way to dismiss legit concerns. why no tinfoil hat guy gif?
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Mark Zuckerberg wants to price the consumer Oculus Rift at 'the lowest cost possible'
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way to dismiss legit concerns. why no tinfoil hat guy gif?
SkeptiMism
Member
There's a large difference though as UE4 is just software. It doesn't cost anything to physically manufacture.
Chairmanchuck
Member
it is a hardware product and it wont require any software besides the configuration tool. If it will collect personal data, it will be known in one day and hurt the Oculus. I doubt FB would want such a scandal...
Oh, and as to Zuckerberg's character: Facebook became profitable partially on the back of scam ads and was complicit with Zynga. http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/31/scamville-the-social-gaming-ecosystem-of-hell/
make it cheap enough, and most wont care.
make it cheap enough, and most wont care.
Throwaway123456789
Member
What a fantastic argument. Facebook hasn't done stupid things to prior stuff they've bought, and doesn't seem to want to start now.
Hardware power is constantly improving.
By the time Oculus Rift becomes mainstream you will have 10Tflops GPUs (from Intel) in notebooks.
Their target audience will be adults with disposable income, so even buying a 750 ti at 150$ isn't expensive.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
I'll take three thanks Mark, one for each eyeball.
Please show me the links where "it's been said over and over again" that you will never need to have a FB account and sign on to FB to use any version of the Oculus.
Oh and I don't hate FB, I just don't want to be forced to use it. How is that hating it? You seem quite sensitive when anyone shows any concern about seeing FB intertwined with the Oculus. "Leave FB alone?!?"
It's the PC. They can't force you anything.
It may not be you, but since the announcement, there was endless, and I mean endless 'assume the worst' comments based on the logic 'Facebook = bad' and pretty much nothing else. That calmed down once Oculus got back to keeping the talk about VR, but the second Zuckerberg's name gets brought up again, the same simple-minded comments come out again. For people who are following VR news, it has gotten very tiring to hear.
There's a few valid concerns about a locked ecosystem and whatnot, but overall, things will probably be turn out far better than these 'assume the worst' people are thinking.
I agree completely. The potential for VR is huge, and being the leading product in that market is equally as huge.
BuggeryBugz
Member
I can't see it being less than $200 US
Interfectum
Member
Don't you need a gaming quality PC to play with the OR?
zorlaczerohero
Banned
Yes it is a negative. Facebook isn't Sony or Microsoft. They don't want you to buy it to make money on software down the line. They want you to buy it so they can push their number one product, which is advertising. That's how they'll make their money. Personally I'd rather spend more initially and have an open platform free of ads.
If it is able to be used without logging in to an account or viewing ads then great. But I don't see it happening. I firmly believe it will have ads, and there will be bugger all anyone can ever do about it (ok so about a week until it's hacked wide open).
Yes, thats why devs shouldnt aim for super crazy graphics with VR. You need good res, high fps, 3D and good AA. I dont even know if there is any consumer PC that will run Star Citizen on CV1 at the resolution and fps Oculus aims for.
But that can all change when we realize foveate rendering via ultra good eye tracking
bigwinnerx
Member
Don't care. If logging into a FB account or whatever is what gets me Occulus, whatever. Not an issue for me.
Why would you even think this? Ridiculous. They know that if you force people to view ads if VR it would wreck the experience, so there is no chance they're going to mess it up like that. Just because Facebook ''owns' Oculus, you are NOT going to see things like ads.