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A standalone VR headset that I don't have to give money to the zucc to enjoy? I'm buying like 12 of these things as soon as they'll take my money
Absolutely! This has been one of the reasons for me holding out on Meta Quest despite really wanting one. Now, the zucc can bite my shiny metal ass.
Sorry to put you on the spot but I saw this countless time this morning after reading the news so I'm asking you :
My point being that there already are standalone VR HMDs that do NOT need Meta and can be great to tinker. The example I share works, can be rooted and even run Linux proper (even though quite experimental) https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Lynx_R1_(lynx-r1)
So... it's a nice thing to say, and yet please do not give your "money to the zucc" but also I believe that means there is something else people are missing, otherwise they'd have already made the move. I don't mean this as a criticism, only to try to understand what that gap is.
Quite frankly, I've simply never heard of that. I tried one of the quests at a convention once and I was like "wait hold on, they've got the computer inside the headset? That's awesome I want it" and then I learned it was Facebook so I lost interest
No worries, it's quite niche even for XR professionals some are surprised to learn it even exists. So I'd put that on lack of communication from Lynx.
Also FWIW for Meta/Facebook one can use a headset without any account now via PrivateQuest so if bought 2nd hand, not 1 cent goes to the zucc.
Can the XR1 work as non standalone like the Frame with the receiver? That’s the advantage for me, to have more processing power when I need/want it.
I never tried with it specifically (done with with numerous other HMDs though) but it's just streaming and they have a Alvr repo https://github.com/Lynx-MR/ALXR so I imagine so yes.