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Shen Ye
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Global Head of Product @htcvive & @htc | Frequently caught mounting base stations with sticky tape | Opinions are my own. My links: https://t.co/MZJDMDNpi4
London / Taipei
Joined April 2009
Maybe it's about time I upgraded my 2080Ti
Okay, guess we have to cover this @nvidia press conference and see what @NVIDIAGeForce has to say for itself. :) Oh, already the news: RTX 50-series! Look, only 2-slots for the RTX 5090!
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for this specific instance it was more of a process issue rather than an unwillingness. Most headsets don't shipped with an unlocked bootloader, I know of one or two who allow unlock but unfortunately we do not. It's for security and privacy reasons. Our devices are sold for countless enterprise and even defense uses, and a piece of hardware that has high FOV camera coverage of an environment could be a vector for malicious attacks. So to err on the side of caution, we currently don't allow any sort of bootloader unlocking to not only protect those customers but also unknowing consumers who potentially might get their headset hacked to monitor them. But I'll say it's not 100% off the cards forever, if there is a demand for it, I'm happy to restart a discussion but we'd need to find a sure fire way to make sure there's an easy way to discern a tampered HMD that can't be bypassed, and can still fulfil out privacy & security standards.
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Some side notes to your other comments: -The kernel source code wouldn't allow you to tinker with the hardware, as our headsets are shipped with secure boot. -Stepping aside from this specific instance, I hope I can change your mind on our attitude towards open source. We've been making an effort to foster a culture of open sourcing more of the things we make. A few examples in the past year include 2 of our internal demos (Jelbee MR, Bouncing Duel), and our VIVE Streaming module for VRCFT. All 3 of these and more are over on our Github -If you have anything else you think we can do better, please send it over.
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