Well the grown up way to deal with it would be directly, like a man and have a quiet word in his shell like.
I am a big Cliffy B fan but that was a douchy way to end what was a nice statement. ("I'm rich biiiiatches!")
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Facebook has acquired Oculus VR for 2 Billion US Dollars
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Well the grown up way to deal with it would be directly, like a man and have a quiet word in his shell like.
I am a big Cliffy B fan but that was a douchy way to end what was a nice statement. ("I'm rich biiiiatches!")
Thats a good and wise standpoint, I personally tend to get a little to exited when tech like this comes around
SkeptiMism
Member
Well if they will succeed in making VR and Oculus Rift as huge as they want, the price will go way higher.
Same. I assume they'll have something great for E3.
The software launcher they are (were?) designing was entirely for PC. It had nothing to do directly with the headset/hardware. Simply an application.
Why does that make you laugh out loud?
The guy posted on reddit like some time ago, a month or so, that his friend saw what looked to be Zuckerberg heading to the Oculus floor. At the time everybody was pretty harsh on the poster. He admitted he took it so hard he joined a support group on reddit. Some called him nasty things saying he was crazy and it would never happen about FB buying Oculus and yet it did.
Anyway, I do find it somewhat amusing myself and does go to show that on rare occasions random people do tell the truth on the internet.
I thought FB was not interested in Oculus VR before the GDC?
"Virtual" billions. Facebook made $1.5bn profit in 2013 (has it ever payed a dividend?) but its market cap is more than $150bn.
Does not compute.
Well that's the official story anyway from FB. That or the guy on reddit made it up and got lucky with his guess.
SkeptiMism
Member
According to the CEO of Oculus, he met Zuckerberg last November for the first time.
So "all things considered" this morning was doing a story about the collapse of Candy Crush Saga IPO and they were pointing to the Oculus Rift acquisition as a sign of a Social Network Gaming Bubble.
Personally, if VR takes off in non-gaming realms $2 Billion to get in on the ground floor is a pretty good deal.
Personally, if VR takes off in non-gaming realms $2 Billion to get in on the ground floor is a pretty good deal.
I apologize, I was under the impression they weren't interested until GDC as well. Must have been one of the first stories that came out after the madness that was the announcement. Thanks for correcting me.
A lot of companys will make (or try to) VR social worlds. BUT only a few of them will remain. Valves earn a part of every transaction into steam, and a lot of devs are ok with this.
That's why facebook is keen that Rift is a success. Actual weapons are nice design, tech quality and low price. Using Rift as the spearhead of VR into masses.
Oh, I see what it's about. Why does it not surprise me that people that think like you would also be anti-capitalism?
Capitalism doesn't make us into horrible people, horrible people will always be horrible people regardless of which economic system they live under. There's doubtless a lot more potential for horrible people to do harm to others under socialist and other authoritarian systems in any case.
Without getting too off topic, suffice to say I don't agree with the things you are suggesting about Facebook. I don't personally use it very often, but it definitely hasn't harmed me in any way, nor do I find your argument claiming harm done to others to be very convincing either.
Not surprising. Long term thinking scares shareholders.
Actually, that was Jesse Eisenberg.
That's not true. There is no other comparable VR headset available (or soon to be available) that can compare to the Rift. Even Sony's headset, which apparently isn't going to be available for the PC anyway, doesn't offer the same technical specifications.
I'm still behind the RIft because I see no other better alternative for the kind of experience I want out of VR. Sony's headset is the only other serious option and it's inferior in technical specs and, more importantly, will be limited by the PS4's hardware.
Karsticles
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That is some good stuff.Not sure if this has been posted but it made me lol:
You're drawing a distinction where there isn't any. Oculus is Facebook, there's no way around that.
Yes, actually that is chump change for Notch. And he's just feeding his ego as usual. He's constantly trying to appear edgy and 'against the man'...the hero of gaming. But he's not. He's made one very successful game and he is afraid to even try to make anything else.
Some of you make it sound like these kinds of things are permanent. In reality they are constantly in flux. I saw many people change their opinions on this acquisition in a matter of a day. Imagine what can happen in a month or a year. If Oculus executes well on the CV1 and also helps bring some very compelling VR content many of those people that are freaking out now are going to be right back on board. Not to mention thousands or potentially millions of new people.
I've seen over and over how the vociferous minority can dominate message boards online, yet isn't really a reflection of the greater reality.
Yup, if Facebook were to buy my company and pay me in shares I'd sell them right away. Facebook is so massively overvalued it's insane.
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I am so ready to have all my friends over with their rifts and have an epic virtual reality dance party.
You mean Michael Cera.
LegendofLex
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The more I think about this, the less it makes sense.
In its current form, how does Oculus Rift mesh at all with Facebook's trajectory? Facebook has grown because it has offered people a way to connect with each other, first via web browsers, then via mobile devices. There's a very clear logic there: Facebook started in small spaces (Harvard and other universities), then expanded to let people connect with each other in more places (high school, the general population, and now anywhere via mobile devices).
Pushing a platform whose use is designed for the living room space, which by its design (head-mounted display) limits not only where it can be used but how it can be used, seems utterly incompatible with Facebook's trajectory.
It is kind of like how people criticize Nintendo for not being able to take your content between devices. Except in this case, it is Facebook - which has built its success on following the explosion of "everywhere" computing - now deciding to invest in a platform that is everything but "everywhere."
I don't see this ending well.
In its current form, how does Oculus Rift mesh at all with Facebook's trajectory? Facebook has grown because it has offered people a way to connect with each other, first via web browsers, then via mobile devices. There's a very clear logic there: Facebook started in small spaces (Harvard and other universities), then expanded to let people connect with each other in more places (high school, the general population, and now anywhere via mobile devices).
Pushing a platform whose use is designed for the living room space, which by its design (head-mounted display) limits not only where it can be used but how it can be used, seems utterly incompatible with Facebook's trajectory.
It is kind of like how people criticize Nintendo for not being able to take your content between devices. Except in this case, it is Facebook - which has built its success on following the explosion of "everywhere" computing - now deciding to invest in a platform that is everything but "everywhere."
I don't see this ending well.
Train of Midnight
Banned
Eurogamer said:
Someone explain this shit to me. Because Oculus was never meant to make games themselves. They've been very strong on that point. So why or how would they possibly behave any differently if they're expanding the range of purpose for their devices. A good VR device is a good VR device. If they're building the device to make you feel like you're really at a NFL game, or to convince you you're in any other experience, how would that not immediately translate into improvements in gaming performance as well? What would they gain from abandoning their single largest community support thus far? Or why would they want to alienate any customer-base at all? This kind of fear mongering makes no fucking sense. It's like FOX News: Game'rs Edition.
To add to the already brilliant back and forths between Notch and Cliffy B, here is the best one yet.
Hahahaha
That's some terrible voice acting.
I don't know if it has already been posted, but here is a little interview with indie developer, Untold Games, creators of the upcoming VR game, Loading Human.
http://pcgmedia.com/rifts-first-cor...y-facebook-buyout-vr-is-not-just-about-games/
We believe that Facebooks move is yet another proof that VR is going to be something huge: they probably see is as the next great revolution after the mobile one and want to be on board.
if Oculus is going to keep working in an independent way, wed be facing the biggest revolution after television and being part of it would be a honour and a great luck.
http://pcgmedia.com/rifts-first-cor...y-facebook-buyout-vr-is-not-just-about-games/
We believe that Facebooks move is yet another proof that VR is going to be something huge: they probably see is as the next great revolution after the mobile one and want to be on board.
if Oculus is going to keep working in an independent way, wed be facing the biggest revolution after television and being part of it would be a honour and a great luck.
I'm sorry, but I really don't buy that. Sony had every reason to announce a VR headset right alongside the PS4. If they had really been working intently on a VR headset since at least 2010 this should have been fairly easy to do. And you can't say, 'well they didn't want to show a prototype', because that is exactly what "Project Morpheus" is.
The Oculus Rift has had positional tracking using an external camera since the Crystal Cove prototype. The Sony headset is very very similar to the Rift, only a few technical advancements behind. The VR headset Sony showed is kind of like a mixture of the DK1 and DK2 in some ways (LCD panel, lack of low persistence, lower FOV), but overall still closer to the DK2. Even the use of the move controllers really isn't all that different from things we can already use with the Rift such as the Razer Hydra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmVw0uGCUmE
Can I come? I can be the laggy one.
More_Badass
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http://www.wired.com/underwire/2014/03/game-of-thrones-oculus-rift/
While Oculus Rift is already notoriously immersive–with the reaction videos to prove it–this demo added sensory elements like blowing wind and rumbling floors. An HBO representative says other iterations could include the scents of ice and, yes, fire. This isn’t the first time multisensory input has been added to visuals, often in gimmicky ways, but paired with the Rift, it is startlingly effective
Some of the replies in this thread are ridiculous. I can totally understand people are disappointed and not happy about the news, but how the hell can you blame or say "fuck" the Oculus Rift team? The guys from Oculus cashed out big and they totally deserve so, you're an idiot if you refuse that offer.
Also Facebook is much more then just a website nowadays... It's a business move from them. I know most people don't like Facebook as a company, but you can't blame or hate them for buying Oculus. That's business.
Also Facebook is much more then just a website nowadays... It's a business move from them. I know most people don't like Facebook as a company, but you can't blame or hate them for buying Oculus. That's business.
To add to the already brilliant back and forths between Notch and Cliffy B, here is the best one yet.
Cold.
Blooded.
Andodalf
Banned
To add to the already brilliant back and forths between Notch and Cliffy B, here is the best one yet.
Amazing! Holy heck these guys are so unprofessional I love it!
You literally picked the one option where you're wrong, good job.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Notch wins. Cliffy acting like a tool. Facebooks involvement has deflated my enthusiasm. While FB might not interfere with development they sure as shit will interfere with the rollout.
Facebook hasn't shoved itself into Whatsapp or Instagram and there's no reason to believe they will for Oculus too. Valve's current work with steam is pretty terrible outside of the selection and sales. Their OS isn't particularly exciting and they've got customer service worse than a company as bad as EA.
EDIT: The point I'm getting at is that IMO Valve would have some level of integration of Steam with Oculus and that's a problem with me because Steam as a product itself is awful.
Handy Fake
Member
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't it almost entirely the other way around..?
No? They bought the companies but the products themselves don't have much if any more integration with facebook as they did prior to them being acquired.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
Like the controller, Valve would allow it to be used without any Steam integration if anyone wanted to.
To add to the already brilliant back and forths between Notch and Cliffy B, here is the best one yet.
Funny shit.
Especially the "driven by principles, not capitalism" part.