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

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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