Facebook acquires Oculus VR • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by evo_9 » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

Kiro wrote: post #46

What's with the negativity? What exactly do you think will happen that's so bad?

Virtually anyone else with the pockets to buy them would have been better.

Microsoft for example have to be kicking themselves right now. After last weeks PS4 VR headset announcement I honestly expect them to buy Oculus immediately. I'm shocked they didn't or got out bid.

I wonder if Carmack was in on the talks... he couldn't have possible left ID to cash in like this... he's got to be pissed off.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by czr80 » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

I'm starting to think that fb thinks their stock is overvalued, and that they should buy as many things as they can before the price drops.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by jstsch » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

Wow, that was unexpected. Interesting, but unexpected. But not sure if I won't cancel my devkit.

What I find interesting in Oculus' blog post (http://www.oculusvr.com/blog/oculus-joins-facebook/) is that they write about an open connected world, but Facebook is everything but that.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by cmdr2 » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

me: mind, stop going down thought-threads about facebook empire building

mind: fu

me: okay, don't panic. facebook sees the potential in the upcoming VR industry

mind: yeah, they also see the VR marketplace wars coming and want to own it

me: marketplace wars? like apps built for VR accessible from within the headset [1]?

mind: yeah, so (c)blocking Steam from exploiting valve's influence with Oculus, and instead push Facebook as the marketplace for VR content

me: interesting.. mind?

mind: yeah?

me: you're just making up shit to explain why Facebook would buy Oculus VR aren't you?

mind: yeah :(

[1] http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/19/5524336/new-oculus-rift-dev...

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by mikeash » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

Kiro wrote: post #46

What's with the negativity? What exactly do you think will happen that's so bad?

The fear is that they'll alter the product into something none of us care about, since Facebook does nothing like it.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by codezero » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 9:49 PM UTC

Kiro wrote: post #46

What's with the negativity? What exactly do you think will happen that's so bad?

I don't know, maybe the same thing that happens to almost every other rising star that gets grabbed up by a behemoth.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 9:49 PM UTC

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Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by sekasi » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 9:49 PM UTC

serge2k wrote: post #84

Cancelling order now.

well that's a lie.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by Jack000 » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 9:49 PM UTC

this probably doesn't bode well for core gamers. At least sony is planning on a competitor.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by pdq » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 9:49 PM UTC

ghc wrote: post #13

I am astonished. I wonder if John Carmack could have ever imagined he'd work for Facebook.

I'll be surprised if John stays on past his golden handcuff period. The amount of money he stands to make after joining Oculus less than a year ago is certainly large.