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[MooseKnuckles]

Of course it will be open to developers, they can make facebook apps.

No seriously, a lot of naiveté in this thread.

I was only talking about what had actually been announced so far, and from what I've read the Oculus CEO has only said that they are moving ahead as planned in terms of how they are approaching development. That might change in the future, but some people are acting as if the Oculus is immediately worthless based on this announcement.

 

[Ensirius]

I just heard about this news.
I guess there won't be an oculus for me.
Congrats to them I guess.

 

[Majine]

How does this play into their Whatsapp buy?

 

[Popup]

You can imagine fighting your way to the boss and realize, thanks to the massive thumbs up plastered on it's face, that 18 of your friends already 'Liked' it?

In fact, they will prob allow you to 'Like' any object in the game by simply giving it the thumbs up like shrubbery and lamps.

 

[PaperFlame]

You don't think Google data mines the hell out of every search term you enter? Google scares me far, far more than Facebook, because they happen to be 8x bigger than Facebook and have their fingers in way more pies.

Spoiler

I dislike facebook that much

 

[ChrisMahoney]

How many times are you gonna copy paste that in occulus rift threads?

People are posting similar posts throughout the day. Some of my responses are the same.

 

[Scaramanger]

Do you use the internet? Have you used Amazon? Google? Guess what... your info is out there!

Of course you're absolutely right but there just seems something so insidiously creepy about Facebook to me. Irrational I know but what can I say?!

 

[SaberEdge]

He has 2 billion reasons to stretch the truth. All you can do is wait for a retail product and see what happens. If you have to have a Facebook account and buy games from the Facebook game store with your Facebook digital currency, people are going to shit bricks.

Wow, people are really going off the deep end with their delusions and paranoia.

Facebook isn't going to force Oculus to do anything that is bad for the adoption of VR. People can't seem to understand that Facebook isn't the devil, nor do they have a gun to our heads forcing us to use their products. If you don't find value in facebook, don't use it. Same goes for any of their products.

Facebook isn't stupid. Like any successful company they achieved success by understanding what people want and finding ways to providing a better product than their competitors.

The fact is, nothing is stopping others from creating VR headsets of their own. Facebook isn't going to force Oculus to flash ads in our faces. The whole point of VR is to be immersed and feel like we are present in another place. Ads flashing in front of our eyes would utterly destroy that and completely defeat the purpose of VR in the first place. People wouldn't accept that and some other competitor would step forward and say "hey, our VR headset doesn't have ads popping up in front of your eyes" and like that everybody would buy up the competitors VR headset and the Oculus Rift would be dead in the water.

 

[Aaron]

You can imagine fighting your way to the boss and realize, thanks to the massive thumbs up plastered on it's face, that 18 of your friends already 'Liked' it?

In fact, they will prob allow you to 'Like' any object in the game by simply giving it the thumbs up like shrubbery and lamps.

Yet people were overjoyed when Microsoft and Sony put these social features in their new consoles.

 

[ChrisMahoney]

I just heard about this news.
I guess there won't be an oculus for me.
Congrats to them I guess.

Why won't you buy one anymore?

Spoiler

I dislike facebook that much

At least Facebook has good privacy policies. Companies like Microsoft literally read through emails.

 

[ZehDon]

Do people really believe that is going to happen while we are playing games? ... People are being silly if they believe Oculus or Facebook would have ads popping up in our faces while we game or watch movies in the Rift.

During a piece of entertainment? Probably not. I'd imagine it would operate more like the unskippable garbage that front-loads most DVD and Blu-Rays today. For everything. Watch a movie? 3 minutes of ads. Play a game? 60 seconds of ads. Take a virtual tour of Mt St Michaels? 2 minutes of ads. Head into Facebook-started VR Space? Continual pop-up ads for your duration.
Of course, they might start to look at incorporating advertisements into games and VR experiences more heavily, as they've got a toe in the industry now. Locally rendered imagery allows them to do that seamlessly with an active internet connection, ensuring up-to-date advertisements constantly. Signs in a virtual museum, billboards in games, updated dialogue for your virtual tour guide.
If you think this is far fetched, remember: they paid US$2b for OR. Currently, their gross revenue is less than US$8b a year. They'll need to milk OR for this to balance out and start turning a self-sufficient profit. And if VR catches on, then one of the largest advertisers in the world is there to steer the birth medium - more ads for everyone!

 

[spekkeh]

Not so bad when you think about it.

 

[Always-honest]

Just woke up to this.
Why the panic?

Relax

 

[Popup]

Yet people were overjoyed when Microsoft and Sony put these social features in their new consoles.

It's kind of the crass implementation that I am referring to..

 

[Aaron]

Just woke up to this.
Why the panic?

Relax

Welcome to the internet.

NOW PANIC!!!

 

[Mushroomer25]

Just woke up to this.
Why the panic?

Relax

Because people are bored, and it's cool to hate Facebook.

In six months, when the Rift releases with little difference in the end product - plenty of people will have forgotten the thing is even owned by Zuckerberg.

 

[spekkeh]

You can imagine fighting your way to the boss and realize, thanks to the massive thumbs up plastered on it's face, that 18 of your friends already 'Liked' it?

In fact, they will prob allow you to 'Like' any object in the game by simply giving it the thumbs up like shrubbery and lamps.

Sticking up your thumb to things you like sounds awesome.

So many thumbs on my butt though.

 

[mario_O]

Because people are bored, and it's cool to hate Facebook.

In six months, when the Rift releases with little difference in the end product - plenty of people will have forgotten the thing is even owned by Zuckerberg.

In six months? maybe..but I see the PC community slowly but surely gravitating to another VR headset, that is not linked to facebook, as soon as it comes out.

 

[SaberEdge]

Who cares if Facebook develops a bunch of applications to leverage VR tech? I guess I'm not seeing why Facebook developing those things for a piece of hardware is more worrying than any random company developing non-gaming software for it.

I don't either.

 

[Aaron]

In six months? maybe..but I see the PC community slowly but surely gravitating to another VR headset, that is not linked to facebook, as soon as it comes out.

Sure, like they would never play Battlefield 4 because it was only available through Origin.

 

[Murder. She Wrote]

Well, on a good note, this gives a chance to other VR companies to succeed.

Spoiler

But really i'm all like Vader goin "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"

 

[Chanser]

Will the rift have a like button? Taking screenshots and post them to Facebook.

 

[Harpuea]

I read through this thread for 5 hours. From 7PM to 12 AM. . . Not feeling happy about the news one bit.


When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold

When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood’s run stale

I wanna hide the truth
I wanna shelter you
But with the beast inside
There’s nowhere we can hide

No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Project Morpheus exists, so I don't care.

 

[Corto]

I missed the announcement but I think this is good. Shows that the tech has a future and it's not just a fad or a buzzword. This is it. VR is the next big thing. Games are just one of its uses the potential for this tech is huge.

 

[jimbobsmells]

This is the craziest thing I've heard since I woke up 10 mins ago. Well I guess it's Morpheus or bust now for me.

 

[The Incredible Muffin]

Project Morpheus exists, so I don't care.

You should care.

Oculus being doomed to be a farmville machine will prevent it from ever taking of in the hardcore gamer scene. That scene is necessary to make it anything big because that scene will have to draw in the casuals.

With that not happening right now, I see a dark future for VR.

I can only see this as bad news.

 

[Ensirius]

Why won't you buy one anymore?

Because I don't want to give my personal info to Facebook. Also my money. Even though I got Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp all owned by FB. I loved what OR represented. A bunch of talented people made it with the help of the people, free from the shackles of big corporations. Now that dream is dead.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Morpheus wins.

Nah, IMO Morpheus is in deep shit now after the Rift Facebook acquisition.

Going against Oculus was "easy"-tier for Sony. Going against the Facebook mammoth is... quite another story. Facebook is Apple level of enemy and we all know how it ended for Sony the last time they clashed - Vita vs iPhone/ iPad.

 

[thefit]

 

[mugwhump]

There is no reason "facebook apps" should not become like Steam apps. Steam is a platform, Facebook/Oculus is a platform. Its incompatible in the long term.

Facebook/Oculus is a platform? No.

Facebook is a platform. Oculus is a display device.

How do you make a display device closed or controlled? It would be way more of a pita for facebook than it would be worth. Seriously, can you give me the technical details of what you think facebook will change about the oculus to make it closed?

 

[GhostTrick]

You should care.

Oculus being doomed to be a farmville machine will prevent it from ever taking of in the hardcore gamer scene. That scene is necessary to make it anything big because that scene will have to draw in the casuals.

With that not happening right now, I see a dark future for VR.

I can only see this as bad news.

Eh, explain me how Oculus is doomed to be a farmville machine ? Is your TV doomed to be a soap opera machine ? Because trust me, there's a lot more people using TV to watch soap opera than gaming.

 

[Guinness]

Project Morpheus exists, so I don't care.

This.

But thanks for reviving the VR trend Oculus. We owe you that.

 

[stufte]

Eh, explain me how Oculus is doomed to be a farmville machine ? Is your TV doomed to be a soap opera machine ? Because trust me, there's a lot more people using TV to watch soap opera than gaming.

I heard that television manufacturer Sony was making a game console. I bet it'll be doomed to be a shitty sitcom machine.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

You should care.

Oculus being doomed to be a farmville machine will prevent it from ever taking of in the hardcore gamer scene. That scene is necessary to make it anything big because that scene will have to draw in the casuals.

With that not happening right now, I see a dark future for VR.

I can only see this as bad news.

What kind of logic is that? That's not gonna happen.

 

[ramparter]

I'm in all honestly excited. Only Google being the buyer would top that.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Also has this been posted yet:

Hilarious.

 

[SmartBase]

At least now we don't have to read rubbish posts comparing Rift and Morpheus funding and how one is more "mainstream" than the other because of that.

Still interested in seeing what this injection of funds means for the Rift's hardware.

 

[casinoman921]

Can't imagine Sony's too thrilled about this. Facebook's a huge competitor their up against now.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Man, with proper marketing Oculus will now reach millions and millions of people vs hundreds of thousands that it could reach before.

Very interested in future Sales Threads when it comes to VR Tech Devices. Wouldn't like to be a fly in the Sony VR Marketing room now...

 

[CadetMahoney]

I see a dark future for VR.

I can only see this as bad news.

pretty much.

 

[pupcoffee]

VR has the potential to change entertainment and communication forever. Of course the tech wouldn't be used exclusively for fucking videogames.

 

[quetz67]

Isn't this good news? Eye tracking confirmed!

 

[stufte]

VR has the potential to change entertainment and communication forever. Of course the tech wouldn't be used exclusively for fucking videogames.

woah.

 

[soulassssns]

Guess I am not getting an Oculus now....

 

[Aaron]

You should care.

Oculus being doomed to be a farmville machine will prevent it from ever taking of in the hardcore gamer scene. That scene is necessary to make it anything big because that scene will have to draw in the casuals.

With that not happening right now, I see a dark future for VR.

I can only see this as bad news.

Posts like this remind me that those people who believe the Earth is 6,000 years old aren't joking.

 

[aygomyownroad]

Virtual virtual skeball!

But seriously worried now that it will be left to rot

 

[StoppedInTracks]

All the doomsayers in this thread are hilarious. You all were branding Oculus as a "niche" product before remember? And cheering Morpheus as a much more mainstream device "it's easier to sell it as a PS4 add-on, so it will help to grow the VR community faster!".

The game has changed now.

You can't get ANY MORE mainstream than Facebook. It's the fucking middle of the stream. If they play their cards right this will sell TONS. And who will be buying it? Non-gamers first.

OH MY GOD... this is the true Wii successor... the second blue ocean!

Zuckerberg is fucking genious.

 

[Corto]

Man, with proper marketing Oculus will now reach millions and millions of people vs hundreds of thousands that it could reach before.

Very interested in future Sales Threads when it comes to VR Tech Devices. Wouldn't like to be a fly in the Sony VR Marketing room now...

This will benefit Sony too. With zero effort from them they instantly and exponentially increased their potential target audience.

 

[Anteater]

shit is going to hit mainstream really quick thanks to this, I think in that aspect it's a good thing, and even if you assume the apocalyptic scenario where facebook will ruin everything, etc, there will likely be a lot of competitors popping up.

this will also make VR porn happen a lot sooner