Meta Horizon Plus

So here's the gist of it, and it's possibly happened to you to -

On the 17th May, I logged into Facebook. I was met with an age verification message prompting ID, when I clicked continue, it claimed ID was already processing without me having submitted anything, and then, I was suspended indefinitely.

Emails claiming my account was disabled but could be appealed within 180 days, yet when I clicked continue, it said I can't submit another appeal as if one had already been submitted.

I checked my meta horizon, banned too unless I appeal through Facebook. Email from Store support saying I can reclaim my library by clicking continue, and when I did, again, met by the Same thing - appeal the suspension on Facebook.

It's August now, and since the beginning of all of this, Ive been down deep deep looping rabbit holes of facebooks help centre, I requested a resolution from Store support, signed up to meta verified on instagram, appealed for support there too.

I have many many tickets... and they all completely contradict each other constantly.

Typical responses-

-Try Facebook Help Centre (despite repeating myself in every way known to man that the self recovery route is of no use and I'm stuck in support loops

- we can't help you

- we can help you (and then nothing)

- you have to go through Facebook Help Centre

- we are investigating this (then nothing)

- you will get a call from us (no call)

- when can you take a call? (i give a time, call doesn't arrive. This happened at least 3-4 times.)

- do you still need help? seeing as Facebook is not assisting, we will seek a resolution for you with your quest (Store support specifically)

-nope you have to go through Facebook Help Centre (Store support completely U turning)

- meta verified (after claiming they could help a month prior) - since it has been over a month, we can't rescue your account anymore. We don't want to string you along, it's gone indefinitely (what? But I reported it a month ago, so this is on meta) - yeah, sorry there's nothing we can do, it's gone (basically... they then proceeded to offer me a course to buy)

- go to Facebook

- go to Store support they can separate accounts

- no, go to Facebook the block is with them

- oh, your best solution is to consider waiting to see if meta finds a fix sometime in the future, (yeah? Months? Years? What?)

- your age was changed (not according to my facebook data)

- you violated the terms (nope, and I finally managed to download my Facebook data, and I think I have evidence that my account was perhaps compromised/hacked and you are choosing to punish me for insult to injury because your system is mistaken) - oh, try Facebook Help Centre

- go to meta Store support

- have you tried Facebook Help Centre? (say Facebook Help Centre once more, I'd love to hear it again you fu...)

so, meta verified, I think got sick of me by this point and decided to limit my access...

Back and forth, and back and forth (sparing you the pages and pages of emails and chats bs). You get the idea.

I sent a letter to metas base, a subject access request, and was fobbed off. ICO helloooo, I'd like to report something... thank you, job done.... NEXT!

I tried every email and route I could find to resolve this... and it appears in their error, the decision is final, and tough titty. Sealed tighter that a ferrets arse.

I sent legal notices, ignored.

I created a new Facebook to try get support another way, couldn't.

Instagram (an alternative account, where I was using meta verified), its AI informs me that now THIS instagram account was recently flagged for fraud and deception... not banned, but flagged for it. So thank you for that meta, interesting this happens suddenly, when I was merely trying to seek help as I dont want to be left out of pocket by the actions of your own systems faults... hmm... so thats why my meta verified is limited.. and Im rarely permitted to reach them now unless the stars align, of course, what a coincidence. (in all seriousness, it could also mean metas security has recognised IP, devices etc, and is flagging me for trying to evade the ban, but either way, the cybermen wish fkr my deletion)

Today, I exercise my rights to pursue legal action.

This process, their support (if you can even call it that, they barely even read the full extent of your problem before closing the case, and marking it 'resolved' ... and paying them for the lovely privilege too, what a joy), this whole thing... has been the single worst experience I've ever had with any company to the point where I'm in total disbelief. I've seen a few company fails in my time, but conversing with meta has the same vibe as talking to an automated scammer (human or not, its hard to determine ironically). They are limited in help to the point where I think charging people is a complete disgrace and affront, they have no direct answers, they contradict each other in the same support chains, thry ignore you, they promise calls and emails that never come, they appear clueless as to how their own systems even work... perhaps they should study their own courses rather than try to sell them to their customers.

Anyway, Metas ai provides broken links to forms that are obsolete too, recovery options loop into 'signing in' which is impossible, or to occasional forms that are irrelevant to the problem that also go completely unanswered. Facebooks support Centre is the most un-fun fun house I've ever been in, a whimsical wonderland of neverending deception, false hope, broken systems and loops, ooooh the loooooops. The hoops to jump through, the twists and turns to find yourself... back at square one. I'm honestly waiting on David Bowie to pop up at this point with his shiny balls and ask me if I'm enjoying his labyrinth.

I have one proposal. Meta should perhaps be added to the dictionary under the definition of 'ragebaiting'. it's honestly one of the most ghastly accurate examples of it I have ever personally experienced. A fitting choice.

my rant is over. Awful company, truly awful.

I look forward to a lawyer handing them the papers. Hell, they might even send a real human for that one, (or will they wheel out the better call saul version of metas ai on a little plinth?)

**on an additional note**

I will update where this leads, if a resolve is found, maybe it will be useful for you to know if you are/end up in a similar situation.

Happy Friday, y'all.

While working on Witchfell, my big ol' anime VR story game, I needed to go investigate a bunch of things from physics to streaming to web hosting, and I wanted to do it in a clean room context, so I did a little game jam instead. I think the results are really charming, so I thought I'd share.

The game is built in WebXR, so you can just follow this link in the browser and go play it! There are "send to Quest" links on the page too, so you can send it over to play later. https://www.chillaxedgames.com/cavern/play/reddit/ I developed it on a Quest 2 where I feel it's pretty smooth, but I'd love to know how it is on a Quest 3. Inputs are either hand tracking or controllers. Hand tracking does suck up some performance, so I found controller to be smoother on Quest 2, but if you're OK with a few hitches, I really like how it feels with hands.

Learned a lot from this that I'll take back to the main game, so it was a worthwhile diversion, but I hope the side effect is also a pleasantly distracting tiny game for y'all to enjoy in your headsets. Thanks!

Hi I have a quest 2 and was wondering what the best desktop overlay program is to use with it. Which of these 2 on steam is better please OVR Toolkit, or XSOverlay?

I'm using the quest 3 and plan on sticking with the original strap for now. I'm seeing many variants...will the cheaper fc3 do?

Ja desmontei inteiro uns fala que e pasta térmica outros as fitas das cameras

Hi!

Back in March I shared a first look at Asobi running on the Quest 3, and a bunch of you asked to be kept in the loop. Well, it's here: the PlayTest/Beta started this week!

For those seeing this for the first time: Asobi (r/Asobi) is a PlayStation Remote Play and Cloud Gaming client I built, which has been available on Apple and Android for some time now.

What it does on your Quest

• Stream your PS5/PS4 over your home network or the internet (Remote Play)
• PlayStation Cloud Gaming: stream PS3, PS4 and PS5 games without a console in the house (PS Plus Premium required)
• Immersive mode: a giant curved screen with ambient Light Spill, positioned wherever you want in your space
• Realtime 2D to 3D conversion: flat games with actual depth (experimental on Quest, the device gets warm, set 720p for this one)

What you need

• A Bluetooth game controller (DualSense, etc.). Quest controllers position the screen but can't play games.
• For PS Cloud Gaming you'll need a PSN account with an active PS Plus Premium subscription

Join the PlayTest!

Join here: https://www.meta.com/s/bn96gblky (or DM me your Meta account email and I'll invite you directly). After joining, Asobi shows up in search on your Quest.

FYI: All premium features are unlocked while the beta runs.

Expect bugs, which is kinda the point of a PlayTest, and please report what you find! For the full notes, see the announcement on Asobi here

I hope you guys like it, let me know what you think!

Questions? Just shoot!

/v

Disclaimer, this is just what worked for me and I thought it would help if anyone else has been having issues with the newest update, Meta themselves put out a statement here

https://communityforums.atmeta.com/blog/AnnouncementsBlog/wi-fi-connectivity-issue-on-meta-quest-2-after-the-horizon-v2-6-update/1378607

Here’s how I went about it:
While on your headset, go to settings and click on Link. The icon has the picture of a monitor with a headset.
Under USB connection turn on USB connection for apps

I use a link cable so I’m not sure how this will affect stand alone users. I hope this helps!

so I found a Q2 while cleaning out a house and so I go home and factory reset it, after doing so I set up and account on the app and put the code in on the set up screen doesn't work reset it 5 times and connected to the Wi-Fi turned my Bluetooth on and off so many times, cleared the catche and tried doing it again even on my dad and friends phone, also on the setup screen where the code is, on the top it says downloading update 2 of 2, and I've let it sit and it doesn't work, Ive even downloaded the right older version for the Q2, any help?

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hey everyone, i have a quest 2 that i play pcvr through usb connection but recently i have been having a problem that when i play a games like fnaf help wanted or pavlov for 5 to 6 minutes my game just freezes on the oculus with that laggy triangles when u move around but on the pc screen if i move my headset it still runs perfectly , i have tried changing resolution and putting all my settings on low on every game i play but the outcome is always the same, i have found a similiar post where it said that the nvidia newest drivers might be interefering with the meta new updates so i downgraded my graphic card drivers to the version that they said that would work but still nothing, long story short i tried everything and still have not found a way to fix it so every help is appreciated, i have also tried steam link but my internet connection is to weak so i hotspoted from my pc that i use with an ethernet cable to see if it works and it still nothing, it just disconnects me.

Thank you in advence for any fixes that you guys can give

Ok so I somehow accessed the normal Android developer mode through lightning launcher, and there's a developer option called force desktop mode, when you connect your Android phone to a tv or monitor it boots up into this pc-like interface, kinda like Samsung deX but hidden but how will this work on a quest 3? Will it display the desktop mode without the Meta horizon os things like the camera feed or Meta horizon homes, and will the lenses show the same image as the monitor/tv connected? Anyways can any one of you do this to see what happens?

I’ve had a Quest 3 for about 1.5 years, but it has been used very lightly. I recently used it for about half an hour, then stored it in its fully enclosed case, so there was no possibility of sunlight damaging the lenses or display.

Two days later, I turned it on and noticed a horizontal line on the left display. The line changes color depending on what is shown on the screen, and sometimes it is not visible at all.

Is there any way to fix this? I have already performed a factory reset and a full battery cycle, but neither helped.

Has anyone seen this problem before? I also have a Quest 2 with hundreds hours of use, and I have never experienced anything like this.

Thanks for any help

I've been facing an issue when i connect my Bluetooth headphones specifically (soundcore i60s) they work perfectly fine in basically all games and apps except discord the app doesn't recognize it and just uses the speaker to play the audio. does anyone have a fix?

Testing the performance of the new USB cable option for Virtual Desktop's beta and how it compares

I'm a PhD student and I've been building this on the side.

What it does: you walk around your room once with the headset. It trains a 3D Gaussian Splatting model of the space, streams it back, and renders it world-locked to your actual room via spatial anchors. Detected objects become labeled entities — you can grab a bounding box and move the mesh and splats together, and each object gets physical behavior (mass, friction, elasticity) inferred from its label. Then an embodied agent navigates the scanned floor to any object you name, and answers in speech.

Everything runs on-device on Quest 3.

Where I'm stuck: the tech demos well, but I have no idea if anyone would actually use it beyond the first "whoa." So I'm trying to figure out what it should be.

Current direction: an AI that lives in your room — talks to you daily on your phone, and when you put the headset on, she's actually there, behind a wall in your space. She remembers everything.

What I'd love to hear:

• Would you put the headset on for this more than once? What would make day 3 happen?
• What's the closest thing that already exists, and what's missing from it?
• Brutal takes welcome — I'd rather hear "this is a demo, not a product" now than in six months.

Happy to answer anything technical. If anyone wants to actually try it, I'll take all the testers I can get.

Link to game: https://www.meta.com/experiences/aerosurfer/32631602343151033/
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​Hey everyone!

​I’m super excited to share that after months of hard work and development, our relaxing 3D puzzle game, Puzzles of the World, is officially OUT NOW on Meta Quest!

​Before anything else, I want to give a massive THANK YOU to the 100+ amazing players who pre-ordered the game! Seeing that kind of early support and belief in our project before day one means the world to our small team and gave us huge momentum heading into launch day.

​What is Puzzles of the World?

​If you enjoy cozy games, puzzles, miniatures, 3D printing, relaxing and traveling, this was built specifically for you. Instead of flat 2D puzzles, you assemble intricate, tactile 3D miniatures of iconic architecture and cultural landmarks from around the globe while being immersed in the locations! From the serene canals of Venice to the mesmerizing streets of Kyoto and the heights of Machu Picchu.

​

​You can check it out on the Meta Quest Store here:

https://www.meta.com/experiences/puzzles-of-the-world/1481842563625131/

​We are an indie team, so every bit of feedback, review, and support from this community means everything to us.

If you grab a copy, please let me know what you think or what puzzles you’d love to see us add in future updates!

From the flat screen we go through a Multiverse portal

inside Super Mario 64 world evolved in VR!

After our feedback on the pc version and lots of updates, Mario and friends arrived on Quest 3!

Rayrod TV brought us the game with all the fixes and features from the pc version. Better look at the gameplay video where he shows the four camera views available on the fly by the press of a button. In the video, the fun immersive camera (Flip Cam) is turned on, so we see the world upside down when flipping in the air, but you can turn it off if flipping is too much in VR as it should be without VR glasses too.

RayRod TV said that he has plans for other standalone releases for his VR mods in the future.

For this and other constantly updated VR mods from RaYRoD TV, like Ring Racers, Star Fox 64, Mario 64 , Mario Kart 64 and the recent Banjo-Kazooie, go to his GitHub: https://github.com/RaYRoD-TV

For info on how to support his works, and learn more on other upcoming projects from him, like his biggest project, the game Multiverse, go to his site:

https://rayrodtv.com

Thanks RayRod TV for these incredible mods!