I'm interested in VR hardware, but the Oculus and Valve offerings all seem to require that I create an online account and share personal information with the manufacturers--directly or by installing their Android app, which I consider spyware because it's not open-source. I just want to be able to treat the VR hardware like any other device connected to my computer without any 3rd party involved so I can test my own creations.
Does anybody know of any product I should check out? I'm aware of the headsets that basically just let you strap a phone to your head, but I'm not interested in that. I need to be able to interact with the hardware using Linux (Ubuntu).