Facebook Buys Oculus Rift for For $2 Billion

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Facebook Buys Oculus, Virtual Reality Gaming Startup, For $2 Billion


Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2014/03/25/facebook-buys-oculus-virtual-reality-gaming-startup-for-2-billion/

WTF!
 
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Chris22 said:
What a shame, oculus had so much potential
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With that type of funding it has even more now, look at the reward Mark is offering for them continuing to reach milestones with the technology.
We're definitely headed for some interesting times.
 
Moosey said:
With that type of funding it has even more now, look at the reward Mark is offering for them continuing to reach milestones with the technology.
We're definitely headed for some interesting times.
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Facebooks primary goals are social and data mining, not gaming. The oculus is most likely going to get warped to fit facebooks business model and not address the needs of VR as a gaming platform
 
Chris22 said:
Facebooks primary goals are social and data mining, not gaming. The oculus is most likely going to get warped to fit facebooks business model and not address the needs of VR as a gaming platform
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It would be a very unwise decision to not progress as a gaming platform as well, the gaming industry is HUGE.
 
Yup ^^ RIP Oculus.

http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/minecraft-oculus-facebook/

lmao

PlayStation FTW!

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/03/21/project-morpheus-experiencing-ps4s-virtual-reality-prototype/
 
Facebook is just a cartel in the technology world. They claim to promote openness and connecting people, but unless you pay them you can't engage all your pages fans (which you've already invested lots of time and money acquiring) and your personal facebook posts barely even show up on most of your friends news feeds. It's a shame to see this mafia buying up companies that have so much potential, they got to make that $2B back somehow, and it's going to be much to oculus fan's chagrin.
 
Chris22 said:
Facebook is just a cartel in the technology world. They claim to promote openness and connecting people, but unless you pay them you can't engage all your pages fans (which you've already invested lots of time and money acquiring) and your personal facebook posts barely even show up on most of your friends news feeds.
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I kinda doubt the definition of a cartel is "they use their property to make money from me - instead of giving money to me for free" :)

It's a shame to see this mafia buying up companies that have so much potential, they got to make that $2B back somehow, and it's going to be much to oculus fan's chagrin.
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Well, since there is no IRS-FB division, they have to make that 2B by selling stuff. And if they manage to sell 2B worth of something based on OR, they obviously did a good move with their property.
 
Wow!

ceosam owns Oculus. He's a user from BHW. Congrats to him, now he can afford to stay in a hotel that has bigger lamps.
 
Yes with Facebook it increases the funding, however this will shift Oculus into a different direction that they initially have. They have to change their goal, and objective, abandon previous project just to meet Facebook new "social" project. Hopefully this isn't the case.
 
I was so excited for what Oculus was bringing to the table here. I'm gonna pass though as well now. Facebook will just warp it into another data funnel. The original premise behind the Rift's marketing was a great approach, then they saw the $$$ and sold out their philosophy as far as I'm concerned.
 
wtf i just read about this recently and never would of thought they'd sell to FB or at all even. Fuck me. I am still gonna see what becomes of it however, i had a game idea for it. If your a game developer. do hit me up!
 
Which VR should I invest in...hmm.. Seems like a worthy investment for sure.
 
I think that facebook did a good job by investing in Oculus Rift.
 
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