Facebook acquires Oculus VR

Post by igl » Wed, Mar 26, 2014, 1:54 AM UTC

lawl wrote: post #48

Damn! I don't like this. I had hoped they jump in bed with valve. Yes, I just really dislike facebook, so I hate to see them aquiring something i was really excited about. Also from the article: > After games, we're going to make Oculus a platform for many other experiences. Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor fa…

Post by tjmc » Wed, Mar 26, 2014, 1:57 AM UTC

Post by torbit » Wed, Mar 26, 2014, 1:58 AM UTC

prawn wrote: post #532

I wonder if Oculus felt threatened enough by Valve and Sony to jump at any solid opportunity to aggressively ramp up their development, hiring and so on? Sony has the brand name and Valve have a pretty solid community. If either were out there with as-strong or superior technology, Oculus might've been irrelevant within 2-3 years.

Post by NoodleIncident » Wed, Mar 26, 2014, 1:59 AM UTC

moskie wrote: post #307

incision wrote: post #250

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>"Oh come on -- this is just ridiculous. They (Oculus) now have many many more times the resources at their disposal than before to make countless imaginative projects." Honest question, do you have anything to base this idea that of "many many more times the resources" on? Have any companies been acquired by FB and immediately gone about pushing the envelope in ways that don't strictly line up the existing business…

> Have any companies been acquired by FB and immediately gone about pushing the envelope in ways that don't strictly line up the existing business of FB? I'm not sure how many examples are out there, but I continually have to remind myself that Facebook owns Instagram. The product hasn't really suffered, at least for no reasons I would directly associate with them being bought out by FB. I say this as someone who is…

Post by Ryel » Wed, Mar 26, 2014, 2:02 AM UTC