Oculus Rift - Virtual Reality Gaming - Page 6

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.