Facebook Buys Oculus Rift For $2 Billion

[Gahars]

People are assuming Facebook will be the reason it fails.
People seem to be too stupid to realize that Oculus Rift is just a highly advanced monitor strapped to your face. The idea that it can be bloated with spyware or facebook integration is just an absolute joke.
But hey it wouldn't be GBAtemp if people didn't blindly spout nonsense at the sight of keywords, regardless of what the actual news consists of.

In all fairness, it's not just GBAtemp...

 

[MassiveRican]

Listen Facebook is evil, plain and simple and anything they back up, whether it fails or not is headed in the same direction. Is it really that far fetched to believe that the hardware can be modified to scan your eye, to get personal information and to once again continue to help big brother monitor your one and every move, amongst possibly a million other ways to do other equally grotesque things.. Subliminal intent through VR and the list could go on and on.

I loved the idea of VR and I like the people and head team/devs involved with OR.. unfortunately they've made a business decision that I for one regardless of the innovative tech, will not support due to the plain fact that Facebook is fucking EVIL no matter how you slice it! It continues to show it's a plague to humanity, serving to spread ignorance and a sense of false social values, community and "togetherness". I don't want to get into it here, but damn.. couldn't they purchase an up and coming competitor instead.. dammit. So sad for this.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Listen Facebook is evil, plain and simple and anything they back up, whether it fails or not is headed in the same direction. Is it really that far fetched to believe that the hardware can be modified to scan your eye, to get personal information and to once again continue to help big brother monitor your one and every move. Yes. Yes it is. If you honestly think anyone can get any kind of "personal information" from scanning your eye you are deluded and gullible beyond all belief. Please properly educate yourself.

I loved the idea of VR and I like the people and head team/devs involved with OR.. unfortunately they've made a business decision that I for one regardless of the innovative tech, will not support

Facebook isn't touching any of the hardware development. Oculus is still heading the development and it's going to stay that way permanently. You'd know that if you actually read the source/previous posts. It's fine and dandy to hate on Facebook for whatever bullshit reason, but completely dropping support for OR because Facebook decided to back them? Absolutely simple-minded. Please properly educate yourself.

 

[frogboy]

Cool.

I'm still getting one.

 

[MassiveRican]

Tom Bombadildo Yes retinal scanning is real & the NSA and other government bodies have databases with everything from fingerprints, retinal scans, hair strands and shit tons of other ways to identify you sir... look it up man it's real. You're obviously an "educated invididual right", I gave one example, far fetched for some maybe, but there's a multitude of other ways that unfortunately it's going to be used to continue the trend. By no means is this isolated, Sony & Microsoft are just as guilty of leaking our info to necessary parties, there's no way around it.

OR is no longer in control here, there's contracts and agreements put in place through ownership now. If you think for one second that OR won't have to comply to whatever the fuck FB want's to add you're wrong. FB is in control now, they'll say whatever is going to please the community to soften the blow, but it's bullshit, their going to integrate FB into it one way or the other. They don't have our best interest in mind, they're interest is for more global control.

Maybe you should look into what FB is really doing prior to so easily dismissing them, check out any and all extensions of their network from OR to Onavo and anything else u can find. Honestly it's sickening and it bothers me that someone as educated as yourself doesn't see the harm that FB is causing to society and the entire planet as a whole. Seriously I don't throw the word EVIL into my everyday vocab here, they're evil for a reason.

 

[paulfalcon]

Well, it said that it won't have any influence over their development so, all should be fine. Geez, some people make it sound like there will be needles sinking into our heads once we turn them on, so that they could extract all our information and put up ads that will peek our interest... or get the FBI knocking our doors down...

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

In all fairness, it's not just GBAtemp...

This ones better lol

 

[Hells Malice]

Listen Facebook is evil, plain and simple and anything they back up, whether it fails or not is headed in the same direction. Is it really that far fetched to believe that the hardware can be modified to scan your eye, to get personal information and to once again continue to help big brother monitor your one and every move, amongst possibly a million other ways to do other equally grotesque things.. Subliminal intent through VR and the list could go on and on.

I loved the idea of VR and I like the people and head team/devs involved with OR.. unfortunately they've made a business decision that I for one regardless of the innovative tech, will not support due to the plain fact that Facebook is fucking EVIL no matter how you slice it! It continues to show it's a plague to humanity, serving to spread ignorance and a sense of false social values, community and "togetherness". I don't want to get into it here, but damn.. couldn't they purchase an up and coming competitor instead.. dammit. So sad for this.

Does your way of thinking come with a free tinfoil hat?

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Does your way of thinking come with a free tinfoil hat?

No that is one of the micro transactions needed to beat the game... lol

 

[3bbb7]

meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of potential customers are reconsidering getting the device

I can just picture a little Facebook logo on the device itself

 

[MassiveRican]

You can choose to ignore it, but like most things we only accept as valid what we want in our reality. If u don't mind it or don't care that FB owns OR and will back it, well good for u

I on the other hand try not to willingly support anything FB does, publicly or privately.

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

You can choose to ignore it, but like most things we only accept as valid what we want in our reality. If u don't mind it or don't care that FB owns OR and will back it, well good for u

On a less kidding note (most of my posts are jokes)

I think the 2 billion investment into the company might actually allow them to get the thing to the shelves and maybe do some really interesting things.

That's the positive spin on this.

On the downside they could just blow the money on hookers and drugs then monetize this thing with a bazillion facebook advertisements....

That's the negative spin.

The truth will likely be somewhere in the middle.

 

[KiingZero]

I just wanna see CyberConnect2 make a .hack game with the VR unit like they pretend is in the .hack series. That would be cool.

 

[Hydrazine]

It's a PC peripheral so it doesn't matter even if they f**k up the software. PC is an open platform that's know specially for mods and hacks.

If they force facebook integration and user tracking? Mods and hacks will pop up soon after that removes it.

If they lock down games to a facebook/oculus-only store? Mods and hacks will pop up soon after that allows non-approved games.

If there's a lot of social and casual games? Don't play those games. Just because there will be s**t content made doesn't mean there won't be good content as well.

Since PC hardware/software is way easier to hack than consoles, it doesn't matter what FB wants to do. They can f**k up the software, but that can be fixed my the community in no time.

Don't get me wrong, I'm pissed that FB has bought Oculus, but it isn't as bad as some people are saying it is.

 

[CompassNorth]

It's a PC peripheral so it doesn't matter even if they f**k up the software. PC is an open platform that's know specially for mods and hacks.

Yes, yes it does matter if they screw up.
Not everything on PC is open-sourced.

 

[Hydrazine]

Yes, yes it does matter if they screw up.
Not everything on PC is open-sourced.

Even if it's close source, community-made/3rd party drivers are always an option. The only "software" part of the rift excluding the games is the driver, and like all PC software, easy to hack.

If even completely locked down consoles can end up getting hacked, the oculus will be hacked in a third the time or less.

 

[Deleted-236924]

Listen Facebook is evil, plain and simple

And that's not all, I hear that they're... worse than the mafia.

 

[yuyuyup]

This solidifies my decision to buy the upcoming dev model update and skip the 1st retail design.

 

[Sterling]

http://valleywag.gawker.com/oculus-grift-kickstarter-as-charity-for-venture-capita-1551921517

http://kotaku.com/oculus-kickstarte..._source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

BortzANATOR: Now I can see your hesitation in backing these things. Definitely thinking twice before I do any more.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

The founder of Oculus, Palmer, made 7 promises about the Facebook buyout yesterday. If all or most of these end up true, it probably won't end up too bad for the product. Otherwise, this whole ordeal will have a very negative impact. Since it's confirmed that the Oculus team will be operating independently under Facebook, it's possible that these states will actually turn out to be true. These are all direct quotes coming from Palmer's official confirmed Reddit account.

“You will not need a Facebook account to use or develop for the Rift.”

“We are not going to track you, flash ads at you, or do anything invasive.”

“None of our gaming resources will be diverted.”

“We are not going to lock people out because they compete.”

“Our relationship with the community is not going to change, and we are not going to spy on anyone.”

“This deal specifically lets us greatly lower the price of the Rift.”

“Facebook is going to give us access to massive resources, but let us operate independently on our own vision.”


Source: http://imgur.com/a/ftOpP

There you go guys, now quit being all butthurt