Facebook buying Occulus Rift for $2 Billion

[Revolution 11]

I am actually not worried about ease of use, Facebook will make sure this is not a problem. Or it is a big waste of those 2 billion dollars.

 

[bystander36]

I am actually not worried about ease of use, Facebook will make sure this is not a problem. Or it is a big waste of those 2 billion dollars.

One thing to realize, is that with binocular vision, everyone has to tweak their headset for their eyes. No one is the same, our eyes are separated by different distances, and that has a large impact on what you see. The game developers also have a large effect on how to set it up. If every game does not figure the same exact distance between eyes in their calculations, every game will require a different setup, which is what happens with 3D Vision now.

This tech will require a very close relationship between the headset and developers of content for it to have a chance.

 

[sxr7171]

The tech is not the issue. It has finally come of age with 1440p OLEDs and the GPUs to drive two of them.

If I have to log into facebook to use this then I won't buy it.

 

[flexy]

I understand flexy's optimism. VR has just not been good without recent techs. I think VR will be very big this decade.

But what type of big? I want a open, inclusive platform like the IBM PCs of the 80's, not a locked console-like environment where players like Facebook and Google control the doors of entry.

That is the biggest concern with OR now in Facebook's claws. If OR stays "independent" for 5 years, that will be a big help in avoiding the latter outcome.

I don't see a problem so much that facebook acquired technology and would now keep this tech exclusive - since AT THIS POINT the tech used is not a secet.. There are other brand VR kits which do "pretty much" the same as the Oculus, they might just implement things differently.

OF COURSE, this can change in case oculusfacebookrift would come up with some new tech or whatever which would set the oculusfacebookrift apart from others, miles ahead..and they have a patent on it, things like that. To be honest, I don't see the problem.

I think AT THIS point, the best thing that can happen is big, even bigger exposure to make this tech "accessible" and appealing for broader masses, and from that point of view the fb acquisition may actually be a good thing. (Look, today we do not have ONE company making LED monitors and all the others tubes. We don't have one company making graphics cards etc..etc. With more exposure of the tech to the masses, more companies will jump on this, the less the risk that ONE company keeps this tech for themselves)