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BCCMNV t1_j3ottf7 wrote

As far as I care, the updates ended this year when they required a meta account to use it.

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CN2498T t1_j3plsnw wrote

Meta is shooting themselves in their foot. Their platform is already set to fail, now they are accelerating it.

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medfreak t1_j3qzgss wrote

What's with all the negativity? Quest 1 is ancient in VR tech terms. The fact they supported updates with new features for four years is better than most cell phone companies.

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w0mbatina t1_j3r78kz wrote

Replying to CN2498T (#1,322,446)

How so? Quest has been discontinued since 2020. Why would they be shooting themselves in the foot by not producing updates for a product they havent been selling for over 4 years at that point?

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Dewshbag41 t1_j3r7y6z wrote

So glad the occlus will be available on some other platform in a couple years that doesn't require you to sign up for their shitty social media company.

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bicameral_mind t1_j3r9bd0 wrote

It was pretty much dead when Quest 2 came out. I bought a Quest 1 because it was a pretty mind blowing achievement at the time, but it was pretty clearly a gen 1 product. The 835 SOC was woefully inadequate as far as longevity. Those OLED screens though...

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ominous_squirrel t1_j3tehk4 wrote

Replying to w0mbatina (#1,325,093)

When I buy an expensive tech gadget from a multi-billion dollar company, I expect it to be supported for more than a couple years. For some of us, this was a major purchase on par with buying a new computer

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ominous_squirrel t1_j3tf4z8 wrote

Replying to medfreak (#1,324,701)

It wasn’t marketed to cutting edge VR enthusiasts. It was marketed to average people. Phones going out of service while they’re still useful is not an industry behavior to laud. It’s an anti-consumer money grab that contributes to huge piles of e-waste

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medfreak t1_j3tgc6f wrote

Replying to ominous_squirrel (#1,328,942)

The Quest 1 will continue to work just fine. It won't be getting any further updates. In a world where VR development is going to a break neck pace, and with all the costs that entails it is really not unreasonable.

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BrutalHunny t1_j3u0hra wrote

This is unfortunate since the Quest 1 has an OLED display making it better than the Quest 2.

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ExultantSandwich t1_j3uqc46 wrote

Replying to ominous_squirrel (#1,328,912)

It still works, and it will still have access to the store for buying games. It will still be repaired under warranty if you have one, and I’m sure they’ll repair them out of warranty if you pay.

They’re just not adding new stuff to it. Did you buy the headset expecting new features or did you buy it for what it could already do? What features are missing that could even be added via software at this point?

Your headset will continue to work exactly as it does. If you expect long software support for anything, I would strongly advise not buying any first generation products. The first iPhone only got 3 years of software support too, yet people still used them well past that point.

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