The Oculus identify could also be no extra, however there may be no less than one piece of fine information in Facebook’s choice to rebrand itself as Meta. You will not want a Facebook account to make use of its Quest headsets. That tidbit of data was nestled in a post from soon-to-be Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth detailing what the rebranding means for the corporate’s numerous merchandise.    

“We’re working on new ways to log into Quest that won’t require a Facebook account, landing sometime next year,” Bosworth mentioned. “This is one of our highest priority areas of work internally.”

Meta introduced in August 2020 it will ultimately require all Oculus house owners to log into their units with a Facebook account. At the time, the corporate mentioned individuals it will begin prompting individuals to merge their Oculus and Facebook accounts beginning in October 2020. Under that plan, Oculus house owners would have had till January 1st, 2023 to proceed utilizing their headsets with no Facebook account. After that time, Meta mentioned the units would proceed working, however warned some video games and apps wouldn’t. Unsurprisingly, the Oculus group instantly hated the choice. “What the fuck,” mentioned one of many extra tame feedback an Oculus proprietor posted within the feedback part of the weblog submit detailing the coverage change.