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[The Dear Leader]

Peter Molyneux was right, it's happening.

 

[soontroll]

Sony save us.

*Valve

 

[Raist]

From what Palmer said, Oculus will become even better, they now have the clout to set the standard for the future of VR gaming.

This isn't a good thing for Sony, they do not have the clout to back Morpheous the way Facebook will.

Power of the Clout

 

[Slayer-33]

This is fucking horse shit.

HORSE SHIT.

MS, SONY should team up.

MS software development, Sony hardware. One device.

 

[ultranova17]

I have dreamed a dream, but now that dream is gone from me.

 

[JawzPause]

What the duck

 

[Waylon Drums]

That's why Kickstarter sucks. These guys get 2 billion and all you get is a soon to be outdated version of their product.

I never actually thought of that. What bullshit. Yeah, I know "herpderp kickstarters knee what they were getting into" and all that but ultimately...what bullshit.

 

[Dennis]

Positives of Facebook entering into VR race:
- Holy grail of VR - social networking

Let me stop you right there. More like holy hell.

 

[Brandon F]

Hah, was about to do a joke post saying almost the same thing.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

its up to you sony only your vr may claim the wasteland now make haste

 

[tfur]

I can't wait to FaceSpace in VR. Gonna poke and like all day long, while creeping time lines.

LOL. Not feeling the FB takeover.

 

[lantus]

I guess all of our hopes and dreams rest on project morpheus now. I seriously didn't see this coming, facebook is just acquiring companies like mad.

 

[Odrion]

obama

obama do something

 

[Clarkus Darkus]

All those mobile games in VR.

See why doctors hate this 75 year old woman in VR.

See what someone who never spoke to you at school is eating in VR.

Click to T&C in VR.

Spoiler

Where we now own all your data and will continue to spy on you

 

[Glittering Crux]

I am so glad I didn't back it. I had a lot of faith in the technology but now? Ughhhh...

Sony needs to make Morpheus compatible with PC and it has instantly won the "VR war."

 

[Billen]

Facebook are in it for the long run, gunning for augmented reality. Think beacons, think ads, think learning your everyday pattern.

 

[Dr. Buni]

Sony fanboy wankfest in this thread is pretty gross.

As usual.

Indeed. Simply disgusting.

 

[Lingxor]

 

[theechrisfox]

Seems like Oculus got ripped off on the facebook stock. Facebook is already declining rapidly to twitter and instagram and whatever is cool and next. Should have just asked for more cash since thats what they seem to be after.

 

[injurai]

I blame Valve, they let their HL3 production budget get too high that they couldn't buy Oculus.

 

[GetemMa]

You know this kind of makes Kickstarter look like shit.

Those backers wanted that on AAA PC and consoles games.

Now it is VR farmville.

I doubt they feel their non investment was worth it.

 

[strikeselect]

Facebook has acquired Oculus VR.

 

[OriginalNameGuy]

"Sync your facebook account and share your VR experience with your friends!" I can't wait!

 

[BennyBlanco]

Peter Molyneux was right, it's happening.

maybe he had already heard this was happening

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

I wonder how long Carmack will be contractually obliged to stay with the company? I'm betting the second that time is up he's out the door.

Hopefully Facebook/Mark are fairly hands off in their approach and the investment leads to improved and speedy to market Rift products.

 

[moondoggerr]

Well, it's a good thing that nobody here at GAF gets sucked into boundless negative hyperbole.

 

[Oersted]

One month old

http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/1wf6mg/so_no_way_to_confirm_this_but_my_friend_works_in/

 

[Can Crusher]

I bet Candy Crush VR will take this shit to da next level.

 

[Kid Ska]

 

[FirewalkR]

In other news, Facebook just hired John Carmack for $2 billion, which is pretty cheap.

 

[Snaku]

 

[Durante]

Thank you for making that list. Hopefully this will cool down people a bit. We can still complain and lose our shit when things change for the worse.

No, I'd rather complain now and then tell you I told you so. That way, I at least get some satisfaction out of it.

 

[twinturbo2]

Oculus posted a response to the announcement.

http://youtu.be/PBwAxmrE194

 

[jem0208]

Wow, this thread is like KNEEJERK APOCALYPSE.

Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous.

You'd think Oculus had just closed up shop from the reactions of most people.


What recent acquisitions have Facebook fucked up? If any?

 

[The Hermit]

oculus people are swimming in $$$

don't be jelly guys

but at what cost?!

 

[PaulExcellent]

Now THAT is how you surprise the whole internet with a single tweet.
DAMN, that's crazy.

Well, let's see where this takes us. Kickstarter backers should be rather upset.

 

[BPoole]

Fucking kill me

 

[Odrion]

Negatives?
So far, none, as long PC gamers get what they were promised [and FB is willing not to interfere with that.

Hahaha. HAHAHAHA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[R10Neymarfan]

With this I expect a 120hz 4k Amoled consumer version in 2015.

 

[The Iron Yuppie]

This is the craziest damn thing I've ever heard.

 

[Astral/H3X]

Are you fucking kidding me!?

 

[d0g_bear]

Conference call right now
(866) 751-3284

Just call in

 

[Ocaso]

Well, it was a nice dream while it lasted.

 

[mclem]

The bit that puzzles me most: I could absolutely understand Zuckerberg buying Oculus Rift; It's hot, it's potentially a good investment, it makes sense. But this is Facebook purchasing it, and I just can't see where Oculus fits into their business model.

 

[Veldin]

Whatever. Shit happens, right guys?

 

[PJV3]

Lol.

It's one way of adding depth to shallow people.

 

[KaiserBecks]

Competitor blown away in a single shot. They still have Valve to compete with but their victory is one step closer.

Yeah, right. It's not like the competition just got a lot bigger....Do you think they put two billion dollars on the table in order to shut Oculus down?

 

[IAmRandom31]

So basically you will be walking around in a VR mall with all the facebook ad banners over various " stores " and when you walk into the " store " you are then whisked away into the magical realm of the evermore.

Can't wait for the sequel to that blockbuster game

 

[DrkSage]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

 

[scitek]

Is Zuckerberg much of a gamer? Serious question, because I feel like he could maybe sort of be legitimately interested in keeping things like we have already seen. Maybe.