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[unholyrevenger72]

i suppose the one upside is that Facebook could eat the cost of the headset and further reduce the price.

 

[Turbowaffles]

Exactly this.

People, vote with your wallets. Sure you're mad now.. But when this shit comes out don't fucking buy it. Seriously. Morpheus looks to do the EXACT same shit as Oculus anyway. Just wait it out, it probably won't be a long wait (if any wait at all)

If you're mad about this acquisition, DON'T SUPPORT IT.

You don't have to worry about this guy here. I was planning to acquire a dev kit soon, but now that Facebook is behind it, I shall patiently await Morpheus or Valve's offering.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

cool idea, well for social connections


virtual visiting
virtual landmarks

some of the stuff yoshida said in that engadget interview

 

[Green Biker Dude]

wow this fucking sucks. the only hope is that all the key people leave the project and start something new with the same purpose, similar to openoffice/mysql and whatnot. this is literally one of the worst things that could have happened to it. jesus

 

[kutthoat5150]

 

[jediyoshi]

So do people who were in the kickstarter feel played?

Unless it was stated in the pitch that their end game was to be an independent company, this is a success story for them.

 

[Axispowers]

Damn I preorderd the 2nd Dev kit. Kinda want to cancel xD I know it's a pretty ridiclous gut reaction but I wonder what this means for Oculus

 

[Timeaisis]

Sony doesn't have the technology to make a decent VR solution that can compete with what is already available on the Rift. I really don't get why people keep bringing Sony up.

I'm not saying Morpheus is better, I'm saying it's what the people want right now. Oculus is better tech, for sure, especially with the PC power. But the thing is, for Oculus to still be the "thing" for VR gaming, they'll have to continue to be really open with development like they have been. As in, send out dev kits to interested developers, take feedback, give support, etc. It's not my opinion that Oculus is worse than Morpheus, it's my opinion that Facebook's business plan is going to get in the way of good Oculus games and people craving VR are going to go to Sony's Morpheus for their (albeit lacking) experience.

 

[ChosenPredator]

pls put all the money into your arena shooter cliffy!

cliffyb stays getting richer

 

[Angry Fork]

Reddit comment made me laugh

You were the Chosen One! You were supposed to destroy the Sith, not join them!

This is so lame. I would be excited for Sony's but it will probably be less interesting and closed off and not supported to the same extent on PC.

Say goodbye to free (really free, not paid for with your personal info) and open source anything on this device. Unreal.

 

[JustinBB7]

Palmer Luckey via the r/oculus subreddit

I’ve always loved games. They’re windows into worlds that let us travel somewhere fantastic. My foray into virtual reality was driven by a desire to enhance my gaming experience; to make my rig more than just a window to these worlds, to actually let me step inside them. As time went on, I realized that VR technology wasn’t just possible, it was almost ready to move into the mainstream. All it needed was the right push.
We started Oculus VR with the vision of making virtual reality affordable and accessible, to allow everyone to experience the impossible. With the help of an incredible community, we’ve received orders for over 75,000 development kits from game developers, content creators, and artists around the world. When Facebook first approached us about partnering, I was skeptical. As I learned more about the company and its vision and spoke with Mark, the partnership not only made sense, but became the clear and obvious path to delivering virtual reality to everyone. Facebook was founded with the vision of making the world a more connected place. Virtual reality is a medium that allows us to share experiences with others in ways that were never before possible.
Facebook is run in an open way that’s aligned with Oculus’ culture. Over the last decade, Mark and Facebook have been champions of open software and hardware, pushing the envelope of innovation for the entire tech industry. As Facebook has grown, they’ve continued to invest in efforts like with the Open Compute Project, their initiative that aims to drive innovation and reduce the cost of computing infrastructure across the industry. This is a team that’s used to making bold bets on the future.
In the end, I kept coming back to a question we always ask ourselves every day at Oculus: what’s best for the future of virtual reality? Partnering with Mark and the Facebook team is a unique and powerful opportunity. The partnership accelerates our vision, allows us to execute on some of our most creative ideas and take risks that were otherwise impossible. Most importantly, it means a better Oculus Rift with fewer compromises even faster than we anticipated.
Very little changes day-to-day at Oculus, although we’ll have substantially more resources to build the right team. If you want to come work on these hard problems in computer vision, graphics, input, and audio, please apply!
This is a special moment for the gaming industry — Oculus’ somewhat unpredictable future just became crystal clear: virtual reality is coming, and it’s going to change the way we play games forever.
I’m obsessed with VR. I spend every day pushing further, and every night dreaming of where we are going. Even in my wildest dreams, I never imagined we’d come so far so fast.
I’m proud to be a member of this community — thank you all for carrying virtual reality and gaming forward and trusting in us to deliver. We won’t let you down.

Some nice PR lines in there..

 

[ComputerMKII]

HOLY SHIT

MEGATON

 

[qizah]

Facebook continuing it's "we have no vision for the future so we'll invest our capital in random things". Gg.

 

[rakkadakka]

Well.

Shit.

Valve, it's up to you now.

 

[Kyoufu]

Well, here's hoping Facebook don't fuck this up. Usually an acquisition like this turns out for the worst but OR was always going to be bought by someone with the money to help drive it into the mainstream.

 

[rrs]

Time to edit my consumerist bracket

 

[Mrbob]

Sold the fukkkkkk out, wow. So glad I didn't order that DK2.

I'll be waiting on Morpheus now.

 

[RulkezX]

Well this fucking sucks.

 

[AJLma]

Lol. Terrible news.

 

[NullPointer]

Facebook just bought a new way to serve you ads

 

[iJudged]

On the bright side, retail version prly out by Christmas.

 

[Nokagi]

Sorry GAF but your VR dreams just died.

 

[Pie and Beans]

Would Google have not just been the better fit if they were "up for sale"? Thats what makes so little sense to this. Why Facebook? I have to assume other corps were in on the "we're payin'!" sex-up period.

Facebook doesnt have have much if any hardware pushing capabilities, has recently had big "HOW DO WE MAKE THE FACEBOOK MAKE THE MONEY" conundrums, and so on. Google seems just as platform agnostic as Oculus would want so... I don't get it.

 

[PJV3]

I don't see Facebook caring about games, this will be about virtual tourism and adverts.

 

[Deadstar]

Welcome......to the real.....world.

Every Oculus game will have facebook advertising popping up mid game.

 

[GhostTrick]

Um, because Project Morpheus looks way more appealing now?

Fucking Facebook is now in charge of Oculus Rift. FACEBOOK

So... Morpheus looks way more appealing because Oculus Rift has now a lot more money to get a better developpement ?

 

[Crayons]

 

[DrZeus]

2 billy in 18 months? Someone got to buy in for you to selll out. I'd be sold too. Imagine the Quad SLI Titan Z rig that could be built.

Spoiler

 

[Phades]

the FUCK

This is my reaction.

Occulus didn't want to get in bed with folks directly involved with gaming and making games, yet allows this to happen?

....

 

[TAJ]

Sitting watching a basket ball game seat side, sitting in a virtual classroom learning

This is going to be aweful

They'll need a camera setup for every viewer, and an internet connection out of science fiction.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Welp.

Save us, Gabe.

 

[Dennis]

I wonder what this will mean for Kickstarter.

Think about it.

A Kickstarter company got sold for 2 fucking billion dollars.

 

[Archaix]

Damn. I've never seen my interest in a company completely disappear in an instant like that. Let's go Valve and Sony!

I wonder what this will mean for Kickstarter.

Think about it.

A Kickstarter company got sold for 2 fucking billion dollars.

I'd have to think it's nothing but bad for Kickstarter. Everybody who bought in to this idea gets the realization of "You are not an investor, you're a chump" before the product is ever available for purchase.

 

[Haines]

Who knew facebook would be next contender in video games yuckkkk

 

[low-G]

Heh, how the hell do people see this as a win for Sony?

When's the last time Facebook created a gaming thing that gamers actually loved and wasn't completely for people who like Candy Crush?

 

[Harp]

OR may become huge for FB but it died as a gaming peripheral the second they signed the deal.

Nope nothing. That's why I think giving people money with no return is dumb.

 

[StreetDisciple]

Next FB buys XBox

 

[.GqueB.]

Damn I preorderd the 2nd Dev kit. Kinda want to cancel xD I know it's a pretty ridiclous gut reaction but I wonder what this means for Oculus

Immersive gaming will be the first, and Oculus already has big plans here that won't be changing and we hope to accelerate.

 

[d0g_bear]

READ THIS YOU BASTARDS

from our dear leader palmer luckey

I’ve always loved games. They’re windows into worlds that let us travel somewhere fantastic. My foray into virtual reality was driven by a desire to enhance my gaming experience; to make my rig more than just a window to these worlds, to actually let me step inside them. As time went on, I realized that VR technology wasn’t just possible, it was almost ready to move into the mainstream. All it needed was the right push.
We started Oculus VR with the vision of making virtual reality affordable and accessible, to allow everyone to experience the impossible. With the help of an incredible community, we’ve received orders for over 75,000 development kits from game developers, content creators, and artists around the world. When Facebook first approached us about partnering, I was skeptical. As I learned more about the company and its vision and spoke with Mark, the partnership not only made sense, but became the clear and obvious path to delivering virtual reality to everyone. Facebook was founded with the vision of making the world a more connected place. Virtual reality is a medium that allows us to share experiences with others in ways that were never before possible.
Facebook is run in an open way that’s aligned with Oculus’ culture. Over the last decade, Mark and Facebook have been champions of open software and hardware, pushing the envelope of innovation for the entire tech industry. As Facebook has grown, they’ve continued to invest in efforts like with the Open Compute Project, their initiative that aims to drive innovation and reduce the cost of computing infrastructure across the industry. This is a team that’s used to making bold bets on the future.
In the end, I kept coming back to a question we always ask ourselves every day at Oculus: what’s best for the future of virtual reality? Partnering with Mark and the Facebook team is a unique and powerful opportunity. The partnership accelerates our vision, allows us to execute on some of our most creative ideas and take risks that were otherwise impossible. Most importantly, it means a better Oculus Rift with fewer compromises even faster than we anticipated.
Very little changes day-to-day at Oculus, although we’ll have substantially more resources to build the right team. If you want to come work on these hard problems in computer vision, graphics, input, and audio, please apply!
This is a special moment for the gaming industry — Oculus’ somewhat unpredictable future just became crystal clear: virtual reality is coming, and it’s going to change the way we play games forever.
I’m obsessed with VR. I spend every day pushing further, and every night dreaming of where we are going. Even in my wildest dreams, I never imagined we’d come so far so fast.
I’m proud to be a member of this community — thank you all for carrying virtual reality and gaming forward and trusting in us to deliver. We won’t let you down.

http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/21cy9n/the_future_of_vr/

 

[aspiegamer]

I suddenly feel better about not backing the original kickstarter project and wanting to wait for retail. Wow. What a kick in the (very literal, not virtual) junk. Someone created a non-profit corporation with donations and fucking sold out for $2 billion.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

After the initial guffaws were had, I have to admit this make sense.

And it's a good move for the OR team. Now they can retire in peace.

 

[Salsa]

I need to trust Valve really hard right now

 

[kmax]

Facebook's buying startups like a rich kid in a candy store. First Whatsapp for $19 billion just last month, and now Oculus for $2 billion.

 

[TheRealTalker]

Google panics... buys Valve tomorrow

 

[Guy.brush]

VR dating with 3d avatars wearing microtransacted vanity items INCOMING.

 

[Rubius]

And we thought we were safe. That everything was going to be better.

 

[Typomancer]

As Wario64 said on Twitter, it is crazy that Oculus is almost worth ten times less than Whatsapp.

I mean, Jesus. Sadness.

 

[The Hermit]

well, that's that

first whatsapp now this

 

[Zomba13]

I don't care what the head of Ovulus says or the head of Facebook. Of course they will say they won't change direction and just be better at doing what they are doing now. They all say that whether they change or don't.

At this point we will have to wait and see what happens. See what changes occur to the product and the company itself. Whether they will go for cheaper materials and less accuracy in spacial tracking to maximise profits for daddy Zucks or whether he really does want the best of the best in VR gaming and is willing to spend to make that happen.

Will also need to see if anyone jumps ship after this and goes to Sony or Valve to play about with their VR things.

We'll just have to wait now but it's always good to expect the worst in situations like this so you won't end up disappointed if a change in direction occurs.

 

[Goodacre0081]