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Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by robotresearcher »

s3r3nity wrote: post #177
selmnoo wrote: post #146

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I am shattered right now. I was so happy for Oculus VR, I wanted it to become big, I wanted it to become something truly special. And now this happens. I'm horrified and speechless. This is the day I stop cheering for Oculus VR and get behind Sony's Morpheus: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/19/tech/gaming-gadgets/sony-morph... Notch on this deal: "We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I j…

>I am shattered right now. 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. I know i'll get down votes for saying this, but if Google was the buyer, there would be much more positive comments here. Use some rational analysis here, folks.

"if Google was the buyer, there would be much more positive comments here."

Right. Probably because Google is a technology driven company with some amazing technical products and research. Facebook has great backend skills but the product is meh.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by flylib »

neotek wrote: post #234
kayoone wrote: post #153

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Google is also investing heavily into stuff thats far from their core competency, like robots and self driving cars. I just hope FB don't mess with it too much in the next few years.

Maybe this is my personal bias showing, but surely Google is more of a general technology company than Facebook could hope to be. Google has a long-term, sustainable business that continually makes huge strides in new markets - from revolutionising search, to speeding up the evolution of the internet through projects like Chrome, smashing up the smartphone market with Android, and so on. Facebook on the other hand is…

Facebook has a lot of talent and can easily compete with Google on new technology sectors

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by dlp211 »

droopyEyelids wrote: post #471
benched wrote: post #383

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Why does everything on this site need to be backed up? Am I supposed to take a personal interest in your epistemic state as a matter of charity?

If you said you had your wallet in your pocket no one would ask you to back it up. If you said you had invented a perpetual motion machine, people would. Claiming that the C-level executives of a company don't have final say in or control of projects and budgets falls into the second category.

Except that's not what he said. He didn't say that the C-levels didn't have control, just that they don't have to approve everything that you want to do.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by farinasa »

Oculus has had several competitors coming to prototype recently. Now they have lost their following. I personally think facebook just bought a dud. Oculus just dug their own grave.

Additionally, this is a gaming device. Having utopian visions for a device that hasn't even hit the market for its intended use is not a good PR strategy.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by teemo_cute »

Disregarding whether you like Facebook or not. What we should watch out for is the it decline. Friendster --> Myspace --> Facebook --> ???

What would happen happen to Oculus then? By then I hope it gets bought by Microsoft or Valve.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by endgame »

lawl wrote: post #244
selmnoo wrote: post #146

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I am shattered right now. I was so happy for Oculus VR, I wanted it to become big, I wanted it to become something truly special. And now this happens. I'm horrified and speechless. This is the day I stop cheering for Oculus VR and get behind Sony's Morpheus: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/19/tech/gaming-gadgets/sony-morph... Notch on this deal: "We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I j…

I'm really in a clinch now. Because I boycott Sony over the geohot incident[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment_Am...

It's the rootkit CDs that do it for me.
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