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Knowledge gained working with a renderer and two screens can be used with camera(s) and one screen, such as what a cellphone/tablet/computer has.
I don't know exactly how you meant 'two screens' (two experienced screens, or two hardware screens?), but in case you meant the latter, there is only one screen. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Oculus+Rift+Teardown/13682
An Oculus controller to go with the headset is looking more and more likely. I'm guessing that it will be similar to the PlayStation Move controller but with infrared instead of visible light tracking. They're already doing infrared tracking for the headset, so it would be easy to track a couple of controllers as well.
How does Oculus acquire anything at this point. Don't they mean Facebook acquires Carbon?
So why would Oculus acquire Carbon Design, rather than contracting them to design/build their products?
You are basically paying to grow a competitor if you outsource high skilled work. Strategically it's better to control all knowledge/resources that your company is dependent on.
http://www.asymco.com/2012/12/07/the-real-threat-that-samsun...
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Since they operate independently and likely have their own cash pile for stuff like this, the legal entity making the purchase is actually Oculus. Same with like Nest/Google AFAIK.
I wondered the same thing about Nest/Google the other day. It could also be an abstraction on the part of Google/Facebook to hide their associations with the brand, to avoid brand reputation damage of some sort.
http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-and-acxioms-big-data...
"Audience Operating System .. allows advertisers to tie together your "digital persona" even if you've changed your name due to marriage, the use of a nickname, or because you sometimes use a middle name. It also figures out whether someone who has moved addresses or changed phone numbers is the same person or not."
I keep thinking the long term goal here is not an Oculus Rift product, but devices that tie in augmented reality and marketing / sales, with hooks to your Facebook account. I honestly see them ditching anything to do with a game display device.
Isn't rabid Facebook hating getting old now?
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You are basically paying to grow a competitor if you outsource high skilled work. Strategically it's better to control all knowledge/resources that your company is dependent on.
Apparently ASUS started selling computers after Dell outsourced a bit too much to them. http://www.asymco.com/2012/12/07/the-real-threat-that-samsun...
Great for Carbon. The situation for hardware design firms (right now, and often) is brutal - the degree of difficulty to consistently book enough new work to keep your talented team members employed is incredibly high, and more companies are moving this work in-house. There are a number of these firms in the Seattle area, and all of them are struggling. Acquisition is often preferable to closing your doors, which cou…