Oculus Rift

Post by **Cronozilla** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:53 pm

It's important to note that it's not ACTUALLY $2 Billion. It's $400 Million and the rest is equivalent in Facebook IPO stock.

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:04 pm

Cronozilla wrote:It's important to note that it's not ACTUALLY $2 Billion. It's $400 Million and the rest is equivalent in Facebook IPO stock.

Even better. I suspect that they also through in cushy Facebook jobs.

Post by **Fragems** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:32 pm

Loved these twitter quotes lol.

Prominent Developers React to Facebook’s Oculus Acquisition: Not Everyone Is “Creeped Out”

George Broussard, 3D Realms Lead Designer:

Facebook buys Oculus for 2 billion. This is like Alderaan being blown up in Star Wars.

David Walgrave, Larian Studios Producer:

Oh come on. It’s not as if Skynet has gained consciousness or anything.

John Carmack, Oculus VR CTO:

I suppose I will get a FB account now, so that may lead to some writing a little longer than tweet length…

What I imagine Mark Zuckerberg looked like after that last tweet

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Post by **Dakinggamer87** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:20 am

I still have yet to be impressed by the Oculus Rift. I think it's a novelty at best.

Post by **Cronozilla** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 3:09 am

So, because they accepted payment in stock, Oculus VR (technically) lost $200 Million today due to Facebook loosing almost five points.

If they hadn't actually accepted the deal yet ... the offer just went from $2 Billion to $1.8 Billion, in other terms (actually a little less).

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:11 am

Cronozilla wrote:So, because they accepted payment in stock, Oculus VR (technically) lost $200 Million today due to Facebook loosing almost five points.

If they hadn't actually accepted the deal yet ... the offer just went from $2 Billion to $1.8 Billion, in other terms (actually a little less).

Yes...but I suspect the tax consequences of a cash transaction would be severe, and given the size of the deal, I can assure you that it is structured to minimize those.

Post by **Pulsar_t** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:10 pm

The bigger picture here is that VR is being promoted as The Next Big Thing. It certainly has its uses in industry and education and gaming of course.

Meh, give us a standard API on PC to work with. So if you get headset #1, #2 or #3 you're not shortchanged when it comes to the VR experience.

Post by **Krejlooc** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:21 pm

Pulsar_t wrote:Meh, give us a standard API on PC to work with. So if you get headset #1, #2 or #3 you're not shortchanged when it comes to the VR experience.

spoiler: this already exists

Post by **J T** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:56 am

If facebook uses their big bank accounts to fund the research and development costs neeeded for improving the displays on the Oculus Rift, this could become a great thing. If it injects facebook into the Oculus Rift, it will more likely just make me gag.

Post by **Luke** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:27 pm

So who of you have actually used the Rift?

I have, and I'm considering investing in any manufacturer who decides to manufacture the device.

It's not like Facebook will be the only company making these "things".

The device is pretty amazing, and once people remove their heads from their asses I see the rift being nothing but a profit making machine.

Or not. Time will tell.

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