Facebook acquires Oculus Rift

[Rail Tracer]

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/facebook-to-acquire-oculus-252328061.html

So much for Oculus Rift being something that I'll buy once it hits center stage. BUH-BYE Oculus Rift!

 

[figsfiggyfigs]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooo fuck.

 

[1487610420]

These news are totally deserving of this emoticon

 

[Jonny]

Judge it for what it becomes, not its association with facebook. Unless, of course, you're protesting facebook for some reason. Frankly, I don't care.

 

[prplchknz]

Judge it for what it becomes, not its association with facebook. Unless, of course, you're protesting facebook for some reason. Frankly, I don't care.

^^^^^^^^

 

[Comeback Girl]

Why would they buy Oculus Rift? It's so ugly and it looks so heavy. Don't people get a sore neck from that thing?

 

[Lateralus]

Why would they buy Oculus Rift? It's so ugly and it looks so heavy. Don't people get a sore neck from that thing?

It's not a fashion accessory.

 

[Comeback Girl]

It's not a fashion accessory.

It still looks heavy.

 

[Little_Sticks]

I don't understand why it matters that Facebook owns it. It sounds awesome for video games. If it works and it's not uncomfortable, I'll probably buy one, as long as it isn't too expensive for something that's designed for entertainment purposes. I wonder what the price will be. I can't say I'd be willing to spend more than $500 for something like this.

 

[Fluffywolf]

It still looks heavy.

Its surprisingly light.

 

[Rail Tracer]

I don't understand why it matters that Facebook owns it. It sounds awesome for video games. If it works and it's not uncomfortable, I'll probably buy one, as long as it isn't too expensive for something that's designed for entertainment purposes. I wonder what the price will be. I can't say I'd be willing to spend more than $500 for something like this.

I would assume it is because how people will perceive what will facebook do with it and with the information it collects of people actually using Oculus Rift... the same with when Facebook acquired Whatsapp.

The other issue people seem to have is that it was a public funded campaign to get the thing to work, and now that facebook has essentially bought it, it has become useless to most of the people who funded it.

 

[Fluffywolf]

The main issue is that for new technology such as VR to have a possibility of becoming 'the new thing', it relies greatly on being completely open and available to any and all software developers. For such a piece of technology to fall in the hands of a large business with huge self interest, usually means the project is going to fail hard, as access to it will no doubt come with major restrictions to most software developpers. At the very least it will come with increased pricetags.

Luckily there are more VR projects besides the occulus rift being developped as we speak, so not all is lost yet. There is a need for competition in this market if we are to hope for any sort of decent application of the technology in the future.

 

[Lateralus]

The main issue is that for new technology such as VR to have a possibility of becoming 'the new thing', it relies greatly on being completely open and available to any and all software developers. For such a piece of technology to fall in the hands of a large business with huge self interest, usually means the project is going to fail hard, as access to it will no doubt come with major restrictions to most software developpers. At the very least it will come with increased pricetags.

Luckily there are more VR projects besides the occulus rift being developped as we speak, so not all is lost yet. There is a need for competition in this market if we are to hope for any sort of decent application of the technology in the future.

+1

Hopefully Facebook acts less like Microsoft (with Windows) and more like Google (with Android), but that's uncertain right now and I don't trust Zuckerberg. He is basically the opposite of Elon Musk among tech CEOs.