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Awkward! All of Oculus's Rift Headsets Have Stopped Working Due to an Expired Certificate

posted by janrinok on Friday March 09 2018, @01:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the IoT-just-got-better-dept. dept.

aristarchus writes:

As reported by TechCrunch:

Someone at Oculus screwed up pretty badly today [Wednesday]: An expired certificate appears to have soft-bricked all of the company's Rift VR headsets, with users still unable to fire up software on the devices and no word of an incoming fix from the company yet.

Issues were first reported several hours ago on Reddit, where a post on the topic has already garnered hundreds of comments. The problem seems to have resulted from Oculus failing to update an expired certificate with the update, which is now leaving users with an error message saying that the system "Can't reach Oculus Runtime Service."

If it must phone home, it is not yours. Words to live, and die, by.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday March 09 2018, @02:04AM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 09 2018, @02:04AM (#649807) Journal

    > a top application will be VR 360 DEGREE PORN.
    ...and find a good fund based on chiropractors' revenues.

    Keeping the spine mobile usually results in a lower need for chiropractors.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by beckett on Friday March 09 2018, @05:38AM (2 children)

    by beckett (1115) on Friday March 09 2018, @05:38AM (#649863)

    Evidence based practice largely eliminates chiropractors within the field of allied health professions.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Friday March 09 2018, @05:49AM (1 child)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 09 2018, @05:49AM (#649865) Journal

      While true, that's not relevant in today's world context.
      Proof: chiropractors exist in non-trivial amount and they do earn a living on the (literally) back of those who call for their services.

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      • (Score: 2) by beckett on Friday March 09 2018, @07:13PM

        by beckett (1115) on Friday March 09 2018, @07:13PM (#650167)

        i disagree; evidence based practice is not only relevant, it's essential in today's world context.