Oculus VR Lures Michael Abrash from Valve to be Chief Scientist

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I'm with Abrash here. I was initially hurt and feared the acquisition by Facebook, but the new found capital will only speed up the development with better hardware. I honestly don't care if/how Facebook could possibly track data (even though as a peripheral I highly doubt it would be anything significant). As long as they don't do anything intrusive or obtrusive, I couldn't be happier about this.

And hey, knowing it IS a peripheral, there won't be anything obtrusive (cause hey, who would be stupid enough to run ads on a monitor they sell?).
 
And hey, knowing it IS a peripheral, there won't be anything obtrusive (cause hey, who would be stupid enough to run ads on a monitor they sell?).
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My Samsung TV must be broke then cuz I've been getting these here commercial ads for Samsung TV's, tablets, and phones since the day I turned the thing on.
 
I wander how well did this go with Valve. Oculus might be getting quite a lot of interested parties alienated.First it was Kickstarter backers that enabled the project and as a result most of the gaming comunity. They are supposed to be their future customers, a lot of them now swearing they will boycott the Rift. Including folk like the creators of Minecraft, etcNow they are snatching people from Valve, the largest PC game platform. Not sure how well ID took Carmak's leaving before that as well.Another thing I was wondering about is, is it possible that Oculus sold to FB because they got scared by Sony's announcement. They probably didn't expect someone else was so close behind. Sony are in a very good position to bring to market a VR kit. They are already selling head mounted displays, the HMZ-T3W, probably the highest resolution produst on the market right now. They have tradition working in optics (own Minolta and part of Zeiss), video, audio and Morpheus will form a great synergy with PS4. They've demoed Morpheus on the PC.
 
And hey, knowing it IS a peripheral, there won't be anything obtrusive (cause hey, who would be stupid enough to run ads on a monitor they sell?).
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My Samsung TV must be broke then cuz I've been getting these here commercial ads for Samsung TV's, tablets, and phones since the day I turned the thing on.
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Ah yes, but a Samsung TV isn't a monitor. If they were to try that crap on one of their monitors, while you were gaming or anything else, then there would be a huge outcry. I have confidence that Oculus will not do this for the same reason.
 
I see this as similar to when carrier get cellphones, except that FB now actually owns the hardware. FB will somehow wedge their content into this device, maybe even make the device primarily serve this purpose. All of the people that play Farmville and other social games probably amount to a market that FB has more control over than PC gaming.
 
The $500 I originally planned to buy an Oculus VR Consumer version with this July, I plan to use that money to buy FB stock instead, then sell it in a few months and use that to buy a PS4 and a Morpheus. I picture Mark Z thinking this will make FB like that movie "gamer" where you "are" the Sims.
 
I was hoping Valve would make their own. FB buying Oculus made me sad, the thing was hugely crowd funded, then sold. I would love for Valve to have a VR headset of their own, sold separately of steam machines but possibly discounted if you buy a SM. I just really dont want Oculus to be Ads for your face that FB wants it to be. NSA backdoors straight to your face.
 
The $500 I originally planned to buy an Oculus VR Consumer version with this July, I plan to use that money to buy FB stock instead, then sell it in a few months and use that to buy a PS4 and a Morpheus. I picture Mark Z thinking this will make FB like that movie "gamer" where you "are" the Sims.
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Looking where Facebook share price is going at the moment it might be better to SHORT their share instead. Its gone down from 72 in early March to just under 60.Poor Palmer Luckey already lost some of the value of the $1.6B Facebook shares he got for his company.
 
I got the chance to try the Morpheus and it not nearly as nice as the rift. In fact Sony said they won't release it in 2015 so we're talking 2016 at the earliest. It was an alpha version so they will probably improve the morpheus a lot between now and then but OR is far ahead of them. Also Sony said at the interview Morpheus would be 'less than $1,000' when released so potentially *doublt the price of the rift.
 
Doesn't matter. I would never purchase something owned by Facebook. Would never encourage a social media company to keep polluting the earth... pure garbage. I have high hopes for VR (Microsoft/Sony), but Facebook? lol, no thanks.
 
The $500 I originally planned to buy an Oculus VR Consumer version with this July, I plan to use that money to buy FB stock instead, then sell it in a few months and use that to buy a PS4 and a Morpheus. I picture Mark Z thinking this will make FB like that movie "gamer" where you "are" the Sims.
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Are you smoking crack? The whole tech industry is a HUGE bubble right now about to burst. $19 BILLION for WhatsApp? I mean other than 13yr old girls uses that service and how exactly do they make money? Oh yea, no profit. Investors will at some point get smart and all of this overvalued garbage like Facebook/Twitter will crash down to their real valuations (which makes them penny stocks basically). The market will correct for the stupid spending and overpriced web sites that make so little profit. As it is all social sites are losing users big time, it's not cool to be on facebook anymore, very 5 years ago now.
 
A lot of people here seem to think FB bought control of Oculus - they didn't. This is incorrect, Oculus is still independent and has equal BOD representation and no doubt some protections to keep that in place a long time. FB has the stock in the Oculus entity but the structure all still there. From the technicals of the deal it looks like FB is hands off for the foreseeable future.
 
i'm hoping computerguy72 is right. as long as oculus is in control i have no problem with it and facebook finally earned it's right to exist in my eyes for funding something awesome.... tho if facebook takes control and ruins this for me i will curse it and zuckerberg till the day i die.
 
wont be giving facebook my money and you are delusional if you think oculus is going to be left untainted.zuckerberg has already been talking about putting ads in it. the amount of astroturfing on this site for oculus is gross.
 
Better buy those developement kits now, because now that facebook part investor, and who knows if owner.

Whose to say if developers of all category's will have access to the new rift, rather then the exclusive markets mentioned But im all for: education, health, but not marketing with Social marketing analysis that can be good for business but bad for customers.
 
The $500 I originally planned to buy an Oculus VR Consumer version with this July, I plan to use that money to buy FB stock instead, then sell it in a few months and use that to buy a PS4 and a Morpheus. I picture Mark Z thinking this will make FB like that movie "gamer" where you "are" the Sims.
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Are you smoking crack? The whole tech industry is a HUGE bubble right now about to burst. $19 BILLION for WhatsApp? I mean other than 13yr old girls uses that service and how exactly do they make money? Oh yea, no profit. Investors will at some point get smart and all of this overvalued garbage like Facebook/Twitter will crash down to their real valuations (which makes them penny stocks basically). The market will correct for the stupid spending and overpriced web sites that make so little profit. As it is all social sites are losing users big time, it's not cool to be on facebook anymore, very 5 years ago now.
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thats right. That's why google, facebok and the like are spending large buying companies with actual value - the idiots selling these companies are actually accepting stock for the purchase in some cases which is laughable.
 
"We're on the call now, and Mark Zuckerberg is already pointing out Facebook's acquisition of Instagram as an example of how the company is getting experience buying properties and allowing them to continue to operate independently. Zuckerberg called out virtual reality as one of the computing platforms of the future -- following desktops and mobile -- and yes, talked about building Facebook's advertising into it. Specifically, he talked about the potential of a virtual communication network, buying virtual goods, and down the line, advertising."

from engadget. honestly, ive seen many references to mark saying advertisements are going to make it in. feel free to use google yourself. this isnt some secret.
 
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