People, namely those working on Revive, found ways around this that opened the door to easily accessible piracy. One of the more popular methods modified the software to allow sideloading of games. Revive's developer said that he didn't want to go that route but he said he had no choice.
Fortunately, Oculus seems to have seen what a stupid idea it was to implement such restrictive DRM, especially in these early days where VR is just starting to get off the ground. They have quietly removed the check that limits play to Oculus headsets.
The company has issued a small statement on the matter.
"We continually revise our entitlement and anti-piracy systems, and in the June update we’ve removed the check for Rift hardware from the entitlement check. We won't use hardware checks as part of DRM on PC in the future.
"We believe protecting developer content is critical to the long-term success of the VR industry, and we'll continue taking steps in the future to ensure that VR developers can keep investing in ground-breaking new VR content."
"We believe protecting developer content is critical to the long-term success of the VR industry, and we'll continue taking steps in the future to ensure that VR developers can keep investing in ground-breaking new VR content."
This reveal came a short time after the Revive developer posted about the discovery of the removed restrictions on Reddit.
It definitely makes me want to choose something else over the oculus. I mean facebook