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Facebook's VR Headset Not Selling, Literally Giving It Away (news.yahoo.com)

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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 […]

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[-] bezerker03@lemmy.bezzie.world 2 points 1 year ago

They fixed that. Still need to make a meta account but it's not Facebook.

[-] Guntrigger@feddit.ch 9 points 1 year ago

Surely that is the exact same thing?

[-] Callendor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yup its exactly the same

[-] bezerker03@lemmy.bezzie.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes and no. The Facebook thing was upsetting folks mainly because they would get banned from Facebook and lose their oculus.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Needing any account to use hardware I own is a 100% deal-breaker.

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