Coreda
Member
No doubt, but amongst the page after page of 'holy shit wtf it's all over' posts it was good to see some more reasonable opinions, even if not everything in the post is likely true.
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Facebook has acquired Oculus VR for 2 Billion US Dollars
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No doubt, but amongst the page after page of 'holy shit wtf it's all over' posts it was good to see some more reasonable opinions, even if not everything in the post is likely true.
boredandlazy
Member
Seeing asshat comments like this makes me lose any sympathy for what this situation could potentially mean to people like yourself, and makes me laugh instead. Now that (in your opinion) your own little bubble has popped you can't help but take a swipe as Sony. Pathetic.
Still, I'm not really sure what this'll mean for VR. Sure there'll be more money involved in getting the Occulus completed, but surely this will somewhat dilute the initial intentions behind the device.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Did he delete this tweet? I can't find it anymore.
it's not a tweet, it's a (wait for it...) facebook post.
I really don't believe that.
If this product comes out and you don't feel like you're in whatever world you're entering, be it the Mushroom fucking Kingdom, a virtual mall, or a movie theatre, people will call VR a failure.
CountAntonius
Member
I always figured once VR was done right it was be ridiculous to have it be specifically for gaming. I guess FB felt the same way and decided to become a part of it.
NoPiece
Member
Right, so just like they locked Instagram* onto the Facebook phone? Guys, it is a PC peripheral, so of course it will support PC games. What do you think it plugs into??
*Facebook bought Instagram in 2012
mercenar1e
Member
no way you think? lol 2 billion for a product that hasn't proven itself in the consumer market... years away from making returns and devaluing the stocks.
I always thought some horrible acquisition or news would befall oculus.
It just seemed to good to be true, they have a dream team of people including valve and they have consistently delivered during each trade show and they have been excellent in keeping people informed. Nothing can be that perfect
now we have a facebook acquisition but hopefully they wont interfere with oculus for gaming,
It just seemed to good to be true, they have a dream team of people including valve and they have consistently delivered during each trade show and they have been excellent in keeping people informed. Nothing can be that perfect
now we have a facebook acquisition but hopefully they wont interfere with oculus for gaming,The main concern I have is that instead of a small, independent company with the sole purpose of creating the best VR product they can, they are going to be subject to performance targets and alternate goals, like form factor, over quality of experience.
It would not surprise me, for example, that instead of getting the absolute top of the line in terms of display technology, they may now be forced to go with a "good enough for the masses" approach to keep consumer costs and size of the headset down to encourage mass market adoption.
Facebook is very much in the market for mobile applications, and while OR was always planned for mobile as well as PC, it had a very PC centric focus which I could see changing to the other side of the spectrum with the acquisition.
I hope I'm wrong.
It would not surprise me, for example, that instead of getting the absolute top of the line in terms of display technology, they may now be forced to go with a "good enough for the masses" approach to keep consumer costs and size of the headset down to encourage mass market adoption.
Facebook is very much in the market for mobile applications, and while OR was always planned for mobile as well as PC, it had a very PC centric focus which I could see changing to the other side of the spectrum with the acquisition.
I hope I'm wrong.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Morpheus it is.
I don't think anyone likes going to the doctor enough to want a virtual version of it, lol
NullPointer
Member
GravityMan
Member
For once, I'm genuinely astonished.
Not sure what to think yet. Need a little time for this news to sink in...
Not sure what to think yet. Need a little time for this news to sink in...
Femmeworth
Banned
Well fuck.
Post of the thread, really. ;_;
Read this people.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Did he delete this tweet? I can't find it anymore.
It's not a tweet, it's on FB
HUELEN10
Member
19 pages in just over an hour; can't read all of them but have gotten up to speed somewhat.
Does this mean that not even future dev units will be able to be facebook free? I was. I never found it as immersive as some would claim in the first place (tried out a dev unit), but this still sucks. I would never wanna touch a Facebook anything, much less pay for Facebook hardware.
Even worse would be the ads, should they be integrated...
Does this mean that not even future dev units will be able to be facebook free? I was. I never found it as immersive as some would claim in the first place (tried out a dev unit), but this still sucks. I would never wanna touch a Facebook anything, much less pay for Facebook hardware.
Even worse would be the ads, should they be integrated...
Quite amusing you concentrate the major issue with this into a single negative that's further specified to rule out other changes in focus of the application of the technology, and something that is undoubtedly common in major tech acquisitions.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Doesn't mean much when your Titan of opponent is rich but unskilled in the Areas you excel (hardware).
ColonelSkills
Member
"4 minutes ago via Twitter"
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Well according to Palmer's post about the acquisition, it definitely sounds like gaming (at least in the conventional sense) is taking a back seat.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
Nah. It's easier (and more fun!) to freak the fuck out without using any single bit of logic as to why they would purchase such an item that isn't similar to what they are actually in the business of.
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
Carmack to join Sony now?
I'm most interested to know if the team will be staying on or will they just leave with their money and hand off the tech to FB. Not sure how big Oculus is. My understanding was that it was just the small team with them all or most having partial ownership with a few investors.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Didn't they kickstart it to receive a devkit? Pretty sure they got what they paid for out of the deal instead of throwing their money at Facebook.
LowerLevel
Member
Yeah no. Have you already seen real gamers games on Androïd or SmartPhones?
Always expect the worst and developers catering to the lowest common denominator.
Facebook = Quick/Easy money in publishers mind. You'll see more Farmville VR or The Sims VR than Skyrim VR.
Plus do you need a powerful PC to run it or is it included in the headset?
-COOLIO-
The Everyman
i dont think theyll sell the hardware at a loss but there's plenty of ways to make money here.
- OR patent portfolio value will go up as the tech gets popular
- owning a VR ecosystem and storefront
- developer support
- brand cachet
- peripheral hardware
Cool. Is this a launch Oculus title?
Translation: we got fucking buttloads of cash and we're going to Fiji. Peace out, suckers.
Ouch. This really sucks for all the enthusiasts behind OR.
The flips that FB goes all Nintendo and demands that OR sells at a profit, and hits a sub 200 dollar price point, and hits the market sooner than later.
So maybe we get a cheap, half baked OR instead of a high performance 500 dollar wonder-toy a lot of us wanted.
yeah, here's another thing to worry about, dev reactions.
if he's being serious then that's fucking huge.
So maybe he'll talk to Sony now? Sounds awesome except I would have rather had it working on pc.