Oculus users to be forced into signing up for Facebook

Oculus Quest in action: Buy one of these VR headsets from October onwards and you'll be forced to use (or sign up for) a Facebook account. —Andrea Warnecke/dpa

When Facebook took over a budding VR company called Oculus in 2014, they promised that it would remain an independent entity. Now the tech giant is officially turning Oculus into a Facebook-branded VR experience.

Users of Oculus VR headsets will sooner or later be forced to create a social media account on Facebook if they want to keep using their devices to the full extent, Facebook subsidiary Oculus has announced. Existing customers will have until January 2023 to continue playing without Facebook.