Technology

59457 readers

3150 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

406

Meta spent $4.3 billion on its VR division in three months, and made checks figures $440 million in return (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 6 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

101 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They have the best VR headset in the market. The only problem is that it's also mining all your data.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Do they? I thought it was just the cheapest.

[–] OADINC@feddit.nl 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It's the best for normal users (price vs performance), not for VR pros or the best experience possible.

Mandatory: fuck Facebook / Meta

[–] Vash63@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

That's because they're losing billions selling it. If it cost what it actually took to produce it wouldn't be the best on the market anymore, they're trying to bully out players who can't afford to lose billions for years until they're in total control.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is it the cheapest? I don't follow VR much anymore.

I agree being the best is subjective, but the UX is impeccable.

Pull out the helmet, setup the guardian and you can play pretty much anywhere.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ok, so it sounds like you put a lot of value on a standalone experience. So something like a Switch or phone for gaming instead of a gaming PC.

That seems to be the area they win at. They don't have the best image, refresh rate, or tracking accuracy, but they are easy to get going with, and it's inexpensive relative to other options.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

To me, the biggest strength is how small the headset is and the fact that you don't need to dedicate a room to VR with sensors.

I put a lot of value on how easy it is to setup. When VR first started, I had a dedicated 7x7 space with a pulley system so that the wires wouldn't get in the way. My computer had to be near as well.

If I had a mansion, I would definitely use a better headset, but if we want a better VR adoption, then it needs to be accessible to as many people as possible.