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Facebook's VR Headset Not Selling, Literally Giving It Away

Facebook’s VR Headset Not Selling, Literally Giving It Away::Last fall, Meta-formerly-Facebook unveiled its Meta Quest Pro, a long-rumored, higher-end follow-up to the company’s best-selling Quest 2 VR headset. The sleek device, which initially went on sale for an eye-watering $1,500, has really struggled to catch on since then, just as we predicted at the time. And, as Mixed Reality News reports, Meta is […]

negativeyoda ,

Just realized that I don’t even see people clowning on Zuck’s VR fixation these days.

Chobbes ,

I think Twitter has just taken up all of the oxygen lately.

FartsWithAnAccent ,
@FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, not even if you literally paid me. Fuck Meta/Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat/Oculus/etc…

mrcleanup ,

It’s too bad because the hardware and software so far have been on point. The moment Facebook bought Oculus, I knew it was over, at least for me.

specfreq ,
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You could not pay me… I’m not even mad at Facebook, fuck you so much Palmer Lucky!!!

joel ,

No it’s “literally” been reduced to $1000.

Kbobabob ,

And now, as Mixed Reality News reports, Meta is literally resorting to giving them away for free: Attendees of this year’s developer conference for the global gaming platform Roblox each got a free Meta Quest Pro

maniel ,
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Ummm I want one free!

CatZoomies ,
@CatZoomies@lemmy.world avatar

I definitely would not. I have opted out of Facebook’s insidious and predatory algorithm, platform for spreading misinformation, and anti-consumer micro violations in privacy which culminate into a prodigious amoral corporation that abuses human rights. And they want me to put a headset on and join their ecosystem? Fuck that.

malloc ,

If it’s free; you are the product.

reagansrottencorpse ,

I feel so dumb for buying an index, I barely use it.

bitsplease ,

I don’t really regret it, because it was a truly awesome experience while it was fresh, and I probably sunk hundreds of hours into it over the pandemic. But yeah, it does get old surprisingly quickly, and there are literally no new games for it that aren’t arcade-style trash from the past few years.

Sadly, I think HL:A was the peak of VR gaming, and it’s all been downhill from there.

Maybe when standalones get powerful enough that they can run “real” games, it’ll kickoff again, but I don’t think I’ve put on my headset in months at this point, and there’s nothing on the horizon that’s likely to make me grab it again any time soon

float ,

Have you played Superhot VR? It’s one of my favorite VR games.

teichflamme ,

I like super hot but it’s really nothing like Alyx.

I’m in the same boat. I played a bit more of NMS in VR, but I am not seeing a lot on the horizon in terms of single player AAA games.

bitsplease ,

Literally the first game I ever played in VR, but it kind of stands as a good example of what I’m talking about. It’s literally almost a decade old and is still at the top of most people’s VR game lists. The VR gaming industry has stagnated big time.

And honestly what we need are more games like HL:A and (arguably) boneworks, real games, with a plot, characters, etc. Vertigo 2 is the only game I can think of that has come out recently that meets those criteria, and even that felt pretty cheap and unpolished

Kolanaki ,
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I’ll take a Quest again for free. Gimme.

VentraSqwal ,

Should’ve gone to the Roblox developer conference lol

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Oh that’s the catch? I have to be a Roblox dev? 🤢

Tygr ,

Nobody wants to buy this generation’s Nintendo Virtual Boy.

Carnelian ,

I want one! Just not from Zuck

db2 ,

If it’s really free then it’s worth investigating to hack it to something open and privacy-respecting.

jdeath ,

free if you went to the roblox conference 🤮

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