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Meta Quest VR headsets won’t require a Facebook account from next monthBut you’ll need a new Meta account instead
But you’ll need a new Meta account instead
Come August, you’ll no longer need a Facebook account in order to use the Meta Quest family of VR headsets. Instead, you’ll be able to sign up for a new Meta account and then a Meta Horizon profile, with Facebook and Instagram accounts optional bolt-ons.
Meta, formerly called Facebook, began to require Meta Quest users, formerly called Oculus Quest users, to have a Facebook account in order to use their headsetback in 2020. People weren’t happy about that, both because they didn’t want a Facebook account or becausethe process of merging an old Oculus account with a Facebook accountwas laborious and broken.
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In that regard, it’s good that the requirement is going away. All Quest users will need to create a Meta account and a Meta Horizon profile starting in August 2022. The Meta Horizon profile is “your social profile”, Meta sayin a blog post about the news, and lets you customise your appearance in VR and manage your friends list. Friends will also now be called “Followers”, and operate similar to Instagram. All previous VR game purchases will merge into the new Meta account.
You won’t have to use Facebook or Instagram at all on the new accounts, but you can optionally link them if you want to be able to chat or play with friends from those services.
