It not being on the Oculus Store doesn’t mean you can’t run it off your PC.

It stands to reason that people will want to run adult content on these kinds of gadgets. Whichever machine supports that format will have a strong competitive advantage.

Just run it without going through the oculus store, but it is stupid to say one thing as the head of a company and do another because of PC reasons.

They have a right to not sell it. Completely different to somehow making the device incapable of displaying it

Not that I care either way since I don’t want to see it, but I think people are overreacting somewhat

The not allowing porn part isn’t as worrying as the “We will block it if we don’t like it” attitude this whole statement sets up. It will drive away devs in droves.

It could be, but it’s going to be used on PC so I doubt they’d be foolish enough to waste time on something like that when it would very quickly be circumvented anyway

Good point, though I would expect any company running an app store to reserve such a right anyhow.

So Oculus can get a slice of the sale revenue? I mean I doubt a lot of people will use their store unless they put exclusive content on it

It would be complete commercial suicide for them to do that given that the main appeal of this thing is gonna be gaming and no one (gamers or publishers) is gonna want to abandon Steam for the Oculus store

I just can’t see any realistic scenario where they would lock it like that, though I suppose I have underestimated people’s stupidity before

Oh no I agree. If they confirm that it’ll remain open source, we’ll follow up on it.

Everyone knew they wouldn’t allow pornographic content on their store.

With Microsoft and Facebook’s policies so far I’m worried that it being locked to the store will be the outcome whether the original devs like it or not.

They are trying to make it as enticing to the “casuals” as possible. Having an integrated app store is pretty cool IMO.

I’m getting old and lazy with this stuff, so I’d prefer a more streamlined interface. STILL, I like my porn.

Did you mean that we all saw this coming?

They have every right to not allow 18+ content on their store, just like I have every right to ignore there expensive piece of hardware out in the open and free market.

Facebook

Technically, no. But install Skyrim and then cruise on over to LoversLab, and things get pretty pornographic fairly quickly.

Will they also block waifu’s?

Article title is a bit clickbaity. Should have titled it “Oculus Store”. And this really isn’t surprising. Google play store, Microsoft store, PSN, Nintendo eshop, Steam, etc doesn’t sell porn either.

“Children should not be exposed to adult content”

Ever heard about filters? Active parenting? Content rating? if you are a parent and all those concepts are alien to you, well…

As long as its still open source, who cares. Like they say: “Where there’s a willy, there’s a way”.

Except this does nothing to stop them from getting it, it only gets in the way of everyone else

They’re talking about two different things, to be fair. Palmer seems to be talking in a more general sense about locking down the device, and the spokesperson seems to be talking about the store specifically. Palmer’s explanation is more technically correct, but the spokesperson is more socially correct (as you would expect). It seems more of a PR move where they just don’t want to officially support porn in their store out of fear of being recognized as the “virtual porn hardware,” but as long as the device remains open then it really doesn’t matter.

Microsoft obviously doesn’t sell porn in their stores, but they’re not going to stop you from running it on their OS either.

Honestly, it’s still a crappy move on their part, if you ask me. They’re missing out on the opportunity to take a cut from people who want to develop porn and sell it via Oculus’ distribution platform. I think they’re severely underestimating how big of an incentive VR porn is for VR hardware sales.

Not being on the Oculus Store means jack shit as long as it remains an open platform. Though, this could reduce sales of the peripheral and also ignore potential profit from selling the porn through their marketplace.
If they do change it from being an open platform, I don’t think we will be talking about the Oculus Rift for much longer as it will quickly become irrelevant to the potential early adopters.

So, they lied?

Facebook, ladies and gentlemen.

Well I’m out. It’s a shame, this platform had great potential but now it’s only going to be a white elephant. Without Adult content this thing is dead in the water.

Well if it’s locked down to the store as the screenshot I posted suggests then we’re going to have to rely on jailbreaking, and then people wanting to develop for the jailbroken device.

Lol you get an upvote from me for making me laugh 😀

Valve allows censored Visual Novels on Steam and the developers are supplying uncensor patches in the Steam forums. Valve is aware of the uncensor patches and doesn’t have a problem with it, which effectively turns some of the Visual Novels into porn games.

There are always other possibilities.

I don’t see the oculus rift or any of these VR things panning out in the long run.

I fully expect kinect tier games, survival horror driven entirely by jump scares, and maybe one or two games that actually manage to rise above and justify the device existing.

So honestly, I don’t really care what rules they set. These devices have a limited future.

Ridiculous.
Let nobody pretend otherwise – porn was one of the greatest sell points about this thing.
But, whatever. Users will find a way.

Well, I can see your point, but at the same time will your children be able to afford one of these things? Somehow I doubt it. Therefore, all they have done is limit choice by imposing their morality on someone else. Not good for something there really isn’t a market for yet.

RIP Oculus.

This title’s misleading. Facebook’s blocking porn from their App Store; that’s their prerogative. You can still get Occulus porn; hell, you can get it now at VRTitties. There’s nothing barring you from obtaining and enjoying porn on an Occulus Rift; you just can’t get it on Facebook’s App store.

Pff, that’s cool.
Apple does it. Google does it. Facebook’s choice doesn’t surprise me one bit.

But once it’s out in the wild, the real fun can begin.

Well not really since we never knew about the store. I mean that it wouldn’t be supported officially. What you do in your own time with unofficial stuff is your business alone

Grown adults shouldn’t be filtered because you don’t know how to watch your kids. Its not societies responsibility, its yours.

Unless they lock it down and make it to where the average consumer won’t be able to unlock it.

This can still be done, and still have adult rated games with sexual content.. If this was the sole reason.. They would never have been able to have Dirty Movies at the Movie stores..

I dunno.. Some BIG COMPANIES have done MUCH DUMBER THINGS in the PAST. Let’s just hope they get this out in the open quite soon.. so that they can change their minds soon.. or the future of VR could be over before it even begins.

They didn’t lie. They said before that they wouldn’t block software from running, they didn’t say they’d allow it on their “app store”

This would be porn on a whole new level.. and They could do so much with it.. you could meet people all over the world.. and they could make it like a virtual dating site.. where you end up having sex with all kinds of people all over the world! LOL.. It could even really help people meet people.. The way we are advancing in technology has been a really good thing for meeting people with similar interests.

Yeah. If only there was some way to block children from accessing adult content or letting the parents know if a product contains content inappropriate for children. Wait a minute…

Meh, to be expected. Like look at the Android and Ios (Iso?) Stores for tablets it is not like they allow porn to be sold on those stores though you can still access other tablet designed stores through apps you can download directly from the websites.

I have to agree–it said ap store. My buddy has a kid, he got him a Kindle at like age 2 and the kid figured out how to buy games from the store. I don’t know how OR will work, but I don’t have porn in my Google Play or my old iOS, doesn’t mean you can’t look if you know how to look though.

Article titled “block content” but article itself says “not allow in ap store.” I feel like I clicked a GameSpot link.

Remember when Oculus was a Kickstarter thing?
Now Facebook controls it
humanity:not even once

Right on, and truth be told, while pads might be falling into hands of kids, I hardly see OR as a kid’s toy. It would just be more reasonable for devices to force the users to set up parental controls (and thus responsibilities) right out of the box. On one hand, I think its still a very insightful article for future consumers when considering a purchase, and downright disappointing to early backers to think the developers are already creating limitations before the device is released. Thanks for the reply!

So, Oculus is now some restrictive, locked-down, puritanical platform. I am so glad I didn’t kickstart this device.

No one would buy the damn thing anymore then.

so the #1 reason anyone even gave a shit about oculus is blocked. thanks facebook, thanks a lot

…you’re a shit parent who doesn’t deserve a child and should be taxed harder to pay for better parents to raise your child properly.

Sorry, just had to finish where you left off.
It’s what I think, anyway.

Well, which ever vr headset supports porn will most likely win. Let’s look at history here. VHS vs Beta Max: porn backed VHS, and beta max vanished. HD DVD vs Blu Ray: porn backed blu ray, and the rest is history. More of the internet is porn than anything else, so much so that stand alone adult stores are now a novelty instead of the only place to get your fix and toys.

Seriously sad that sex is so shamed, but explicit violence is A-Okay. At least, in the West.

Has anyone even cared about this product since Facebook bought it?

If I was a backer on the original Kickstarter, I’d be furious as hell, especially if (when) they come out later and say OR is tied to the app store and no longer open source. Everyone knew that the Facebook acquisition would ruin the OR. What a shame.

I am not saying I disagree with you, but I can’t see how so many, including the writers of this article, are using video game violence as a comparison for contradiction. They have nothing to do with each other! Nothing at all…..

This could come back to haunt Oculus Rift if its competitors, like Project Morpheus, decide to be more lenient with pornographic content. As an example, I recall pornography being insanely accessible on VHS tapes as opposed to the stricter company-regulated Betamax tapes. No surprise, people were buying VHS cassette players in droves. I’m not saying sex is what won the war for VHS, but it’s one of them.

To quote gaming director Tobonobu Itagaki from Dead or Alive, “Sex sells.”