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News Facebook buys Oculus VR for $2bn

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Meanmotion, 26 Mar 2014.

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  1. SimoomiZ

    SimoomiZ What's a Dremel?

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    Not disagreeing :cooldude:... I guess everyone needs to remain open minded about this until more details emerge.
     
    SimoomiZ, 27 Mar 2014
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  2. Nexxo

    Nexxo * Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock 'n' Roll

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    Sorry, but casuals are in fact the most fussy customers ever. Because unlike us, they don't understand technical limitations and will not compromise for innovation; they just want it all awesome, not understanding why that might not be possible. They want it to just work. It's why they bitch about last year's iPhone without realising what an awesome miracle the average smartphone really is.
     
    Nexxo, 27 Mar 2014
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  3. LordPyrinc

    LordPyrinc Legomaniac

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    :thumb:
     
    LordPyrinc, 28 Mar 2014
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  4. [USRF]Obiwan

    [USRF]Obiwan What's a Dremel?

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    Who ever made the bet that John Carmack would work for Facebook someday is now a happy man.
     
    [USRF]Obiwan, 28 Mar 2014
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  5. Icy EyeG

    Icy EyeG Controlled by Eyebrow Powers™

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    I may be wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him leaving to Valve to work on their VR solution.
     
    Icy EyeG, 28 Mar 2014
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  6. impar

    impar Minimodder

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    impar, 29 Mar 2014
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  7. Umbra

    Umbra What's a Dremel?

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    Well, I guess any arguments that FB buying Oculus is a bad thing can be dismissed now that Valve's Michael Abrash, who has seemingly led the company's VR research comes out and says this.
    We shall see, I hope he's right :clap:
     
    Umbra, 29 Mar 2014
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  8. Pliqu3011

    Pliqu3011 all flowers in time bend towards the sun

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    Pliqu3011, 29 Mar 2014
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  9. erratum1

    erratum1 What's a Dremel?

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    Wow wish I could have come up with something like that...and sell it for 2 billion hell yea.

    I would say it's in good hands as the youngest billionaire I think he's no fool.
     
    erratum1, 30 Mar 2014
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  10. Icy EyeG

    Icy EyeG Controlled by Eyebrow Powers™

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    Icy EyeG, 30 Mar 2014
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  11. Nexxo

    Nexxo * Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock 'n' Roll

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    Microsoft has just bought 150 VR patents. Not to mention the head start it has with Kinect and the fact that it has the dominant OS on PCs. Expect a third player. Oh, and there's Google.
     
    Nexxo, 30 Mar 2014
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  12. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    From what i gather Microsoft is working on AR, although I'm not to sure that is very different from VR :confused:
     
    Corky42, 30 Mar 2014
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  13. GravitySmacked

    GravitySmacked Mostly Harmless

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    GravitySmacked, 31 Mar 2014
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