RE: I think the MetaVerse might just leave me stuck in the 2010s
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I like the virtual hivefest, but was bummed a little when I noticed that my oculus go device was locked out of altspacevr due to being discontinued. As I don't throw $things away, just because the manufacturer says it's discontinued, I would have liked to continue using it, was fun last year. So I'm stuck in 2020. At least I got the badge in 2D version :D
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See, and that's another infuriating thing about tech/gadgets - manufacturers pretending like if you don't upgrade every time they tweak something, then you're a dinosaur in a couple of years and how could you possibly expect it to still work? Like I dunno, maybe if they still supported it because we can't all buy an expensive thing every year, more people would be able to participate in things. Sigh!
opensource fixes this
And I've read that Facebook (sorry, META) can just lock you out of anything you've subscribed to with that device too.
I might investigate headsets at some point - but i wouldn't buy an Oculus for that reason, and I think in any case i'd need a hard wired broad band connection and a desktop!
Maybe next year or the year after.
good thing is, they UNLOCKED the go. That is amazing, I just noticed it when googling for a jailbreak. This makes the device very useful for developers, you get root. Nice move, every company should open discontinued products so that the community can do whatever they want. My device will be useful for a lot more year that way.
https://developer.oculus.com/blog/unlocking-oculus-go/
https://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-go-unlock-root-john-carmack/
Would not have noticed without this thread, so thanks :D