The Oculus software now includes a Virtual Audio Driver which is used by the Quest for Oculus Link. This driver serves no purpose for Rift users but it is still installed and in the process stomps all over your existing audio devices and configuration. When the drivers are updated, this virtual device is re-installed and re-enabled even if previously disabled, repeating the offence. This installation behaviour is unwanted and a nuisance. This only became a problem when the Rift & Quest software versions were merged.

Please change the installation logic to prevent this, or provide an advanced installation option which allows users to select which components are installed.

Windows 10 is not the only Operating System nor is it the best for everyone...

I'm aware this has been requested before but I'm afraid VR might go down the same path that Flat Screen Games went down for a very long time...

Linux has proven to be more optimized then Windows 10 making it a developer friendly system that even every day users have grown to love...

Currently the only HMD's on the market that natively support Linux is the Valve Index and the HTC Line up, the only issue is that most other VR platforms don't support Linux Natively which means most Developers who are aiming to develop for all VR platforms don't see that it's worth porting their creations to Linux...

We need the big players like Oculus to help make this dream a reality by porting Oculus software and developer tools to Linux...

All three major Game Engines already support Linux Natively those being Unity, Unreal Engine, and my personal favorite Godot...

If the tools Game Devs use to make their dreams come true support Linux then Oculus Hardware and Software should provide support too!

If HTC can follow Valve's dream of bringing VR support to Linux then Oculus can as well!

And yes I'm aware these things take time and that it's not easy to bring such a big platform over to a new Operating System but come on you're Oculus the company who brought VR to consumers for an affordable price! If you can do that then you can bring 1 Billion plus Linux Users and Developers Native VR from Oculus!

If you make this happen then I bet almost all the VR Game Devs will start making Native Linux Ports of their Games! Because all three major leading VR providers will have native Linux Support and then that gives devs no reason not to support Linux...

Also there is amazing Open Source Technologies like Wine that you could fork and use officially to run the Windows versions of VR Games that way players can start trying to play VR Games right away in Linux before proper ports come out...

Valve is already doing this with their Proton Platform why aren't you Oculus?

Either way I wish everyone at Oculus a thank you for starting and helping to bring VR to the masses!

I was recently locked out of my Oculus account because of a period left in the email that was impossible to see on the projector we were using, which resulted in me being locked out due to trying too many passwords. This caused me to be locked out for an hour with no way to resolve, which is not ok! Even more ridiculous is that it's not just my account that was locked, but the entire application so I couldn't even use a new account to set things up if I wanted. This wouldn't have been so bad except I had clients coming over to see a demo I was working on hoping to get their business so you can imagine how bad that looks. Ideas for account locking:
1) There should always be a way to unlock (2 factor auth, email link with captcha, contacting support, etc...). The fact there is no way to undo this is insane.
AND OR
2) The entire application shouldn't be locked because of one account failing to login. Other accounts, new or existing, should still be able to login if they are not locked.

The following is an email I sent to oculus support, not knowing that this site even existed.

Jun 14, 2020, 9:03:16 PM PDT

So I'm sure you already know what the issue is. I have sent in an email before about it, but today I propose a different idea.
Yes. I know I am some random person on the internet and obviously know a lot less about business than probably everyone who works at oculus, but there is one thing I understand that you probably do as well. Public relations and ethics.

Before I continue, I am going to recap my last email and expand on it. I had asked for a replacement cable due to its fragility. I was understandably a bit miffed when I realized the response was to wait to check in at the store to find out if they will be sold, but now I understand. You don't exactly own the rights to the proprietary connector and as such can't produce more even though they were discontinued by the owner. This leaves you with a couple of options, but at a glance, there are three big ones.

The company could buy the rights to the connector. This would take a lot of money as I am sure that the current owner is aware of the situation and would use that to his advantage to price gouge. Not to mention that a lot of money would be spent manufacturing the cables and advertising that they are back.

The second option, is a bit cheaper and has some benefits. Due to the current circumstances, it would be better to buy a new headset all together rather than trust in an ebay seller and spend a ridiculous amount of money on a cable that more often than not will arrive faulty. The only thing preventing people from doing this is the price of the Rift S being about 2.25 times more than the cable on ebay. Not to mention that they already bought a rift headset and to have it stop working this quickly would make them trust you a lot less, so the odds of someone buying one after buying a Rift CV1 are pretty slim.

To increase those odds, why not allow for a discount to those with broken cables. You could sell the Rift S for even $100 or $150 and still make money back. Besides just making money back, you are showing the community that you care, which is great for Public Relations. The only issue I see is that a person could just buy a broken Rift CV1 or buy a new CV1 and just mangle the cable. This can be avoided by setting a cutoff date for purchase. If you were to make it where only those who bought a Rift CV1 and experienced cable failure BEFORE announcing this policy, then you could avoid people buying one after the fact and acquiring one that way.

The third and final option, which is probably whats going to happen, is to do nothing. This is the worst option by far (but I guess I am biased a bit :)) because it negatively affects your PR and also proves right those who are going to swap to the Valve headsets or the Windows headsets just for the better support.

This is an email, from a single person on the internet. I have no accolades or any sort of badge that makes my opinion correct or valid. I have no title, but please reevaluate what you are doing to those of us who are suffering from this cable drought. Eventually, they will speak out. I won't, but others will.