyalty of their customer-base, and those influencing it, to follow their lead. Its just that Oculus/Facebook is in a unusual position of having (passengers) customer on their "cruise ship" that had paid for a destination, and would like to know that is still the intention. How the captain sails the ship is their secret, just that the target harbor is the same as they paid for. And no amount of mental gymnastics can say they have really made an official statement on this intent - the Facebook ID announcement was the first real information given by the operation since recent restructuring. 
https://vrawards.aixr.org/ "The Out-of-Home Immersive Entertainment Frontier: Expanding Interactive Boundaries in Leisure Facilities" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Home-Immersive-Entertainment-Frontier/dp/1472426959

As I say, the whole industry is moving towards account harvesting and away from hardware exclusivity, Microsoft, Sony and I have little doubt facebook too.

RedRizla
Honored Visionary


You will lose the social features of Oculus software as we all will if we don't have a facebook account.



How do you come to that conclusion? From what I'm hearing if I don't create a Facebook Social Media account after 2023 then I will lose access to my games. For those who don't mind creating a Social Media account, or already have one like yourself, then it's not a problem. For people like myself who don't want to create a Social media account, it is a problem.

I must now decide if I should continue to buy Oculus exclusives, knowing there will come a time when I can't play these games. I will also have to repurchase other games I've already got on Oculus store from Steam at some point. Unless Oculus or the devs of these games kindly give me a Steam key to use.