It's not what I would want personally, but this is business after all
Facebook? 
How much fucking money facebook has that it keeps buying shit left and right for BILLIONS of dollars?
I wonder what impact the Sony headset had with this.
RIP John Carmack
How much fucking money facebook has that it keeps buying shit left and right for BILLIONS of dollars?
It's actually 400 million in cash. Rest is stock.
well, that was unexpected.
Quote from AlexMIt's actually 400 million in cash. Rest is stock.
True. And that stock isn't exactly worthless.
How much fucking money facebook has that it keeps buying shit left and right for BILLIONS of dollars?
Fake money, aka facebook shares. Don't think the company has actually turned a profit yet.
I wonder what FB want to do with this exactly? Can I view my FB wall in full 3D? Fuck it really is taking over now.
Quote from PogoPI wonder what FB want to do with this exactly? Can I view my FB wall in full 3D? Fuck it really is taking over now.
The intention is way beyond gaming. In fact, the gaming aspect of it was probably a rounding error in the analysis inside FB that resulted in the buy decision.
Quote from VilhamFake money, aka facebook shares. Don't think the company has actually turned a profit yet
facebook makes a profit.
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Fake money, aka facebook shares. Don't think the company has actually turned a profit yet
facebook makes a profit.
https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:FB&fstype=ii
Facebook has been getting more profitable each quarter. Diluted EPS has gone from $.03/share to $.20/share in a year.
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It's actually 400 million in cash. Rest is stock.
True. And that stock isn't exactly worthless.
yeah not saying it's worthless but it's definitely worth less than pure cash. (edit) There's most likely some period of time they won't be able to sell the stock.
You gotta be fucking kidding me. As i see it VR will be something very sensitive to privacy. Ther's a camera involved, ppl gonna watch porn etc. I don't want that shit connected to FB and the NSA! And i don't want ads in my view or whatever crap they come up with. Way to hurt VR hype in its still fragile infancy!
Notch has cancelled Minecraft on the Oculus, stating that "Facebook creeps me out"
Hard to disagree with him on that one
que posts on how fb is going to ruin the occulus along with zero arguments to why
this is good, Sony already have a headset just as good as this, so it's been cloned already. If it takes off we'll have tons of options for hardware, there's no such thing as buying the rights to prevent others from doing it - the entire tech world is in an endless legal battle already that never gets resolved.
Hopefully this exposure will kick start the industry, it's only a good thing in the long run.
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