Oculus reverses course, drops DRM

Oculus has released an update to its software yesterday, allowing its games to run on other headsets.

“We continually revise our entitlement and anti-piracy systems, and in the June update weâ€™ve removed the check for Rift hardware from the entitlement check,” the company said in a statement. “We wonâ€™t use hardware checks as part of DRM on PC in the future.”

The company left its options open, however.

“We believe protecting developer content is critical to the long-term success of the VR industry, and weâ€™ll continue taking steps in the future to ensure that VR developers can keep investing in ground-breaking new VR content,” the statement continued.

Since rolling out the hardware-check feature in May, ostensibly designed to thwart piracy, the company defended its move byÂ arguing that video game exclusivity was good for the industry.

Read full story at Ars Technica.

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Hypergrid Business editor and publisher Maria Korolov is a science fiction novelist. During the day, Maria Korolov is an award-winning freelance technology journalist who covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise virtual reality. See her Amazon author page here and follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Email her at [email protected]. Her first virtual world novella, Krim Times, made the Amazon best-seller list in its category. Her second novella, The Lost King of Krim, is out now. She is also the publisher of MetaStellar, a new online magazine of speculative fiction.