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by Analemma_ 840 days ago
The parent's comment is about how it quite literally is not a standalone headset, as is currently being demonstrated.
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It is a standalone headset. You don't need a tethered gaming PC or console for the Quest series of headsets.
I thought that too, but it seems like you need a tethered cloud PC somewhere at meta to open apps after all.
Only because there's a bug, seems like. Normally you can turn off your wifi entirely and the headset continues to work fine. Tried disconnecting entirely in a non-standalone headset and see how that works out for you.

Standalone just means you don't need to tether to a PC or console.

Standalone, but not autonomous.