In today’s edition of news pieces I never expected to write but am Facebook has announced that it is buying Oculus VR, aka the company behind Oculus Rift, for the sum of $2 billion. This deal won’t affect Oculus Rift’s push into gaming and Facebook are keen to support the move, while allowing the virtual reality company to continue independently in this regard. But, according to Mark Zuckerberg, this is just the beginning of what Oculus means for the future.
“Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face-to-face — just by putting on goggles in your home. This is really a new communication platform. By feeling truly present, you can share unbounded spaces and experiences with the people in your life. Imagine sharing not just moments with your friends online, but entire experiences and adventures.”
So a few years from now we may have Facebook Reality or something where you can put on your Facebook Rift to join your friends at a virtual show, or some other scenario. In a way it’s quite an innovative way to push VR in. On the other hand Facebook stalking will just become that bit more creepier.
Source: FacebookÂ
Bilbo_bobbins
And so Sony held the VR flame for all gamers. Night night Oculus.
Severn2j
The best move Sony could make now is to announce that their Morpheus headset will be PC compatible. They would pick up a hell of a lot of disillusioned PC gamers right now.
Personally, I’m disappointed by this but after reading Palmer Luckey’s comments on Reddit, I’m cautiously hopeful the FB will just let them get on with it and the added cash injections will bring the benefits he claims..
http://www.reddit.com/user/palmerluckey
Quote – “We have not gotten into all the details yet, but a lot of the news is coming. The key points:
1) We can make custom hardware, not rely on the scraps of the mobile phone industry. That is insanely expensive, think hundreds of millions of dollars. More news soon.
2) We can afford to hire everyone we need, the best people that fit into our culture of excellence in all aspects.
3) We can make huge investments in content. More news soon.”
plutoniumdragon
There’s still CastAR in the mix, that looks promising.
double-o-dave
For god’s sake! Facebook’s taking over the world. All I ever see or hear is Facebook!
Through what I’ve witnessed & seen in the past, all it does is cause people problems… People interfering, being tagged in crap, people knowing where i’ve been on a weekend after being seen in the background of a pic and I’m not even on the bloody thing anymore. People know more bout me than I do. Can I delete my account??? No, it gets deactivated and stored.
Every time I want to enter a competition, download an app, leave a comment – SIGN IN WITH FACEBOOK!
Go to the pub with a bird, she’s gone quiet, whats she doing??? Oh she’s on Facebook on her f*cking phone!
As you can guess, I detest Facebook. Facebook, please stay away from game consoles!