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[Eric Brown]

Bill,

This is a good reminder that I have meant to reach out to people I know at facebook to hear their thoughts on this issue.  As of now you can elect not link it to a facebook account but they do say that will change within a year I believe.  I was strongly hoping they would roll back this requirement for this very reason or provide a different avenue for schools.  

I will also do some testing to see if there is a way to put the rift s in developer mode or some other work around to get content to the device.  I am curious if the required Oculus account that is required now is also not compliant?  It is a challenge because I believe the HTC Vive and others all also require an account for their device or steam etc to power them…

If anyone else has any input in this conversation I am very interested to hear.  I will let everyone know if I hear anything from people at Oculus or Facebook.

Sincerely,

Eric


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> Subject: Illinois Student Privacy Rules and the Oculus Rift 😢
> Date: January 29, 2021 at 8:48:00 AM PST
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> Hey all,
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> I'm heartbroken.
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> My district's charitable foundation just bought me an Oculus Rift S and workstation to use with Alice Programming.
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> Now my IT people tell me that I have to give it back because Illinois is updating the SOPPA (student privacy) law and Facebook is not compliant.
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> This is a hail mary. Is there any way I can use the Rift S with Alice without using Facebook. Is there some other option?
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> Is there anyone to talk to?
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> Thanks,
> Bill Barnum
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