The unlocked operating system for the Oculus Go headset is now available, giving owners a chance to repurpose the discontinued VR headset for new uses. Owners can download the unlocked OS, a 711MB file, over Facebook’s Oculus website. The software can be sideloaded to the VR headset and once installed, it’ll offer full root access to the Oculus Go’s operating system.The root access opens the door for VR developers and hobbyists to create new software for the Oculus Go, which runs Android. “This (root access) process puts the device in a state where the bootloader does not signature check the boot.img, and does not enforce dm-verity verification via the kernel command line,” Oculus explained. “This allows you to safely replace the boot.img with your own version, which in turn allows you to replace the system.img.”The Oculus Go originally arrived in 2018 for $199 as an entry-level VR headset. But last year, Facebook decided to discontinue the product to focus on developing its more powerful VR product, the Oculus Quest series. The company is promising to maintain the software on the Oculus Go through next year with fixes and security updates. But last month, former Oculus CTO John Carmack tweeted the full root access was arriving to the VR headset, giving the developer community a chance to customize and improve the product to their liking. If you decide you’re not a fan of the unlocked OS, you can return the Oculus Go to a locked state by issuing the "fastboot oem lock" command. “This command will also wipe your user data upon execution to prevent persistent rootkits or other malicious software,” Oculus said. But if you place the Oculus Go back into a locked state, make sure it’s loaded with an official “boot.img” file for the device. Otherwise the VR headset won’t boot up. “Only official Oculus-signed images may be run when the device is in a locked state,” Oculus added.
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The unlocked operating system for the Oculus Go headset is now available, giving owners a chance to repurpose the discontinued VR headset for new uses. Owners can download the unlocked OS, a 711MB file, over Facebook’s Oculus website. The software can be sideloaded to the VR headset and once installed, it’ll offer full root access to the Oculus Go’s operating system.The root access opens the door for VR developers and hobbyists to create new software for the Oculus Go, which runs Android. “This (root access) process puts the device in a state where the bootloader does not signature check the boot.img, and does not enforce dm-verity verification via the kernel command line,” Oculus explained. “This allows you to safely replace the boot.img with your own version, which in turn allows you to replace the system.img.”The Oculus Go originally arrived in 2018 for $199 as an entry-level VR headset. But last year, Facebook decided to discontinue the product to focus on developing its more powerful VR product, the Oculus Quest series. The company is promising to maintain the software on the Oculus Go through next year with fixes and security updates. But last month, former Oculus CTO John Carmack tweeted the full root access was arriving to the VR headset, giving the developer community a chance to customize and improve the product to their liking. If you decide you’re not a fan of the unlocked OS, you can return the Oculus Go to a locked state by issuing the "fastboot oem lock" command. “This command will also wipe your user data upon execution to prevent persistent rootkits or other malicious software,” Oculus said. But if you place the Oculus Go back into a locked state, make sure it’s loaded with an official “boot.img” file for the device. Otherwise the VR headset won’t boot up. “Only official Oculus-signed images may be run when the device is in a locked state,” Oculus added.