Facebook To Buy Oculus Rift For $2 Billion

[DoctorSatan]

Facebook has never really been known to just let companies develop independantly, and they paid that much money for a reason: integration. I've never used WhatsApp, nor do I know the story on what happened to it, but I doubt the Occulus Rift will be the same as it would've if it were developed independantly. The two main things I fear: tons of "farmville" type games for the Occulus Rift flooding our news feed, and the lack of privacy they're known so well for. We just have to wait I guess.

[NInety]

I'm literally crying right now...

[ChrisxIxCross]

Why GOD?! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. Minecraft was supposed to come to Oculus and now it will never happen  https://twitter.com/notch/status/448586381565390848

[Zuu111]

Mark Zuckerberg must have dreams of being a real life James Halliday and building his own OASIS.

Thought the same thing!

[Anthony10]

NOOO OCULUS NOOO

[Zuu111]

Jeez, Facebook buys Oculus, AND Nvidia releases  a double Titan Black (Titan Z) for $3000... think I'll go play a game and stop reading tech news now, had enough for one day!

[chadpotter3]

This is why we cant have nice things. 

[pk-man]

lol soon fb can provide a more realistic stalking experience.......

 

wait, does this mean oculus is no long on kickstarter??

[Cwazywazy]

Aw gawd.

 

At least we'll be able to have a more immersive Farmville experience.

[Sky Daddy]

I can't believe people are taking back their support for Oculus because of this, it's incredibly childish.

 

Do note that the rift is being developed for pc gaming, higher end gaming pc's I might add.

Facebook would not dare fuck with what oculus created as a gaming platform, but they are interested in what VR could do for telepresence, communication, and social interaction.

[ofr057]

I think this has fucked oculus and now opened up the court for someone new.

I cant see why there is a need to do this as i wouldnt think oculus is short on cash?

[ces160]

Its not all bad. VR Farmville could be awesome!

 

Now... how do I convey sarcasm via text???

[Dezshair]

Just what I want in my VR experience, advertisement everywhere. 

[Smoka]

Facebook right now

 

[DeViLzzz]

Carmack you are now a part of Facebook. Is it all you ever dreamed of? What a horrible day for the gaming industry.

[applebook]

Just what I want in my VR experience, advertisement everywhere. 

 

Mandatory Facebook account :angry:

[Bonsai99]

Facebook is good at turning everything they touch into a steaming pile of shit. I can't see this ending well.

[Stephen Chou]

Oh yay, now people will get spammed with Facebook alerts while they are trying to peacefully play Team Fortress 2.

[DreamPuppet]

Get ready for virtual reality add spam.

 

I think this has fucked oculus and now opened up the court for someone new.

I cant see why there is a need to do this as i wouldnt think oculus is short on cash?

 

Why?  How about 2 billion reasons?...lol.

[Gunzkewl]

What's next? Facebook buying Tesla Motors?

[pk-man]

I can't imagine how pissed those people who backed them on their kickstarter must be feeling.  To see them sell out like that must felt like being kicked in the balls.

[Fred Castellum]

What's next? Facebook buying Tesla Motors?

Never Elon is already pretty rich and he'd never risk his vision for pushing for techs future.

[ExDreamer]

Go here to 29:15

 

http://www.shareholder.com/visitors/event/build3/stage/stage.cfm?mediaid=63723&mediauserid=0

 

Mark talks about putting ads into oculus

[Grug Son of Thog]

Can we ever have anything nice without an evil company buying it out?

[Fred Castellum]

Go here to 29:15

 

http://www.shareholder.com/visitors/event/build3/stage/stage.cfm?mediaid=63723&mediauserid=0

 

Mark talks about putting ads into oculus

ugh.... please no.....