I am stoked about it , no matter who bought it, the gaming industry represents 10 billion plus. Zuk said the Occulus could potentially pay for itself and become profitable on the gaming aspect alone. From every indication the plans are to allow the development continue with the same team with a hands off approach. Gaming will be the r&d and make the product polished. If and when the Occulus proves to be a viable consumer device that gains the interest of the masses, the market will produce competitive devices just like in tablets and mobile phone. i.e . better screens, lower latency, ergonomics, and etc. The Occulus will pave the way but there will a plethora of headsets to choose from, maybe even better. That is why Occulus needed a large company. The fact is they had chump change compared to companies like Sony, Samsung, Apple. They were one bad launch, undelivered promise, lawsuit, patent troll from being derailed and never making it to a consumer version 2. I tip my hat to those who donated to the kick-starter because they never would have gotten to the point to where they are today without them. But seriously, Palmer was 19 when Occulus was first announced , he had the opportunity to become a multi-millionaire at 21. Kickstarter backers are naive to think as soon as this product came viable it would have stayed independent. How many people from an investor standpoint would invested in a company with a 19 year old CEO at the helm of a public traded company? I wouldn't , especially an unproven one with absolutely no history. So if backers are going to act like investors who got jilted then they should have done risk assessment first , like any good investor.