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General discussion (archive)Mark Zuckerberg bought Oculus VR for $2 Billion(121 posts)(121 posts)
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Posted March 25, 2014
https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101319050523971?stream_ref=1

Holy crap, I didn't know it was worth so much.
Post edited March 25, 2014 by Aver
Posted March 25, 2014
Oculus Rift support confirmed for Candy Crush Saga.
Posted March 25, 2014
How is Oculus "the leader in virtual reality technology" when their one and only product so far has not yet even been released? Are they the de-facto leader because there is no one else making VR helmets?
Posted March 25, 2014
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HiPhish: Are they the de-facto leader because there is no one else making VR helmets?
Sony is making one for the PS4.
Post edited March 25, 2014 by Neobr10
Posted March 25, 2014
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HiPhish: Are they the de-facto leader because there is no one else making VR helmets?
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Neobr10: Sony is making one for the PS4.
Aren't Valve making one too?
Posted March 25, 2014
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Neobr10: Sony is making one for the PS4.
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Fever_Discordia: Aren't Valve making one too?
Yes, Valve is making their own VR kit.
Posted March 25, 2014
I think it's a smart acquisition by them. The applications are endless and they need something fresh. ^^
Posted March 25, 2014
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HiPhish: How is Oculus "the leader in virtual reality technology" when their one and only product so far has not yet even been released? Are they the de-facto leader because there is no one else making VR helmets?
Of course it's mostly buzz words. But they still have managed to bring the technology much further than what it was before. But that is mostly because the development in VR devices was pretty much in stand still for years after the failed experiments in the 90's.

What I've seen every serious attempt at this moment will be very close to Oculus or at the same level. Hell, there's even some VR systems you can try with your cell phone and if the resolution of the device is good enough it's light years above what those clunky low resolution devices were.

My brother tinkered his own rig from the blueprints available from Durovis and the system worked surprisingly well. The better phone you got the nicer the result will be, of course, the little I tested it I didn't notice any eye strain or the like.
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Posted March 25, 2014
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MaximumBunny: I think it's a smart acquisition by them. The applications are endless and they need something fresh. ^^
I'm not so sure.
It's more of a gimmick at the moment than anything else and I'm not convinced the user base really exists to make this purchase interesting. But only time will tell I suppose.
Posted March 25, 2014
This, this is surreal. Instagram and whatsapp I coud get my head around, but a VR tech hardware company?? FB immense strength is in software, not hardware.

I had hoped to buy the thing once it was fully user ready, but thinking of all the ways FB will turn the extremely promising product into utter shit, sony's VR headset looks like the better option.
Posted March 25, 2014
finally you can shove your face in facebook
Posted March 25, 2014
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mushy101: This, this is surreal. Instagram and whatsapp I coud get my head around, but a VR tech hardware company?? FB immense strength is in software, not hardware.

I had hoped to buy the thing once it was fully user ready, but thinking of all the ways FB will turn the extremely promising product into utter shit, sony's VR headset looks like the better option.
Purchase of whatsapp was for the user base i would guess :/., Latest updates are forced, certain options not working, although they added a useless privacy option(in this case). Why cant they just leave things alone???. And latest facebook messenger forces you apparently to link mobile number to it (im keeping multiple backups of the older versions ). I dont understand the reason behind latest purchase except maybe on the whim of Mr Zuckerberg. This is coming from a regular facebook user (notice...not a fan as much)
Posted March 25, 2014
Iris scans automatically hooked up to NSA-book soon then?
Posted March 25, 2014
Everything is terrible.


Wonder how the backers feel right now
Post edited March 25, 2014 by WBGhiro
Posted March 25, 2014
Well, so much for my interest in Oculus VR products... No way I'll ever put a cent in a Facebook-related company.

Not that I hate Facebook, I have an account, but I'm mostly concerned by privacy questions.

And frankly, so far I've survived without VR, so...

But this is a shock. If the news was : "Valve/Microsoft/Apple/Sony/Nintendo/Intel has bought Oculus VR", it would have made sense. But Facebook? No, just... no.
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