Facebook buys Oculus VR…
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- sherm0
- and then ?BattleAxe
- Okay... you're doing it wrong!ETM
- I did it already. Its fucking awesome.sherm
- is that one of those cubicals americans work in? thought they were a joke from the matrix.fadein11
- I'd rather have to work in that one than what a cubicle is across the pond: https://www.google.c…ETM
- I was at a company once that moved me (and others) from a windowed office to a cubicle to save costs.ETM
- I thank them because it made me quite a few months later and start my own company.ETM
- tap0
Backers all want a refund:
https://www.kickstarter.com/proj…- wouldn't they get a cut of the two billion?rosem
- 1wud hopeprophetone
- once you fund on KS, there's no obligation to give you anything in return.BusterBoy
- no they wouldn't get a cut, they don't own any part of the company. they just put up dev capital in exchange for a presale and extra stuff.uuuuuu
- ...pre-purchase and extra stuff. I'm pretty sure its not even legal to offer shares in a company through crowd sourcing.uuuuuu
- ...fundinguuuuuu
- detritus0
Fuck it, I've was a multmultibillionnaire nerd, I'd buy Oculus Rift too.
Ultimately, it's a peripheral based upon a series of hard-to-patent or easily bendable patents. Valve has been careful to keep its [apparently superior to OR] tech open and available to interested parties, so FB's purchase doesn't sound the death knell for the tech we're all so keen on.
The opposite, I'd wager — $2Bn is one hell of a vouch, which should make Google, MS, Apple and all the big tech companies who don't already have it on their radar pinging the fuck out of it.
In ten years time, VR Headsets might be like LCD screens today - basic consumer items made my a whole range of competing manufacturers, chasing higher specs and lower price points.
- PonyBoy0
- dying for a PSBPonyBoy
- insert cock hereuuuuuu
- Guy looks like a clown without makeupcannonball1978
- sherm0
Microsoft too? wtf
- twokids0
Facebook is going to build 'The Street', from Snow Crash. Will be pretty awesome.
- SigDesign0
So, wait... he bought it so they could sell stuff and put up ads?
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Zuckerberg: "We're clearly not a hardware company. We're not gonna try to make a profit off of the devices long term. We view this as a software and services thing, where if we can make it so that this becomes a network where people can be communicating and buying things and virtual goods, and there might be advertising in the world, but we need to figure that out down the line."
- inteliboy0
Fuck that. What is going on???? Every single startup with a good idea just gets gobbled up by these obnoxious companies.
- uan0
who cares...sony morpheus is coming:
- I think there's even room for a 3rd player eventually, specially if Facebook scares game developers awayernexbcn
- I bet Valve will be the 3rd:
http://www.techradar…uan
- ESKEMA0
what can you do with it at the moment? is there content already or is it just for development?
- ukit20
I think it's already inevitable with Sony and others investing in similar technology (Sony reportedly has release date of early 2015 for their VR headset). In fact Oculus might have felt they didn't stand a chance unless they partnered with a big company.
- Oculus wanted 2015 as well, it will be easier now hopefullyernexbcn
- BusterBoy0
Fug it...If I was 20 years old and someone offered me that kind of money, I'd take it in a heartbeat...then move onto the next thing knowing no matter what happened, I'd be set for life financially.
So what shareholding did this Palmer Luckey guy have left?
- the next thing being a tropical island and titties I hope.zarkonite