Facebook is the subject of a new antitrust investigation in Germany, in relation to the recently-launched Oculus Quest 2 headset, due to it requiring a Facebook account to be linked.
Facebook officially introduced its latest standalone VR headset, the Oculus Quest 2, back in September, and the company surprisingly delivered significant improvements to performance while lowering the price barrier by $100 for the base model. This, however, came with a caveat, since a Facebook account is now required to use the headset, instead of a separate Oculus account. Now, this decision has prompted the German competition office, Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office), to open an investigation into the link between Facebook’s social network and the Oculus platform. The regulator’s announcement (via Slashgear) cites concerns with Facebook’s abuse of its dominant position as a social network to infiltrate the VR market, which is still in its early stages.
