Minecraft creator says he’s canceled talks for Oculus Rift version
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#2I don't blame him.
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#3> "Facebook creeps me out."
Whether or not you agree with his decision, having Notch pull away from talks with you creates an instant credibility "situation".
It's also noteable that Notch had been meeting with the Oculus team just two weeks ago[0], was tweeting about them in rather gushing terms[1] and seemed incredibly inspired to work on VR ideas[2].
He is now the personification of the a near universal feeling of betrayal in the community. Will be interesting to see how this develops.
[0] https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/443541395543162880
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#4'Within the last hour EVERY friend I know was developing a rift game has canceled. That's around 11 projects just gone.'
from a Reddit comment
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#5Third party mods will likely make it happen.
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#6Third party mods will likely make it happen.
They already do:
https://share.oculusvr.com/app/minecrift
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#7Third party mods will likely make it happen.
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#8I can't honestly blame him here.
I doubt the issue is Facebook 'creeping [him] out', so much as it is that it's uncertain what exactly Facebook is going to want out of the deal. Facebook isn't primarily a games company, and it's even less a 3D/desktop games company. There doesn't appear to be any obvious motivation for Facebook to use this tech for its intended purpose, so the question becomes what exactly they do want Oculus Rift for.
I assume Notch is worried about those implications. Will Facebook start demanding that every Oculus Rift game have tight Facebook integration? Will Facebook do something strange, like have Facebook wall updates appear in the game world irrespective of whether it fits into the game? If I were a game developer, this'd creep me out too.
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#9He has my respect. Facebook needs to be shunned by anyone with a brain, until they are a footnote in Internet history. Their privacy violations are unforgivable.
Really disappointed in the Occulus Rift board right now. I guess money overrides any sort of values.
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#10I'm wondering, what's John Carmack take on this, he quit idSoftware to join Oculus, which was very open by that time. He always was proponent of openness... right now from a laik perspective it looks it was mistake to leave id.