[4eyes] Facebook Acquires Oculus VR

[Matthew Turk]

I must admit I find this a little humorous.. I'd like to ask everyone who
funded Oculus via Kickstarter and feels betrayed by this, "Well what did you
expect?"

 

From: Ilab-users [mailto:ilab-users-bounces at lists.cs.ucsb.edu] On Behalf Of
Theodore Kim
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:04 PM
To: Mathieu Rodrigue
Cc: Chris Sweeney; Four Eyes Lab
Subject: Re: [4eyes] Facebook Acquires Oculus VR

 

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.  

 

Mathieu

 

 

 

 

On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Chris Sweeney <cmsweeney at cs.ucsb.edu> wrote:

 

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

 

Article in HuffPost:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/facebook-oculus_n_5030801.html?utm_
hp_ref=technology

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