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[CountAntonius]

I hope Valve starts taking their own version they showed off awhile back more serious.

 

[epmode]

Brendan fucking Iribe

This right here. Sleeper agent.

 

[NullPointer]

https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101319050523971

Virtual reality was once the dream of science fiction. But the internet was also once a dream, and so were computers and smartphones.

Zuck's letting us know he plans to acquire the entire internet next. It'll be renamed to InterFace.

 

[POWERSPHERE]

Don't know if its been mentioned but Microsoft owns a part of FB. Could of been a factor in it.

Ok oculus with your Facebook shares, band together with shareholders and sink this creepy fucking asshole. You can do it.

 

[Penguin]

I think this could be an interesting development.

Especially for expanding the use of Oculus beyond gaming

WE shall see.

 

[Dee Dah Dave]

inb4 a new VR kickstarter appears that promises to "stay true" to gaming and not to sell out to a mega corp.

 

[Liberty4all]

Well that came out of left field.

 

[The Weeknd]

Why couldn't it have been fuckbook

WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN FUCKBOOK

dead

 

[gofreak]

Before this, their agenda was a single focus. The goal of immersive VR was all that was on the table.

Now I feel like if Facebook feels like it, they could just easily disappear. They're part of a much bigger agenda now, but a small, non-core part.

Not to mention there could be the usual post-acquisition departures in 18-24 months.

 

[Dragon1893]

Well this sure was unexpected.

 

[paperheart]

LOL, this doesn't make any sense at all. Amazon would have been a better fit than Facebook.

 

[CaptainGyro]

Just saw the other thread in OT....this is really depressing to me

 

[Requiem]

If VR is going to be as big as we all think then this is a very smart move for Facebook.

 

[Mooreberg]

Well that was anticlimactic.

 

[SgtCobra]

Party @ Kazuo 2nite!

 

[Kyuur]

I mean, I think people are overreacting at this a little bit.

But man did this ever come out of left field. No one saw this coming.

 

[JesseZao]

Whaaaaaaaa...t

 

[midasmulligan]

Sooooooo.....Sony VR FTW?

 

[radio_apeshot]

Instafun

 

[gaming_noob]

This is great news. VR is going to be HUGE now.

 

[Jomjom]

Would be cool though if the idea of working for Mark Zuckerberg disgusts John Carmack so much that he joins Sony to work on the Morpheus.

 

[Saty]

 

[Donthizz#]

Carmak is screaming internally.

" I'M RICH MOTHERFUCKERS "

 

[Faith]

2 billion $ for Oculus VR? Shiiiiat they are now rich.

 

[Anon67]

This is great IMO since now, there is actually a huge company with money backing this incredible technology. I'd expect things to be rolling much quicker now. We might see the OR sooner than expected.

 

[metalmachine]

Was just about to post this. Here's the full press release:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/facebook-to-acquire-oculus-252328061.html

This is one of those surreal instances where I wasn't sure if the news was true or not, because I came here to look for a discussion thread and there was none.

Yep...

What the fuck...

 

[PBY]

BTW- if this is actually bad news for games, which it may not be at all, this is bad for Morpheus.

 

[TransTrender]

Sony, please deliver us from this hell.

 

[Grief.exe]

Well, there was a rumor a few weeks ago Valve would be interested in buying OVR.

Valve makes money hand over fist, but I don't think they have that kind of liquidity. $2 billion is insane.

Carmack back to id ?

If he does end up leaving OR, and we have to see the direction the company takes after the Facebook acquisition, I would imagine he would probably open his own indie development studio.
Hire some gameplay designers and he does the brunt of the coding work.

 

[MThanded]

So what is the end game here?

What does this mean for gaming?

BTW- if this is actually bad news for games, which it may not be at all, this is bad for Morpheus.

doubtful. Problem is facebook has no current leg in gaming. This could be a push towards that but they are not synonymous with gaming.

 

[Dreamgazer]

I'm not sure why, but I'm getting this tingling sensation from all this negativity.

I would like to watch the world burn some more.

Please facebook, buy Valve.

 

[Confusatron]

 

[ILoveBish]

That's an bold move cotton, let's see if it pays off.

 

[Reynx]

Time for Carmack to move to Valve and continue working on the VR they have

 

[Feltrol]

You guys are weird. If virtual reality is really as good as we can imagine it, do you really think we should waste that technology on just GAMES?

You have a point, but it's still shocking news right here on the gaming side of it.

 

[Kouriozan]

I mean, I think people are overreacting at this a little bit.

Changes are scary, we absolutely don't know what will happens now.

 

[Red Liquorice]

Unlike.

 

[vinnygambini]

I supported Oculus via Kickstarter. Do I get some proceeds of the transaction?

Spoiler

Dem bitches

 

[Dennis]

nm

 

[Anion]

Thank you Sony for Morpheus. Fuck the Oculus team.

Please be a joke, cause if not...lol.

 

[speculawyer]

Uh . . . I just lost all interest in Oculus VR.

 

[Guevara]

inb4 a new VR kickstarter that promises to "stay true" to gaming and not to sell out to a mega corp.

Oculus VR took $100 million dollars in external funding. They were bound to sell at some point.

 

[FiggyCal]

You guys are weird. If virtual reality is really as good as we can imagine it, do you really think we should waste that technology on just GAMES?

What are you doing? You're lashing out at no one.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Well shit...

I certainly hope Valve or someone else gets back into the game.

Sony's idea sounds great, but proprietary/non-PC support is no fun.

 

[Megadragon15]

This is huge. Now people can play all those crappy Facebook games in VR.

 

[Chaos]

 

[NathanMcMahon]

Can someone explain to me all the negative reactions? What are we expecting to happen to oculus?

knee jerk wanking. just hang out and enjoy the stupid meltdowns. we don't get to see them at this level often.

 

[Akai__]

Are they serious? Do they want to create a Farmville game for Oculus Rift or what the hell is going on?

Facebook needs to stop with this shit...

 

[Gorillaz]

"Doctors hate him"

Click this link to find out why

 

[OverBlood 3]

I'm genuinely interested why people are saying this is a bad thing/already dead etc?

Excuse my ignorance.