Accidently Leak the engineering of the Original Oculus Rift and Rift S Cable so that third party manufactures can make replacement cables.

I can no longer interact with my friends and family now that my headset cable kinked up due to normal use. During this pandemic Ive relied On my Oculus to chat with friends and family with VRChat. Keep Phyisically active playing Beat Saber but now I just for fortnite Thats an OOF I would upgrade to a RIftS but all sold out I would get a quest but sold out or Pay $200 - $300 Dollars extra to those that are using this pandemic and your product to take advantage of your customers your fans and the community Oculus built. We understand things take a bit to make but you can rely on others to help release the notes let us get back to gaming

I'm disabled and I've been trying to use the Oculus Rift in my recliner, but that means my body's axis is horizontal to the floor. My chair obstructs my access to some Virtual controls in some games and my head has to tilt uncomfortably in most games.

I would like to be able to change the horizon axis so it's more aligned with my body. I know there are a lot of conditions that might lead people to be unable to stand or sit up for VR, so this feature could open doors for lots of people to enjoy this technology - which is otherwise very therapeutic for me.

I've heard that changing the axis would lead to motion sickness. That may be true for people who are standing and moving their heads a lot, but for me, I seriously doubt it. Have there been tests on using the VR in a reclined position with the axis changed from default?

I've also been told that in laying down I "would not be able to enjoy the complete experience as you would have trouble turning 360 degrees". As I am already disabled and cannot use the Rift as an able-bodied person would, this is actually not relevant to me.

Wouldn't it be great PR if you guys were Pro-active about adjusting to the needs of the disabled community ahead of ADA updates? The ADA is about 10 years behind technology on their requirements, but that doesn't mean you can't act now and be big fat heroes! People are really starting to pay attention to how we systemically make access difficult for diverse populations and I know I'd be telling EVERYBODY if I got a positive response to this suggestion!

Thank you for your time and consideration!

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Seriously, even the Nintendo Wii got this right and it's AGES old by this point. Heck, every single programmer at Oculus is going to be well aware of the difference between an "Error" and a "Warning", and yes, letting the player know their touch controller batteries are running low is important, but until those batteries actually run dry, it should only ever be a WARNING. Interrupting gameplay with a "Critical Error" when nothing has actually gone wrong just to tell the player they need to replace their batteries "soon" is aggravating and stupid and I've ended up screwed over by this more than once now during high-action gameplay. Now, when the batteries actually DO run out, yes, interrupt the game and be like, "Lost connection to touch controller", but until those batteries die, DO NOT interrupt the game! D:<

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.

I purchase rifts, then purchased beatsaber software, then found out within days that rift s was End of Life.

So I purchased quest2 headset. But found I can use the beatsaber software on it.

I’ve sold the rift s and wish to transfer the purchase of the beatsaber software to the quest2 version.

You should really look at your policies on end of lifing hardware especially seeing I only just purchased Rift S and Beat Saber within the last couple of months and now advised they are end of life and have to purchase new hardware and new software, bad form Facebook, you are the problem the world is trying to avoid.

I purchased my Rift S a few weeks ago and I love it. I took me a long time to decide which of the 2 headsets to get (Rift S or Quest). I ended up on the Rift S because it was supposed to be the best headset for PC gaming and that was what I was going to use it for.

Ever since I bought it I've noticed that the Quest is the only headset that is getting good updates. In not too long, the Quest will have hand tracking. Not that this is essential, but it would be so cool to have in games like VRchat. I don't understand why the Rift S can't get this... They both use the same tracking technology and it should be possible to implement into the Rift S aswell.

On top of this, the Quest is getting the link in just a few weeks. This makes the Rift S which is supposed to be THE Oculus PC gaming headset useless. Why pay 500 bucks for a wired headset when you can pay the same price to get a portable Rift that you can play wirelessly or wired with hand tracking FOR THE SAME PRICE.

I feel so scammed and I feel like the Rift platform really needs more attention from the Oculus team. It's supposed to be their gaming headsets, but is basically useless now.
Please focus more on the Rift platform. We paid the same amount of money and we deserve some value for it.