We shall see what the Facebook partnership does. Apparently the guy who founded Oculus is still in charge and the Facebook integration/rebranding thing has been confirmed as false by Facebook themselves.
Regardless, this and the Morpheus will change some things. I guarantee Microsoft and Apple are going to get in somehow, and possibly Valve as well. And shit, why not have Nintendo go for what they wanted the Virtual Boy to be almost twenty years ago?
I didn't care before, don't now, won't in the future.
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I've got an Occulus Rift, 2 actually... one at home and one to mess around with during down times at work. It's pretty darn neat. Hopefully an FB money infusion will accelerate the release of an improved consumer version.
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Sony has been making HMD's for quite some time now. They've never managed to make a good community around them though, and I'm not sure they can do it now unless the Oculus guys generate enough of a push that they can ride the wake.
As for Oculus, I was very excited about it, but with the Facebook tie-in now, you can count me out. I don't trust Facebook enough to strap it to my face.
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Yet, if Sony or Microsoft or Nintendo had a VR headset you'd trust them?Originally Posted by Ze_ro
I don't know why trust would be necessary when you're just playing a video game. I don't trust Sony or Microsoft anymore than I would any other huge company like that. (Maybe I'd trust Nintendo, but not because they are altruistic or anything, mostly because they are too inept to know how to do anything evil with my info).
Also, the year is 2014, and legit privacy no longer exists. It's unfortunate, but it's a tradeoff for todays information based society.
Well, pretty much ANYBODY but Facebook. Their whole business model basically amounts to data mining and targetted advertising, and god only knows how much data they're sharing with the NSA or selling to other companies. I don't want ANY part of that. At least Oculus on their own was a pretty benign company... I could have given them the benefit of the doubt.
There are levels of survival I am willing to accept.Also, the year is 2014, and legit privacy no longer exists. It's unfortunate, but it's a tradeoff for todays information based society.
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Still interested, don't really care. Apple and Google already spy so much, and it's even worse when the latter uses activism to cover it up. Really, being on a forum where you have to register says a lot. You'd think everyone was an anon who was using Tor.
They already have said integration won't happen, and based on what happened with Instagram, I'm willing to wait.
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