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General => General Chat => Topic started by: Apostrophe Spacemonkey on March 26, 2014, 12:03:58 pm
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All these people going on about how Facebook will now ruin oculus rift, makes me lol. People don't seam to understand how business works.
Also notch will no longer make minecraft for the rift cause he hates Facebook. Like I care, minecraft is shit anyway.
Discuss.
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Large company buying little company for lots of money, is a story that rarely ends well for fans of teh little companies technology.
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Large company buying little company for lots of money, is a story that rarely ends well for fans of teh little companies technology.
^This. Pretty disappointing, they will be gutting for IP.
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Valve have VR covered I've heard.
derp: had my facts wrong.
FUCKSHIT
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Large company buying little company for lots of money, is a story that rarely ends well for fans of teh little companies technology.
I didnt sign up for this shitty future
Could someone point me to where we were meant to go?
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Large company buying little company for lots of money, is a story that rarely ends well for fans of teh little companies technology.
I didnt sign up for this shitty future
Could someone point me to where we were meant to go?
I'm this close from closing my facebook account.
But all my class mates and my project team use it to organise shit.
November, this year, I close it for good.
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I'm this close from closing my facebook account.
That is odd. I am considering creating a Facebook account. I was banned from Facebook in 2012 for being a bot, which was a shame because I was only 500 friends away from getting 5000 friends :(
I am now convinced Tiwa has created a bot to post for him.
Bravo Tiwa.
Here. There. And Facebook:
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Large company buying little company for lots of money, is a story that rarely ends well for fans of teh little companies technology.
Agreed.
But Large companies buy small companies all the time (Google, Microsoft, EA). What annoys me it that people hate on these large companies because they bought something they (the fans) love. And also, as in this case, say the smaller company "sold out".
Of course they sold out; for 2 billion dollars. Who wouldn't?
It's just business, a company is perfectly entitled to buy another company.
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I didnt sign up for this shitty future
Could someone point me to where we were meant to go?
Go here
https://www.spaceglasses.com/ (https://www.spaceglasses.com/)
Not yet owned by Google or Facebook.
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I can see how someone who backed and supported Oculus from Kickstarter might be pissed that they sold out to a company with Facebook's reputation.
It is, however, stupid to throw a hissy fit until it's revealed exactly what Facebook want to do with the Rift and how much Oculus's plans change.
I wonder if Facebook have a VR app like Playstation Home in mind.
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I'm one of the people who are peeved about it ;)
After playing around on the oculus... 9 months back or something, and hearing about their future plans, You knew where they were headed, where their intent lied, etc etc.
With Mark Zuckerbergz saying shit like...
"Mobile is the platform of today, and now we're also getting ready for the platforms of tomorrow," said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, in the press release. "Oculus has the chance to create the most social platform ever, and change the way we work, play and communicate."
I feel that he doesn't quite get who the target market of the Oculus were. He's already talking about how it can be used to share media off of social networking sites so you "feel like you were there too" (Not a quote)
While I don't play minecraft anymore, I agree with what Notch has said, You don't know where their intent lies, which is obviously worrying for people who have been waiting for the oculus for 2years+ now.
Obviously it's early days, but still, It's a worry.
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Facebook Virtual Sex Chat™
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Facebook Virtual Sex Chat™
Invite please.
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I'll be pleased if they pick up the pace of development, it's been dragging on and Sony has just thrown their hat into the ring.
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yay in VR advertising because thats all Facebook really is is your info full of fucking advertising..
look at the latest round of layout changes.. and then tell me you don't see the following happening.
Rift released as it was intended - lots of us buy it and hope for the best..
it is really good and then suddenly boom a few software updates that are required to use latest games and BAM.. popup FB advertising..
i can just see this as a doomed tech now.
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Perhaps it will be perfectly fine, you just won't see half the stuff in your game because it will be "filtered out" for you..
But that's ok, there will be an option to turn the filtering off.. It just won't work properly.
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It will be fine. You can still buy dev kits and developers aren't going to throw all their work away.
Notch was "in talks" not "in development" so nothing of value was lost.
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I was hoping rift would develop into something like on Sword Art Online series, but unlikely to happen with derpbook owning it -____-
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Reddit says
(http://i.imgur.com/xbmzqYp.gif)
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I was hoping rift would develop into something like on Sword Art Online series, but unlikely to happen with derpbook owning it -____-
It's a platform. Anything could be developed for it. Facebook is about money, no point in locking the platform down.
Listen to me shilling.
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Facebook just want to get into hardware. Like Google and Microsoft are already.
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I wish google bought Oculus.
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Just makes it easier to hate Facebook due to the greedy nature.
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I was hoping rift would develop into something like on Sword Art Online series, but unlikely to happen with derpbook owning it -____-
If only.
I'd love to take a 6 month forced vacation in a game.
Of course, I say that now.
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Just makes it easier to hate Facebook due to the greedy nature.
Who's greedy?
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Facebook.
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Facebook.
OOOOhhhh hisssssssssss
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BOOOOOO
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Facebook.
Why? Because they bought something?
I bought some eggs, does that make me greedy?
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Facebook.
Why? Because they bought something?
I bought some eggs, does that make me greedy?
I had written out an analogy but explaining it would be meaningless.
Business yes, I'm still allow to judge them as being greedy.
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People need to chill out and wait and fucking SEE, the oculus team ain't changing, their focus ain't changing and game devs weren't bought out by facebook.. only OR was.
CHILL
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People need to chill out and wait and fucking SEE, the oculus team ain't changing, their focus ain't changing and game devs weren't bought out by facebook.. only OR was.
CHILL
Yes, someone else with reason.
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I wish google bought Oculus.
Urgh. But then we'd end up with another programming language being developed specifically for powering the rift.
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People need to chill out and wait and fucking SEE, the oculus team ain't changing, their focus ain't changing and game devs weren't bought out by facebook.. only OR was.
CHILL
Are you suggesting that the possibility that the company, facebook, who now has controlling interest of this company/product won't influence the direction in any way shape or form to meet its own direction? (Aka income from targeted advertising)
Lewl
The possibility does exist, whether or not it's likely the chance it may happen is still there. It doesn't surprise me that people would not want to contribute products or services to monster corps like facebook or their controlling interesting lol
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The reason why I am against the Facebook buyout is that the company is known for being anything but innovating. They'll end up steering the device to a mass audience by potentially dulling its application use. I don't believe they are going to be able to take it anywhere that someone else could.
Hell, I would have liked to see Apple buy them out, Microsoft or Google.
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Facebook just want to get into hardware.
Why?
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Facebook just want to get into hardware.
Why?
Why not?
Google and Microsoft are doing it.
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Facebook just want to get into hardware.
Why?
Why not?
Google and Microsoft are doing it.
They actually make multiple things that validate hardware investment.
The Facebook just makes a single web based service.
And it's not like it's buying shares in a server corp.
This is far removed from their core business.
So that leaves everyone wondering;
Why?
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Facebook just want to get into hardware.
Why?
So their company doesn't completely rely on the emotions of 12 year girls and end up like myspace or that other thing beber or whatever it was called.
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New Facebook Rift. Beaming unicorns and pictures of other people's babies directly to your eyeballs 24/7
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New Facebook Rift. Beaming unicorns and pictures of other people's babies directly to your eyeballs 24/7
I was looking forward to slipping an oculus rift on a friend while they slept, then have them wake up to like doom or something.
I'd have a hypothesis, a youtube channel, everything!
I suspect I will never get the chance to do this now :(
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Facebook just want to get into hardware.
Why?
So their company doesn't completely rely on the emotions of 12 year girls and end up like myspace or that other thing beber or whatever it was called.
Bebo.
And as for Facebook making hardware, has everyone already forgotten the hardware they did make? And how fucking terribly that failed?
Facebook Phone. Everyone has one of those, right? Because they're so good.
You can't even make a fucking phone and you think you can master the art of VR? Even the Joker couldn't make this kinda shit up.
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Facebook just want to get into hardware.
Why?
So their company doesn't completely rely on the emotions of 12 year girls and end up like myspace or that other thing beber or whatever it was called.
Bebo.
And as for Facebook making hardware, has everyone already forgotten the hardware they did make? And how fucking terribly that failed?
Facebook Phone. Everyone has one of those, right? Because they're so good.
You can't even make a fucking phone and you think you can master the art of VR? Even the Joker couldn't make this kinda shit up.
Facebook won't be making it though. Nor will they be making the games for use with it. Sure, they'll likely make some apps and shit.. but who the fuck cares? don't use them?
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Facebook just want to get into hardware.
Why?
So their company doesn't completely rely on the emotions of 12 year girls and end up like myspace or that other thing beber or whatever it was called.
Bebo.
And as for Facebook making hardware, has everyone already forgotten the hardware they did make? And how fucking terribly that failed?
Facebook Phone. Everyone has one of those, right? Because they're so good.
You can't even make a fucking phone and you think you can master the art of VR? Even the Joker couldn't make this kinda shit up.
Facebook won't be making it though. Nor will they be making the games for use with it. Sure, they'll likely make some apps and shit.. but who the fuck cares? don't use them?
Don't trust anything Facebook owns or does. No slight against you old friend :)
I don't believe they do anything for the good of the end user. I can't see them taking VR to the place it needs to be.
See, if valve on the other hand had brought Oculus Rift then we would all be singing a very different tune, and for a good reason. Just glad valve do have their own VR under dev.
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Facebook just want to get into hardware.
Why?
So their company doesn't completely rely on the emotions of 12 year girls and end up like myspace or that other thing beber or whatever it was called.
Bebo.
And as for Facebook making hardware, has everyone already forgotten the hardware they did make? And how fucking terribly that failed?
Facebook Phone. Everyone has one of those, right? Because they're so good.
You can't even make a fucking phone and you think you can master the art of VR? Even the Joker couldn't make this kinda shit up.
Facebook won't be making it though. Nor will they be making the games for use with it. Sure, they'll likely make some apps and shit.. but who the fuck cares? don't use them?
Don't trust anything Facebook owns or does. No slight against you old friend :)
I don't believe they do anything for the good of the end user. I can't see them taking VR to the place it needs to be.
See, if valve on the other hand had brought Oculus Rift then we would all be singing a very different tune, and for a good reason. Just glad valve do have their own VR under dev.
No offense taken mate.
IIRC, Valve's VR was never to be a consumer product, was purely for research. Valve's research and what not went to the OR team.
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If Value bought Oculus Rift, they could release it with Half Life 3.
In 2062.
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Facebook just want to get into hardware.
Why?
So their company doesn't completely rely on the emotions of 12 year girls and end up like myspace or that other thing beber or whatever it was called.
Why 12 year old girls when there are 9 year old girls?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594673/Mother-girl-Neknominate-drinking-stunt-blames-Facebook.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594673/Mother-girl-Neknominate-drinking-stunt-blames-Facebook.html)
Mother of girl involved in NekNominate drinking game that left nine-year-old in hospital blames Facebook and demands site take down videos that show the stunt
The mother of one of the girls involved in a drinking game that left a nine-year-old in hospital has blamed Facebook for the shocking incident.
She said the three girls, aged eight, nine and 11, stole drinks from her cabinet after watching videos of so-called Neknominate stunts on Facebook.
They then went to a shed where Rhiannon Scully downed a dangerous mix of vodka, whisky and orange juice.
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tl;dr, mother left booze in irresponsibly accessible place.
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Girls can't handle their drink.
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CAN'T HANDLE DEY DRANK!
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Facebook on Occulus Rift?
http://mashable.com/2014/03/31/oculus-rift-facebook-concept-video/ (http://mashable.com/2014/03/31/oculus-rift-facebook-concept-video/)
They have an Occulus Rift at the Invercargill Public Library
Library VR (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-VniMjPY18#)
It doesnt work with glasses though, so I am glad I did not buy one
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Tiwa, didn't you have one of those mind control things?
How's that going?
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New Facebook Rift. Beaming unicorns and pictures of other people's babies directly to your eyeballs 24/7
I was looking forward to slipping an oculus rift on a friend while they slept, then have them wake up to like doom or something.
I'd have a hypothesis, a youtube channel, everything!
I suspect I will never get the chance to do this now :(
what i want to do is make a hack to the movie theatre app..
in the demos you sit in an empty theatre in a seat of your choosing,
what i want to do is then hack it to suddenly have walking dead zombies appear in the seat next to you and snarl so when you turn it is about to attack,
just to then see the reaction of the person wearing said rift..
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what i want to do is make a hack to the movie theatre app..
in the demos you sit in an empty theatre in a seat of your choosing,
what i want to do is then hack it to suddenly have walking dead zombies appear in the seat next to you and snarl so when you turn it is about to attack,
just to then see the reaction of the person wearing said rift..
Oh yes, but you'd need to leave it till like an hour in to the film....just so they're nice and comfortable and kinda forgetting where they are...
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I really hope that FB don't have ads randomly pop up on your screen etc, or having to be connected to a FB "realm" to use the oculus rift.
(http://img.pandawhale.com/108740-Facebook-Oculus-friend-request-CfdB.gif)
PS. Can't wait for my DK2 to arrive :)
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Still not sure what the point of Oculus rift is
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-facebook-2014-12/ (http://www.businessinsider.com.au/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-facebook-2014-12/)
It appears to be a very immersive monitor that records where you are in space, but you cant interact with anything you see other than by moving towards it
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Still not sure what the point of Oculus rift is
[url]http://www.businessinsider.com.au/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-facebook-2014-12/[/url] ([url]http://www.businessinsider.com.au/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-facebook-2014-12/[/url])
It appears to be a very immersive monitor that records where you are in space, but you cant interact with anything you see other than by moving towards it
The team behind occ have been working with a company that deal with hand tracking :)
and if you don't already know how immersive and fun the occ is.. I feel sorry for ya!