Virtual reality ads make their way to Facebook's Oculus headsets

Re:Virtual reality ads make their way to Facebook's Oculus h... by JohnWhigham on Thursday June 17, 2021 @08:57AM (#27539069)

When Facebook bought them, I remember part of the delusional gaming crowd saying crap like "no don't worry guys, FB will respect the Oculus, they won't ruin it! FB login? They won't require it! Ads? No they won't!"

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Re:Virtual reality ads make their way to Facebook's Oculus h... by StevenWaterman on Thursday June 17, 2021 @08:59AM (#27539087)

I remember they put out a statement saying it would never require a FB login, and that you were ridiculous to suggest it would ever have ads.

Had an oculus rift DK1 at the time - deleted my accounts, unsubscribed from everything, and bought an HTC vive shortly after it came out. Wasn't buying that at the time, and I feel vindicated now.

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Re:Virtual reality ads make their way to Facebook's Oculus h... by d3nj4l on Thursday June 17, 2021 @09:08AM (#27539170)

I don't think they ever put out a formal statement (I'd love to be corrected on this). What I do remember is Palmer Luckey saying that, but then, it's really on the Oculus community to have believed the words of a 22 year old about to make millions.

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Re:Virtual reality ads make their way to Facebook's Oculus h... by numpad0 on Thursday June 17, 2021 @09:51AM (#27539553)

Facebook kept the promise(in airbquotes) though. Whoever behind Palmer’s Reddit account said he _personally_ assure that _Rift_ remains usable forever without an account, IIRC.

Facebook killed Rift few years later.

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Re:Virtual reality ads make their way to Facebook's Oculus h... by chandra381 on Friday June 18, 2021 @01:48AM (#27547716)

I'm not personally a big fan of Palmer Luckey but he really shat the bed with that statement. Just completely destroyed his credibility.

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