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John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta

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520 points OlympicMarmoto | 3 comments | 29 Aug 25 16:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.682s | source
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thrance ◴[29 Aug 25 18:03 UTC] No.45067414[source]▶
He's acting like their VR UX is top notch when it's as bad as it gets. Just yesterday I dusted off my Meta Quest 2 to play a bit, and spent around an hour trying to pair up my left controller to the helmet after replacing the battery.

You can't do it without going through their fucking app, that asks for every permissions under the sun, including GPS positioning for some reason. After finally getting this app working and pairing it with my headset, I could finally realize the controller was just dead and their was nothing to do.

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1. lyu07282 ◴[30 Aug 25 02:34 UTC] No.45071452[source]▶
You can pair the controllers in the settings you don't need an app. Their VR UX does suck that is true, and horizon worlds is such a collosal failure that I'm surprised they haven't cancelled that entirely yet. But carmack also stated the technical issues numerous times.
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2. thrance ◴[30 Aug 25 09:45 UTC] No.45073325[source]▶
No you can't? By their own documentation, you have to use the app: https://www.meta.com/fr-fr/help/quest/967070027432609/

And my quick search on the internet yielded no other mean to pair controllers.

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3. lyu07282 ◴[30 Aug 25 10:12 UTC] No.45073423[source]▶
thats so weird, i have both the quest 2 and 3 and don't remember doing that at all but yeah looks like I'm wrong