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Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by droopyEyelids »

benched wrote: post #383
yid wrote: post #280

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> not everything needs final approval from the C-level suite (hell, that's their selling point to new hires.) Would you care to back that up with anything (not the part in parentheses)?

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.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by briantakita »

enneff wrote: post #394
briantakita wrote: post #286

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I expect he will have a similar situation that Ray Kurzweil has at Google.

Ray Kurzweil was hired by Google's current management to work at Google. How is this in any way analogous to Carmack's situation at Oculus, now Facebook?

The similarities are they are legendary & forward thinking technologists given a large amount of capital to pursue their passion and scale their vision.

Corporate title & organizition wise, they are different. Though I doubt Kurzweil worries too much about the current Ads, Search, Email, & Android platform. I would expect his role to be more forward thinking. I get the impression Carmack has a forward thinking role as well.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by 77ko »

vanwesson wrote: post #425
s3r3nity wrote: post #262

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> bottom-of-the-ethical-barrel Again, this is silly sensationalist thinking -- companies aren't people capable of "good" or "evil" choices. If they were, I'd note that Facebook was one of the only companies NOT conspiring to deflate the wages of half of the people that visit this site. (Note: I don't work for FB -- I just rail against silly hyperbolic thinking.)

>I'd note that Facebook was one of the only companies NOT conspiring to deflate the wages of half of the people that visit this site If you're referring to the fact that it was reported yesterday that Facebook refused to participate in the "no poaching" agreement between Apple, Google, and other companies, it is worth noting that Facebook's CEO is involved in a totally different, and probably much more permanent and…

Doesn't that potentially raise the salaries of all non-American engineers who might get jobs?

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by SEJeff »

bluedino wrote: post #90
SEJeff wrote: post #40

Wow, I never saw Jon Carmack working for Zuck. To be honest, they aren't even in the same league. This makes me a sad panda.

Suck has a hundre John Carmacks (of various fields) working for him

But there is only one guy who created Doom :)

That game entertained and inspired (arguably) an entire generation of future geeks like most of us.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by nightski »

froo wrote: post #377
hack_edu wrote: post #342

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Yes, but Instagram and Parse are services that fall within Facebook's major product area and have teams with related experience to Facebook's daily operations. Oculus is not a service, just a technology; one that has no relation (nor clear route to one) to any Facebook-held product.

> Oculus is not a service, just a technology; one that has no relation (nor clear route to one) to any Facebook-held product. Exactly. This is what diversification is all about. At it's core, Facebook is now a public technology company, which means that creating value for its shareholders is it's primary focus. Buying something that looks like it might be a big deal before it becomes a big deal is doing that. Killing…

Publicly held companies often do things that lack vision and do not serve their best interest.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by trekky1700 »

Luckily, the tech exists and the market is proven such that if Facebook fucks this up, someone else will come in and replace them.

If Facebook stays hands off and just infuses them with billions of dollars and massive resources, we could see something amazing come out of this. I'm still cheering for Oculus, and I trust the team and John Carmack to create an awesome product, regardless.

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Post by OWaz »

frakkingcylons wrote: post #179

Palmer Luckey (founder of Oculus VR) just wrote a statement[0] on the Oculus subreddit: "I’ve always loved games. They’re windows into worlds that let us travel somewhere fantastic. My foray into virtual reality was driven by a desire to enhance my gaming experience; to make my rig more than just a window to these worlds, to actually let me step inside them. As time went on, I realized that VR technology wasn’t just…

I read the following

'allows us to execute on some of our most creative ideas and take risks that were otherwise impossible. Most importantly, it means a better Oculus Rift with fewer compromises even faster than we anticipated'

and that for me sums up why Oculus took the offer.

Re: Facebook acquires Oculus VR

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Post by jiggy2011 »

nosequel wrote: post #428
baq wrote: post #266

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carmack doesn't need golden handcuffs. he earned fuck you money back then in the '90s.

And you are positive he still has all that money? I wouldn't assume anything these days. There are plenty of people who are worth millions who stick around someplace they don't want to be to be worth tens or hundreds of millions. Money is a real thing, no matter how awesome Carmack is (he's an idol of mine as well), it certainly can play a role in decisions.

Especially considering how much armadillo must have burnt.
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