and the dead line of what they called the next generation of gaming........

here we come SONY

They really fucked up and they are going to have to deal with the consequences. I wish that it went differently though

Early On, Oculus Rift Creator Said He Wouldn’t Sell Out

Minecraft creator and Rift backer Markus “Notch” Persson said, it just didn’t seem right:
“I did not chip in ten grand to seed a first investment round to build value for a Facebook acquisition.”

Amazing....

Futurama.

Never cared for VR or Facebook, still don't.

"If Oculus's $2 billion price tag didn't already alert you, Facebook has money. A lot of money. Money which it could ostensibly throw into virtual reality research"

I personally think the vision we all thought to see for VR's is ruined. Facebook isn't a game company.

On the plus side it means the OR will probably get more funding. On the minus side, selling out to Facebook seems like a breach of consumer and developer trust, as seen as Notch's response to it. It could either end up really good or really bad. We'll see.

I don't understand why most people bitching about this. Yes, when i first read about this i wasn't happy, but then i look closer, and read little how situation look, and it's not that bad after all. When Facebook purchased a Instagram, many people say that this will destroy Instagram, and that Instagram will be only on facebook, and that naever realy happen. I think that with Occulus will be the same, company will be live it own life.

How about we all stop jumping ship and freaking out and wait for the Rift to come out so we can see some reviews by our favorite youtubers (or reviews by normal people in general), hmm?

first product announced

I'm not happy with this news. I feel as though Oculus just used the crowd funding movement. They took the people's money to build a company that could be sold for a lot of money. Oculus has lost my trust and as a result any future money I would have gladly given them before.

It also makes me lose faith in the crowd funding system. Now, I view it as a tool for Big Business. Big business waits for the public to fund and put it's support behind projects, with very little risk to Big business. Once a crowd funded company reaches a certain level, here comes Big business with it's Big money to swoop in like a scavenger. Why would I want to put my money in a system like that? viewed crowd funding as a way to get away from that. To support ideas, small businesses and dreams. Not as a way to exploit the public.