Facebook acquires Oculus VR

Re:Facebook acquires Oculus VR by clef on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @08:20PM (#7470465)

Because money. More seriously, VR is the future of a lot of things, if it hadn't been FB, it would have been son either company. Microsoft and google were probably looking at it too but lost to FB (again),

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Re:Facebook acquires Oculus VR by jobigoud on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @02:56AM (#7472007)

I'm not sure. Why do they have to sell?

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Re:Facebook acquires Oculus VR by SixSigma on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @04:19AM (#7472182)

Microsoft is a minor shareholder in Facebook, there will be an Xbox tie in at some point.

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Re:Facebook acquires Oculus VR by 72deluxe on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @05:35AM (#7472386)

Hopefully Sony will join in somehow and their "roll-on deodorant" sensor for gaming that involves waving your arms around will be joined with a massive headset. I don't see how sitting with a massive hat on can be considered great gaming.

Perhaps I will go outside and enjoy the sunshine.

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Re:Facebook acquires Oculus VR by SixSigma on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @12:25PM (#7474486)

I've already owned a vr headset back when it was 320x240 screens. It is pretty good but gives you neckache after a while. Judging trajectories is better, playing Team Fortress and Everquest in full 3d was really cool. But neckache.

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Re:Facebook acquires Oculus VR by clef on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @12:47AM (#7471665)

I meant "another company".

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