Looks interesting!
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2014/01/oculus-rift/
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2014/01/oculus-rift/
Good or not too good. That is the questionMorgan Jolley said:Any good ones?
dombili 913 points 1 hour agoJohn Carmack works for Facebook now. Let that sink in for a minute.
I think Sony is going to win this round regardless. Because they'll come out with a VR headset (PS4) that will be uniform so developers will know the platform and can bet people will grab the games.Sam Posten said:Welp, it's over. Guess I'm cancelling my order....http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/03/facebook-to-acquire-oculus/
http://boingboing.net/2014/03/25/oculus-vr-could-have-changed-b.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterhttp://www.engadget.com/2014/03/25/notch-oculus-facebook-minecraft/?a_dgi=aolshare_twitterThe problem isn't that Facebook is going ruin Oculus, by plastering it with ads and making it a pain in the ass like everything else they've shat all over. Although that wouldn't be a surprise.The problem is that this was an opportunity for something different. And it just died.I am shocked and hurt that when people stood up as fast and hard as they could, screaming for something, throwing their money in the air and hoping that this mattered enough that they could ignore the jaded past where everyone else sold out by now, all it did was raise their acquisition payout to exactly the guys we were hoping to avoid.
Sam Posten said:
I am shocked and hurt that when people stood up as fast and hard as they could, screaming for something, throwing their money in the air and hoping that this mattered enough that they could ignore the jaded past where everyone else sold out by now, all it did was raise their acquisition payout to exactly the guys we were hoping to avoid.
The problem with this deal is that Oculus' crowdfunded background and public support made it feel like the next big thing in tech could maybe, possibly be a movement powered by enthusiasts and hobbyists instead of venture capitalists and giant corporations. It would have been DEEPLY satisfying for a beloved Kickstarter to IPO and the best chance we've seen at that just vanished.