<div dir="ltr"><div>More strong feelings: </div><div><br></div><div>"Betrayed by Oculus Rift"</div><a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/03/26/betrayed_by_oculus_rift/">http://www.salon.com/2014/03/26/betrayed_by_oculus_rift/</a><br>

</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Mathieu Rodrigue <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mathieu@cs.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">mathieu@cs.ucsb.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">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.  <div>

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<br><div><div><div class="h5"><div>On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Chris Sweeney <<a href="mailto:cmsweeney@cs.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">cmsweeney@cs.ucsb.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>

<div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">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. <div>



<br></div><div>Facebook's post: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101319050523971?stream_ref=10" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101319050523971?stream_ref=10</a></div><div><br></div>

<div>Article in HuffPost: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/facebook-oculus_n_5030801.html?utm_hp_ref=technology" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/facebook-oculus_n_5030801.html?utm_hp_ref=technology</a></div>



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