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Meta Quest 3/3s XR headsets finally rooted after 2 years (github.com)
submitted 10 hours ago by utopiah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Meta XR headsets are very cheap for the performance they give. Unfortunately they require a Meta account and one can assume as much data as legally possibly is sent back to the advertising company.

For years now, since the Quest 1, those Android devices have not been rooted except for some specific version number of the Quest 2.

This recent work https://github.com/FreeXR/eureka_panther-adreno-gpu-exploit-1 makes the latest headset with a rather recent update (but NOT the very last ones, so be cautious!) rootable.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I should check if anyone's done this with the oculus rift..before they sold to that shit company. haven't used my VR headset since the popup showed to create some bullshit account

[–] utopiah@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Rift isn't standalone so "just" using OpenHMD should work, cf https://lvra.gitlab.io/docs/hardware/#xr-devices for more comparability checks.