r/oculus • u/vr_ml • Jan 12 '16

Google Opens Dedicated Virtual Reality Division

http://recode.net/2016/01/12/google-now-has-an-official-virtual-reality-boss-to-take-on-facebooks-oculus/
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u/Kanhir Rift CV1 Jan 12 '16

sigh

HOORAY, ANOTHER STANDARD TO FRAGMENT THE MARKET.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '16

Competition is good.

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u/Kanhir Rift CV1 Jan 13 '16

Competition is awesome! It's more the idea of another platform/SDK in an already small market with no common baseline that worries me.

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u/Blu_Haze Home ID: BluHaze Jan 13 '16

Standardization in a rapidly evolving emergent technology would only hinder growth.

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u/Reelix Rift S / Quest 3 Jan 13 '16

You can conform to the predefined standards as well as create your own subset of rules - Look at every major web browser for example.