Facebook buys Occulus Rift

[Whiner]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertc...-founder-killed-as-bystander-in-police-chase/

So the other guy wanted all the money Interesting.

 

[deuxhero]

Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face-to-face -- just by putting on goggles in your home.

Spoiler

It's funny. "Classroom of students and teachers" has been repeatedly shown to be one of the worsts methods of learning ANYTHING compared to alternatives given by modern technology (like charter school or self study with resources that are often, legally, free).

 

[Cazzeris]

Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face-to-face -- just by putting on goggles in your home.

Spoiler

It's funny. "Classroom of students and teachers" has been repeatedly shown to be one of the worsts methods of learning ANYTHING compared to alternatives given by modern technology (character school, self study).

Yes, it seems that we're advancing in old life aspects which are now more modern.
But on a different and expensive way.

 

[Durwyn]

In few years you will be able to meet your friends in your virtual Facebook customized place (furniture and design powered by microtransactions) with the help of Oculus Rift, the only nuisance being advertisements constantly flashing before your eyes. The Future is near Gentlemen...

Oh God please no...

 

[Whiner]

As for exactly how Facebook will monetize Oculus, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on the call to investors, "We're clearly not a hardware company. We're not going to try to make a profit off of the hardware long-term...but if it we can make this a network where people are communicating, and buying virtual goods, and there might be ads down the line...that’s where the business could come from."

Too good to be true.Is this early April the 1st?

 

[pakoito]

Maybe they'll subsidize the initial cost?

Something good might come out of it.

They'll subsidize by sodomizing the users with ads and the developers with paywalls. Fucking disgrace of an SDK facebook has, and I expect worse coming from Rift.

 

[Night Goat]

Isn't there another company working on VR? There's still hope, right?

...right?

 

[set]

if all returns to unity
i just keep letting me down letting me down

 

[Average Manatee]

Oh god. Zuckerburg trolling everyone. 9/10 not bad. -1 for not waiting a week.

John Carmack now works for Facebook. Imagine that shit for a second.

 

[deuxhero]

https://twitter.com/KazHiraiCEO/status/448579292604424192

Eh, not really feeling it. It is funny, sure, but whoever does this account does way better most of the time.

 

[evdk]

Isn't there another company working on VR? There's still hope, right?

...right?

Isn't the other company Sony? What hope?

 

[Durwyn]

Isn't there another company working on VR? There's still hope, right?

...right?

Yep, Sony and possibly Valve (rumors)

Sony will most likely fuck something up like they did with their kinect rival technology (casual crap) and Valve will be late for the ride this time, Facebook Jewmaster will pump all the geld he can into his new wondertoy.

 

[Whisky]

Well, so much for the that. Will we stop seeing videos of people getting TOTALLY SCARED by VR roller coasters?

This is what you Euros get for not helping the South.

I think you might be a little upset about some historical event, but I'm not sure what.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Isn't there another company working on VR? There's still hope, right?

...right?

Yep, Sony and possibly Valve (rumors)

I'd rather deal with Facebook than Steam, thank you.

 

[Metro]

Then you're a moron.

 

[set]

Yeah, if Steam is Neutral Evil, Facebook is Lawful Evil - and there's nothing worse than that. Lawful Evils are untouchable by the laws of society.

I wouldn't be surprised if Facebook started doing more of this - buying up promising tech. They do need to diversify afterall.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Steam is obnoxious to those who have limited internet downloads. I won't forgive them for the shit they put me through the few times I tried to activate with Steam.

 

[set]

Steam is obnoxious to those who have limited internet downloads. I won't forgive them for the shit they put me through the few times I tried to activate with Steam.

It's your fault for living in Australia. If you want to use the 'net go move to a real country. You know, the ones which haven't outlawed female ejaculation and breasts.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Steam is obnoxious to those who have limited internet downloads. I won't forgive them for the shit they put me through the few times I tried to activate with Steam.

It's your fault for living in Australia. If you want to use the 'net go move to a real country. You know, the ones which haven't outlawed female ejaculation and breasts.

GOG understands me. Steam has made it clear they only want to deal with me when I'm equipped to do business the way they want to.

Fuck em I say.

 

[DalekFlay]

Steam is obnoxious to those who have limited internet downloads don't want to ask Gaben permission before playing a game.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

That also.

 

[evdk]

The "Steam is the Devil" thread is that way ->

 

[set]

You can play any non-MP steam game in offline mode. Not that I like the DRM Steam offers, Valve is alteast forward-thinking enough to offer services in exchange for the burden of DRM, unlike other companies like EA or Ubisoft, who often provide anti-features with their DRM schemes.

 

[sser]

So in late 2012, guy goes to kickstarter and gets 9k people to give him 2 million so he can start a company. About 15 months later, he sells said company for 2 billion.

Damn, those KS backers must be really happy with the investment they made, when they get their share they will surely- oh wait...

Kickstarter. The loophole of all loopholes.

 

[Bubbles]

Leader in virtual reality. Lolol. Isn't something required to exist before you can be a leader of it?

It does exist.