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  • I just got done masturbating to immersive trans-species porn!

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  • edited March 2014
    Matt said:

    Yeah the internet is so full of butthurt and fear right now. I don't see a FB acquisition stopping developers from making great gaming experiences on the Rift, or preventing consumers from buying an eventual retail version. In fact, the resources will probably make that retail version better.

    And yet, Front page of reddit in a default sub right now, "HOW TO CANCEL YOUR OCULUS RIFT PRE-ORDER"

    And plenty of comments about how facebook has bought companies and run them into the ground, and how everything they touch turns to shit. Like..Instagram I guess? Another commonly cited one is Whatsapp, and how it's competitor had a surge in popularity after the acquisition was announced - of course, nobody mentioning that this occurred before Facebook had a chance to do anything at all, and the cause of that was the same paranoiacs causing the grand furoar right now, rushing away from Zuckerberg's big blue beastie. It was 100% fine once that nonsense settled down, though.
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  • I'm finding the shitstorm around this quite entertaining. A lot of entitled opinions being thrown around. "WE FUNDED THIS PROJECT AND THIS IS HOW THEY REPAY US?"

    No, sorry, you donated to a project so they could build prototypes as proof-of-concept. You are owed literally nothing beyond Kickstarter rewards. You got to be an early adopter of a shiny gadget.

    Not to say that Facebook will somehow be some innovative haven for the thing - but hey, you never know.
  • People don't understand Oculus more than likely gave up direction of the company when they took VC.
  • Yup. Taking VC money means that when Facebook comes calling with cash and shares, the company WILL say yes. The only reason they would say no is if they think they can get 2x money and shares from Google or Microsoft or Amazon or Apple or other.
  • Heh.. This is the equivalent of being mad that you bought gum from a guy who later won the lottery.
  • Andrew said:

    People don't understand Oculus more than likely gave up direction of the company when they took VC.

    Judging by a lot of the reaction, a lot of people don't understand Oculus, full stop, let alone how business operates.

  • Fucking businesses, how do they work?

    People don't understand a lot of things, especially the vocal majority of the Internet.
  • I think it's really funny how butthurt people are over Facebook buying Oculus Rift. It's not that surprising, really. Facebook is a company and they're, logically, trying to diversify their assets. The Oculus Rift has a ton of potential for success but they already face competition with Sony developing a similar peripheral for the PS4. With Facebook's financial backing, they can now really play on the main gaming stage instead of in the ephemera of PC gaming.
  • I think it's really funny how butthurt people are over Facebook buying Oculus Rift.

    Even funnier - they're saying basically whatever they like as a factual account of what will happen, and then when people from Oculus (mostly Palmer Luckey that I've seen - by the by, best name since Carlos Slim) come and say "No, that's not the case, we're not going to do that" they dismiss them as a facebook shill, and try to say that they "have to say that, because facebook owns you now."
  • Andrew said:

    People don't understand Oculus more than likely gave up direction of the company when they took VC.

    More like definitely gave up direction. They took something like $75 million, right? Even if Kickstarter pledges were "investment" in the traditional sense, the proportional ownership would be so low as to be essentially non-existent.

    What really amazes me is the degree to which people assume Kickstarter is something that it never pretended to be. You donate to see someone make a product, and you get rewards for doing that. What do you think someone's going to do with that product once it's made? They'll pitch it to actual investors so they can make actual money.

    I'd like to see how many people would turn down a buyout package like that. We'd know who all the idiots are.
  • Haven't we had this tech since the early 90's, yawn. Wake me up when we get somewhere actually cool :-p
  • edited March 2014
    Wasn't there a kickstarter by a former valve person doing the same thing but using clipons that also project images?

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/technicalillusions/castar-the-most-versatile-ar-and-vr-system
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  • edited March 2014
    Oculus addresses concerns on an AMA.

    This one gave me a good laugh.

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    Post edited by Daikun on


  • Best video I've seen.
  • So would the Internet have been okay with any company buying OR or would any acquisition be met with vitriol?
  • I think it'd be fine if it was a proper gaming company, like Valve, Epic, Id, etc. Maybe a bit more vitriol if it was EA.
  • I think it'd be fine if it was a proper gaming company, like Valve, Epic, Id, etc. Maybe a bit more vitriol if it was EA.

    I think NVidia actually missed a great opportunity.
  • I think the anger is more that if they are owned by a publicly traded company, people are afraid the desires of stockholders will be more important than the "creative vision." But, only time will tell if that's true.
  • holyshitholyshitholyshit Michael Abrash just got hired by Oculus
  • Andrew said:

    holyshitholyshitholyshit Michael Abrash just got hired by Oculus

    When he heard you were there, he came running.

  • I'm dubious of the internets ability to predict anything correctly.
  • Andrew said:

    holyshitholyshitholyshit Michael Abrash just got hired by Oculus

    I had to look up who that is, but holy shit, that's a serious pull, goddamn.

  • This just in! Trent Reznor has joined Oculus to make their official soundtrack!!
  • Apreche said:

    Andrew said:

    holyshitholyshitholyshit Michael Abrash just got hired by Oculus

    When he heard you were there, he came running.
    I would pay money to see yaoi/BL of this. Also with Trent Reznor in it. Or him playing at a concert and the other two in some shipping situation.
  • Andrew said:

    This just in! Trent Reznor has joined Oculus to make their official soundtrack!!

    Well, he already had a working relationship with your boy Carmack. I guess the Facebook money made him affordable.

  • Oculus Rift helps cancer patient.

    Hey, a beneficial use for this thing!

  • I just tried one of these. a) Take my money now! b) where can I invest in these guys?
  • Dr. Timo said:

    I just tried one of these. a) Take my money now! b) where can I invest in these guys?

    You could always just give me money :D






    or buy Facebook stock

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