[lnanek2]

Are you sure you aren't living in a techie bubble? Oculus consistently tops the best selling headsets list at amazon cnet, PCMag, etc.. The only non-developers I know with headsets all have Oculus or more rarely PSVR. Maybe they aren't cutting edge, but everyday people can't afford cutting edge anyway.

They burned a lot of developer cred. by going back on the promise not to require Facebook login with Oculus, but the public at large has no knowledge of that. All the public knows is that it's decent hardware for a super low price compared to the competitors, it doesn't require a PC, and it's what most of their friends with a headset are using.

Can't really call having the most popular headset not succeeding, even if it is probably subsidized with their massive ads money making machine.

[nmfisher]

I think he's talking about the weird VR meeting software with cartoon avatars, not the hardware itself.

The Oculus is great, but the way it's actually used today (games/social VR chat mostly) is still pretty niche.

Facebook is really pushing this new metaverse use case that blends VR with work/meetings/etc. I personally think it's a non-starter, they seem to be trying extremely hard to manufacture a trend, rather than capitalizing on an existing one.

But I've been completely wrong about Facebook twice before, so what do I know.

[thEiAoLoGy]

I got my open source WebXR app running pretty well on the Quest browser. I honestly think that WebXR is going to be the metaverse especially with seamlessly walking between worlds.

https://vox.run if you want to check it out. Supports any WebXR browser and the dev tools are built in.

[Aeolun]

Plus they think the fact it works with a facebook account is a feature, not a bug.