Facebook Isn’t Banning Oculus Users With Multiple Headsets

B. Simmons October 26, 2020 in Tech, Video Games Tagged Facebook, oculus, VR - 1 Minute

What a mess.

A little while back, Facebook made the move to require Facebook logins for the use of Oculus devices. Which, in turn, lead to a situation where it seemed that they were banning users that used the same account on multiple devices simultaneously.

Important VR PSA #2: 👉 Oculus headsets being used simultaneously on the same Facebook account will get it banned.

“not be able to use two headsets” “lead to one or both Facebook accounts being disabled or permanently banned”

Comms: @FBRealityLabs
Source: Reddit – kommanderk33n pic.twitter.com/uUGjF3VUZ9
— CIX ᯅ/acc (@cixliv) October 24, 2020

That, however, turns out not to be the case. This all seems to be a miscommunication. Oculus Support put out a few tweets indicating that there was some sort of mixup, and they made a mistake in haste.

Using the same Facebook account on two or more Oculus headsets simultaneously will NOT get your account “banned.” Having the same account registered to two or more headsets is not against the Facebook Terms of Service.
— Meta Quest Help (@MetaQuestHelp) October 25, 2020

So no, Dad and little Timmy will be able to play VR games together without having to make multiple accounts. So, you might ask yourself where the story is. I’m asking that too. So:

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Source: Engadget

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