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Meta bought Oculus VR technology in 2014. The attempt to make Meta Quest a mainstream hit cost $8.3 billion this year alone. Despite the lack of enthusiasm from gamers, Mark Zuckerberg does not plan to give up. Since the end of 2020, Oculus VR rebranded as Reality Labs, has accumulated losses of around $50 billion. These are not final amounts; the latest results are even worse than in the first quarter 2024.

Despite the obvious lack of success, Meta is neither giving up nor even slowing down. Efforts in this technology unrelated to gaming have become the subject of jokes, such as Mark Zuckerberg's infamous VR selfie. The entire Metaverse concept is currently rarely mentioned, although there is no indication that Meta plans to abandon it.

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[–] poVoq 7 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Stop trying to be the Apple of VR. No one likes Facebook, it will never work.

If they invested in a open standard and ecosystem, more like Android, with easy side-loading they might convince people, but not like this.

[–] Emotet 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Meta Horizon OS is Android. Full of bloat and telemetry, but Android nonetheless. Unlocking ADB and sideloading isn't trivial, but officially supported.

[–] poVoq 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Technically yes, but in the worst kind of way.

[–] yonder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

A meta account with attached phone number is needed to use ADB.

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