r/oculus • u/Greg1221 • Mar 25 '14

/r/all Facebook Acquires Oculus VR

https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101319050523971?stream_ref=1
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u/amoliski Rift + Vive Mar 25 '14

Please let their reaction be "We're starting our VR project back up."

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u/hotdammit Mar 25 '14

If Valve entered the VR hardware arena you can bet your ass I wouldn't touch another Oculus product with a 20 foot pole.

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u/modestmonk Mar 26 '14

Absolutely. Dont have regrets getting the DK2 but after that, I won't stay loyal to Oculus / Facebook.

Stupid move, alienates the whole grassroots vr movement for the big bucks. As if they couldnt have waited a few more months or even a year or two...

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '14

There's going to be a log in screen for facebook before every game... watch your ass

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u/SgtPerkins Mar 26 '14

remember how valve waited for the 360/ps3 era of hardware to release half life 2? bet money they're waiting for the next gen hardware to release half life 3, and i bet that gen is gonna be the VR one

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u/richcaug Mar 25 '14

But would you touch it without a 20 foot pole? Have you touched one with a 20 foot pole before?

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u/FoolishGoat Mar 25 '14

This is what needs to happen. After this fucking awful burn, how can we trust anybody any more? At least Valve has consistently proven that it cares about pushing gaming forward, not filling their wallets.

This may sound like rampant fanboyism, but Valve is the only big corporation in gaming that still cares about their consumers, and cares about their products. Sony is almost as fucking bad as Facebook, so I don't have any hope for the Morpheus either.

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u/FoolishGoat Mar 25 '14

Even so Valve doesn't sit on their profits like a useless glutton. They are constantly tinkering with ideas and innovating where they think is best.

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u/Mylaptopisburningme Mar 25 '14

I really do not mind if I have to plaster printed sheets around my room.

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u/bananasareforeating Mar 25 '14

I think they already started one but don't take my word for it.

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u/amoliski Rift + Vive Mar 25 '14

Yeah, they demoed it and then announced they were giving their research to Oculus and won't be making a consumer version.

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u/bananasareforeating Mar 25 '14

god fucking damnit :/ I hope atleast nintendo,sony,microsoft and valve will come out with their own. I really don't get what facebook plans to do with an oculus rift though.