Facebook Plan To “Redesign, Rebrand” Oculus Rift, Notch Cancels Minecraft Support

The New York Times have spoken to a person involved in the purchase of Oculus Rift by Facebook and they have said that virtual reality hardware will be rebranded.

“Facebook eventually plans to redesign the Oculus hardware and rebrand it with a Facebook interface and logo,” said their source. Now normally we stay away from rumours from unnamed sources but this is the New York Times so I think they are quite trustworthy.

Facebook have said they will continue to support the current plans for Oculus Rift but they are looking at new applications. “People will build a model of a place far away and you’ll go see it,” explained head honcho, Mr. Zuckerberg. “It’s like teleporting.”

The purchase of the VR company by the social media giant has already caused one developer to pull support, Markus “Notch” Persson, creator of Minecraft has cancelled any plans to use the hardware.

We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out.

— Notch (@notch) March 25, 2014

“I definitely want to be a part of VR, but I will not work with Facebook,” he added. “Their motives are too unclear and shifting, and they haven’t historically been a stable platform. There’s nothing about their history that makes me trust them, and that makes them seem creepy to me.”

“And I did not chip in ten grand to seed a first investment round to build value for a Facebook acquisition. I have the greatest respect for the talented engineers and developers at Oculus. It’s been a long time since I met a more dedicated and talented group of people. I understand this is purely a business deal, and I’d like to congratulate both Facebook and the Oculus owners. But this is where we part ways.”

Source: NY Times / Notch.Net