The first customers have already received the Oculus Rift, but was also known to be a delivery delayed by a shortage of parts. Many positive things, but according to a Redditor there is also a dark side to the Rift: that has to do with the fact that Oculus of Facebook is. The Rift Facebook namely collects data from not only the Rift, but also the PC itself.
When installing the Rift is a process created called OVRServer_x64.exe it mainly to serve as a detector for connecting the VR headset, so immediately start the necessary software Oculus Home. For this, the process should always run, but it also has to do with other things.
Several users on Reddit These indicate that sends the service directly connected to the servers of Facebook under the name fbcdn, and regular data direction Facebook; sometimes by up to 7 MB / s. Looking at the conditions of the Rift, it appears that when the pop-up agreement clicks, it is agreed to gather all sorts of information about the rift itself and the system. This goes so far that exact location data, movements and information of local storage are collected and sent to Facebook. As evidenced by the following quote from the conditions:
Information Automatically Collected About You When You Use Our Services . We ook collect information automatically When you use our Services. Depending on how you access and use our services, we May collect information such as:
Information about your interactions with our services, like information about the games, content, apps or other experiences you interact with, and information Collected in or through cookies, localStorage, pixels, and similar technologies (additional information about synthesis technologies are available at https://www.oculus.com/en-us/cookies-pixels-and-other-technologies/)
Information about how you access our Services-including information about the type of device you’re using (zoals a headset, PC, or mobile device), your browser or operating system, your Internet Protocol ( “IP “) address, and certainement device identifiers That May be unique to your device
Information about the games, content, or other apps installed on your device or provided through our Services-including from third parties;
Location information, All which can be derived from information zoals your device’s IP address. If you’re using a mobile device, we May collect information about the device’s precise location, All which is derived from sources zoals the device’s GPS signal and information about nearby Wi-Fi networks and cell towers; and
Information about your physical movements and dimensions When you use a virtual reality headset.
The greatest merit of Facebook come from advertisements and many were already worried then took over the company Oculus VR. Now is revealed that the headset is indeed used to be partly for advertising purposes, as evidenced by a quote from the terms and conditions below.
To market to you . We use the information we collect to send you promotional messages and content and otherwise market to you on and off our Services. We ook use this information to measure how users responded to our marketing efforts.
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