Thanks for clarifying, guess you meant “required physical access to the machine AND being logged in.” then which makes a huge difference.

Sure, that’s literally how I started both comments but I can try to clarify a bit more my point : if you want to “just” use, this isn’t great, but if you enjoy building itself, it might be even better.

FWIW I do both, including professionally, so I definitely get the point of making a headset, or anything really (I even do a bit of woodworking and welding) yourself or building thanks to the previous projects of others. I’m definitely NOT suggesting it shouldn’t be attempted. I’m solely warning people who are solely, or even mostly, interested in a usable object while investing minimum effort in.

OS vendor is in cahoots with hardware manufacturers

That’s pretty much the strategy since Microsoft has been established. It’s not very creative, it’s not even legal, so it’s impressive (in a bad way) that they manage to keep on making it work.

2 wrongs don’t make a right, I did enjoy

• Theft! A History of Music https://web.law.duke.edu/musiccomic/
• Tales from the Public Domain: BOUND BY LAW? https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/

on the topic.

Come on Japan, what’s a bit of culture for AGI/ASI! Don’t you want to save the planet? /$

This is obviously sarcasm, OpenAI just wants more money, namely the exact OPPOSITE of what it was founded for.

Does it mean you don’t think login password with physical token with disk encryption work?

I think it’s good enough for learning and doing something weird but Meta Quest 1 or 2 cost less (just checked 2nd hand local website and saw a few for 100€) and require 0 hardware work while providing 6DoF (leaning just a tad in your cockpit? Huge difference) and higher refresh rate.

Again, it’s amazing to tinker but unless it’s part of a both technical and ethical adventure then I believe there are better options out there already.

You did but not anymore :

• Go can be rooted officially
• Quest 1/2/3/3s can be used without account thanks to PrivateQuest
• Quest 3 v78 (not newer OS version) can be rooted via a hack

So yes, by default you are paying with data. In fact IMHO if possible one should not rely on Meta hardware. That being said if you get e.g. a 2nd hand Quest 2 or 3 and use it without an account then you might be providing little to no money to Meta and no data. It’s not trivial but it’s feasible. Arguably it’s even easy for somebody who seriously consider such an endeavor of assembling their own HMD.

PS: Meta has access to the whole device but… they are not owning the OS itself, it’s still an Android device. The OS is very much driven by Google. In fact it’s quite interesting to consider that Meta failed to develop their own OS and that Google is shipping soon AndroidXR.

For now you have to use non open-source software PrivateQuest to pair it. I recommend to factory reset it first but anyway instructions are there, can be a bit finicky but does work.

I’ve read that some are trying to port it to GadgetBridge which would be ideal.

Believe me it’s even more than you imagine!

PS: for those who remember back then Relativty it became Unai then https://unison.co/ which according to LinkedIn (so take it via a grain of salt) went from 30 employees a year ago to half of that now and maybe more importantly hasn’t delivered anything I’m aware of. In itself that’s no big deal, startups do that, but it’s definitely quite far from the initial openness debut.

If you go down that path check https://buttplug.io/ because the fun does not have to stop with just vision!

Feel free to ask questions but you can also seek to https://video.benetou.fr/w/g111LSRGfj6HmNxa91au3q?start=35m50s directly which is the part with the live, in HMD, edition.

Don’t devaluate yourself, you’re infinitely more.

My LinkedIn feed

Yes… it’s so bad that I just never log in until I receive a DM, and even then I login, check it, if it’s useful I warn people I don’t use LinkedIn anymore then log out.

No, it’s not a deal. It’s only about learning IMHO and that’s already be great.

In fact it’s such a “bad” deal that I replied a bit in depth. My goal isn’t to bring the project down, heck I’m even envious about being able to do all that, but rather that people curious about VR don’t get confused. This is nearly a decade outdated and there are better open solutions, e.g. Lynx or even Meta Quest 2 without account IMHO.

Note that despite the lack of OpenXR support by relying on https://github.com/relativty/Relativty#14-software-setup they might support some SteamVR games. That said, again, it’s 6DoF and outdated so which actual games would be fun, not just playable, is a different question.

It relies on the Relativity VR driver so theoretically similar software support, namely https://github.com/relativty/Relativty#14-software-setup but mind you beside being 5 years old this is 3DoF, no controller or hand tracking, whereas the Quest is 6DoF, namely you can move around, not just turn your head.

We just might https://www.uploadvr.com/valves-next-headset-reportedly-enters-mass-production/

Indeed, I made a video about that but unfortunately in French https://video.benetou.fr/w/g111LSRGfj6HmNxa91au3q