German regulator stays vigilant as Meta changes VR headset rules - Reuters

BERLIN, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Facebook's genitor institution Meta Platforms (META.O) has responded to the German cartel office's concerns by allowing the usage of its virtual world headset without a Facebook account, the bureau said connected Wednesday.

The cartel bureau has been intimately watching Meta since May erstwhile it declared it was of "paramount value for competition crossed markets", a classification that gives the regulator much scope to curb integer companies' marketplace power.

In a connection connected Wednesday, Germany's cartel bureau said Meta volition let the instrumentality to beryllium utilized with a abstracted Meta account, clearing the way for it to statesman selling the Quest 2 headset successful Germany. This besides applies to the caller Quest Pro model, it added.

Meta did not instantly reply to an emailed petition for comment.

Cartel bureau main Andreas Mundt pointed to Meta's beardown presumption successful societal media arsenic good arsenic the increasing VR market.

"If the usage of VR headsets were lone imaginable for Facebook oregon Instagram members, this could severely impact contention successful some areas," helium said.

Despite the headset being made disposable to others via the Meta account, the German regulator said it would proceed to show the plan of idiosyncratic choices and issues relating to the aggregation and processing of idiosyncratic information from Meta services.

Writing by Rachel More; editing by Barbara Lewis

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