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Yoshi-
Germany10227 Posts
There really isn't any reason to believe that Facebook will do any harm to it | ||
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Sermokala
United States14215 Posts
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On March 26 2014 08:07 Yoshi- wrote: So whats the logical reason to hate? There really isn't any reason to believe that Facebook will do any harm to it Exactly. If anything this buyout might just give them huge resource to push it forward. It would only look bad if a direct competitor bought out OR to prevent release, but fb is a farcry from competitor with OR. | ||
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Random()
Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
On March 26 2014 08:07 Yoshi- wrote: So whats the logical reason to hate? There really isn't any reason to believe that Facebook will do any harm to it Let me try: Facebook is a shady company that thrives on spying on its users and selling their data to third parties with zero transparency. It has nothing to do with gaming and the direction that they will push VR to will most likely be disgusting "social" (aka gathering your data to sell to marketing firms) applications. | ||
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Marcinko
South Africa1014 Posts
Those eager to cobble together monumental structures in virtual reality will be sad to hear that Minecraft is no longer being developed for the Oculus Rift officially. In August we reported on a series of tweets from Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson in which the developer stated that he was "VERY excited" by the potential of the Oculus Rift headset. Now that Facebook has acquired Oculus Rift, Persson is singing a different, decidedly unhappy tune. "We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus," Persson tweeted. "I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out." We've reached out to Persson for more information on why exactly the social networking giant creeps him out. We will update this post with anything we hear back. In the meantime, those especially hard up for some blocky virtual world building may want to take a look at Minecrift, a Minecraft modification that adds Oculus Rift support to the existing version of Mojang's indie hit. No more Minecraft for the OR. source | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On March 26 2014 08:35 Random() wrote: Let me try: Facebook is a shady company that thrives on spying on its users and selling their data to third parties with zero transparency. It has nothing to do with gaming and the direction that they will push VR to will most likely be disgusting "social" (aka gathering your data to sell to marketing firms) applications. Don't dent your tinfoil hat there. For everyone else who's not living in a faraday's cage and already has a facebook nothing really changes. | ||
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Random()
Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
On March 26 2014 08:48 wei2coolman wrote: Don't dent your tinfoil hat there. For everyone else who's not living in a faraday's cage and already has a facebook nothing really changes. Tinfoil hat? That's like the only reason for Facebook to exist. Where exactly do you think they get those billions that they've been throwing around lately, by being nice guys and helping your friends see the pictures of your cat? | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On March 26 2014 08:59 Random() wrote: Tinfoil hat? That's like the only reason for Facebook to exist. Where exactly do you think they get those billions that they've been throwing around lately, by being nice guys and helping your friends see the pictures of your cat? It's hardly shady. I think everyone is aware that they target advertisement to each person. But there's no fucking evidence in regards to their plans with the OR yet. For all we know it's simple buyout to ride on it's sales tailcoat as it comes out, or highly integrated social software. | ||
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Blargh
United States2103 Posts
On March 26 2014 08:07 Yoshi- wrote: So whats the logical reason to hate? There really isn't any reason to believe that Facebook will do any harm to it LOL Surely... This can't possibly be... Is this REAL? | ||
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Disengaged
United States6994 Posts
On March 26 2014 06:54 dabom88 wrote: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-to-buy-oculus-rift-for-2-billion-2014-3 http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/25/facebook-to-buy-oculus-vr-maker-of-the-rift-headset-for-around-2b-in-cash-and-stock/ http://kotaku.com/facebook-buys-oculus-rift-for-2-billion-1551487939 http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2014/03/25/facebook-buys-oculus-virtual-reality-gaming-startup-for-2-billion/ http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/facebook-buys-virtual-reality-oculus-2b-23057463 Facebook has bought Occulus VR for 2 Billion Dollars. Facebook's goddamn rich, throwing out these billion dollar investments. First they buy Instagram for a billion. And they apparently think Occulus VR is worth twice as much as that. God damnit. . . . Just fucking GOD DAMNIT. There goes me buying it. | ||
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Spaylz
Japan1743 Posts
On March 26 2014 06:54 dabom88 wrote: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-to-buy-oculus-rift-for-2-billion-2014-3 http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/25/facebook-to-buy-oculus-vr-maker-of-the-rift-headset-for-around-2b-in-cash-and-stock/ http://kotaku.com/facebook-buys-oculus-rift-for-2-billion-1551487939 http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2014/03/25/facebook-buys-oculus-virtual-reality-gaming-startup-for-2-billion/ http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/facebook-buys-virtual-reality-oculus-2b-23057463 Facebook has bought Occulus VR for 2 Billion Dollars. Facebook's goddamn rich, throwing out these billion dollar investments. First they buy Instagram for a billion. And they apparently think Occulus VR is worth twice as much as that. They also bought WhatsApp last month, for $16 billions + another $3 billions in payouts. I'm actually surprised, considering Facebook did horrible when they went public, that they have that much money to throw around. I guess Facebook is a sure thing no matter what when it comes to money. | ||
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ETisME
12893 Posts
On March 26 2014 08:35 Random() wrote: Let me try: Facebook is a shady company that thrives on spying on its users and selling their data to third parties with zero transparency. It has nothing to do with gaming and the direction that they will push VR to will most likely be disgusting "social" (aka gathering your data to sell to marketing firms) applications. Yet the funds and the huge amount of user might be what's needed for vr to go big, even beyond gaming | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
On March 26 2014 09:22 Spaylz wrote: They also bought WhatsApp last month, for $16 billions + another $3 billions in payouts. I'm actually surprised, considering Facebook did horrible when they went public, that they have that much money to throw around. I guess Facebook is a sure thing no matter what when it comes to money. Isn't it normally better for the technology when the company making it is independent? Like when it gets bought out a lot of management gets thrown in slowing down development. | ||
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reDicE
United States1020 Posts
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Draconizard
628 Posts
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Blackrobe
United States806 Posts
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Nachtwind
Germany1130 Posts
On March 26 2014 08:07 Yoshi- wrote: So whats the logical reason to hate? There really isn't any reason to believe that Facebook will do any harm to it A company lead by a narcist half-sociopath man-teen that only desire is to give satisfaction to the companies stockholders is not hurting a future basic technology owned by that company. Aha. | ||
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GinDo
3327 Posts
My issue are: 1) Please, no required FB integration. 2) No spying, kk plz. | ||
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Nachtwind
Germany1130 Posts
On March 26 2014 11:24 GinDo wrote: I'm pretty sure that FB is just seeing this as an opportunity to visualize social encounters. I really don't have an issue with this since it will simply pour more money into the OR. My issue are: 1) Please, no required FB integration. 2) No spying, kk plz. Are you really that naive I spare myself that question mark this time. | ||
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MotherOfRunes
Germany2862 Posts
On March 26 2014 08:35 Random() wrote: Let me try: Facebook is a shady company that thrives on spying on its users and selling their data to third parties with zero transparency. It has nothing to do with gaming and the direction that they will push VR to will most likely be disgusting "social" (aka gathering your data to sell to marketing firms) applications. spying is the least crime they do. the biggest is filtering and shaping the public oppinion together with google btw here something to think about facebook, google and data glasses n stuff | ||
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