Since VR is such an experimental technology, software advances come fast and furious. Meta is spending more than US$10 billion a year on research and development for their VR business to make the tech more user friendly. This means they push software to their headsets through over the air (OTA) updates. As soon as a Quest connects to the internet, it starts to download any available updates. As of the date of this article, there’s no reliable way to turn this “feature” off.

As of this writing, Meta is developing a new Quest for Business service that might address these and other issues. Their previous business program, Oculus for Business, forbid arcades as a use before they discontinued the program. Officials at Meta have assured me their new licensing program will be more arcade- friendly. Since Meta subsidizes the costs of their hardware with ongoing fees from their Quest App Store, they’re instituting an annual license fee that will be in the hundreds of dollars per year.

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