Hardware & Technical Facebook buys OculusVR
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Facebook buys OR
Not sure this bodes well for OR but we'll see.
http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-to-buy-oculus-rift-for-2-billion-2014-3
Not sure this bodes well for OR but we'll see.
http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-to-buy-oculus-rift-for-2-billion-2014-3
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Oh god please no.........
Your reaction reminds me of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ht-ZyJOV2k&feature=player_detailpage#t=20
Each user of a helmet Oculus Rift, will be forced to create a Facebook account and connect a minimum of 5 times a day
... and use real names in gameEach user of a helmet Oculus Rift, will be forced to create a Facebook account and connect a minimum of 5 times a day
On the plus side; $2bn might mean they get a consumer version out sooner than 2021.
I'm not sure how I feel about that, other than I'm glad I didn't buy into the OR yet.
I think there's something to be said about benefiting from a Kickstarter where the crowd funded the project from the ground up, only to sell out to another company before the first Retail version hits the stores. I wonder what kind of perks the Kickstarter backers get from a $2 Billion acquisition? I doubt they would even be offered a refund.
I think there's something to be said about benefiting from a Kickstarter where the crowd funded the project from the ground up, only to sell out to another company before the first Retail version hits the stores. I wonder what kind of perks the Kickstarter backers get from a $2 Billion acquisition? I doubt they would even be offered a refund.
I hadn't even thought of that, I think if the product had been on retail sale it's not an issue but given hat people have funded the project via kick starter it's a bit of a kick in the teeth to those early backers.
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