[4eyes] Facebook Acquires Oculus VR

[Theodore Kim]

More strong feelings:

"Betrayed by Oculus Rift"
http://www.salon.com/2014/03/26/betrayed_by_oculus_rift/


On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Mathieu Rodrigue <mathieu at cs.ucsb.edu>wrote:

> There is an overwhelming amount of negativity coming from the Oculus
> community about this deal.  Even the people responding via Facebook to
> articles about the acquisition are expressing the betrayal they feel.  I
> personally don't know how to feel about it, either.  Being acquired by
> another company probably would have been a better move.  I mean, Facebook's
> demographic has changed-- they aren't attractive to a younger crowd anymore
> which was likely to be the driving force of the Oculus in the first place.
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>  Mathieu
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> On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Chris Sweeney <cmsweeney at cs.ucsb.edu> wrote:
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> Facebook just dished out a casual $2 billion for Oculus VR. This is a huge
> splash for AR/VR and it will be really interesting to see what direction
> Facebook decides to take Oculus as a platform. Facebook specifically
> mentioned they see Oculus as a medium for communication and experience.
>
> Facebook's post:
> https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101319050523971?stream_ref=10
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> Article in HuffPost:
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/facebook-oculus_n_5030801.html?utm_hp_ref=technology
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