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[jacobeid]

No.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

That's hilarious lmao, I mean who would have thought.

 

[Marcel]

You don't get to Virtual Reality Facebook without making a few GAF enemies.

 

[E92 M3]

I wonder how much Cliffy has made from this transaction. That said, this is an unfortunate sale for the future of the technology.

 

[Phediuk]

God damnit.

 

[Barzul]

Just how rich is facebook?

 

[Lingitiz]

Wow. What does this mean for gaming?

Reading Zuckerberg's statement, it sounds like "We'll do games and then a bunch of other shit like putting you courtside at sports events." That sounds pretty cool but I'd rather see a 100% focus on gaming.

Wonder what this means for Valve's VR.

 

[Coreda]

Zuck sees, Zuck likes, Zuck buys.

Spoiler

Truly wtf

 

[funkystudent]

Yup. Its legit

http://www.oculusvr.com/blog/oculus-joins-facebook/

 

[Pop]

Damn

Candy Crush VR incoming

 

[Kandrick]

Hahahahahahaha.

Holy shit. Fucking Facebook.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140325-912577.html

Not like this

 

[antitrop]

lmfao

 

[SmokyDave]

i feel so small.

Take the blue pill, my man. Ignorance is bliss.

 

[Can Crusher]

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Why?

 

[robotrock]

posting in both threads but WTFFFFFFFF

 

[fallen_dawn]

Hang on... Where did this come from? I guess Oculus will keep doing their stuff, but I always thought that they wanted to be the ones in charge.

 

[WarpathDC]

John Carmack

Simba.gif

I almost bought the dev kit today. Thank God. #takemymoneymorpheus

 

[Salsa]

I blame Palmer Luckey for being 21

 

[Jibbed]

WAT.

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I CAN'T.

 

[RoyalFool]

Not good for gaming, possibly good for VR as a medium. Either way they sold out.

 

[BurnOutBrighter]

Oculus to be built with eye tracking and compulsory Facebook account linking to better peddle you ads.

 

[donkey show]

 

[Rozart]

Facebook...what. What do they even want to do with the VR tech?

 

[Echelon079]

Wow. Megaton. Could be bad if it takes the focus on making a good gaming experience, could be good because it likely means we will actually see an affordable Rift in the future.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Isn't that peanuts? Didn't fucking Instagram sell to Facebook for $19 billion?!

oculus has an idea and a preliminary product

instagram has tens of millions of users, as did whatsapp (which is what you're thinking of)

 

[Brazil]

The dream is over.

 

[ZekeThePlumber]

So how about that Project Morpheus?

 

[Mistouze]

John Carmack now works for Facebook. Somewhat. Think about that.

 

[IAmRandom31]

Come on people, don't tell me you did not immediately get excited about the premise of a 3D VR FARMVILLE! COME ON!

.....

No?

 

[tringworldso]

Only one word can describe my feeling:

 

[Chake]

On the bright side, now it might actually have a release date.

 

[Bundy]

First Whatsapp, now Oculus!

Both are now DEAD to me!

 

[snoopeasystreet]

Not a huge fan of facebook but at least they're platform agnostic. They also didn't really fuck with Instragram all that much but this is an entirely different beast.

 

[Rosur]

Not sure what to think about this. One thing Oculus will easily have the money it needs for marketing etc.
Though hope doesn't lose it's indie friendliness and force developers to integrate Facebook into games...

 

[BTM]

 

[Sky Chief]

April fools coming exactly a week early

 

[RoKKeR]

for 2 Billion! That seems very high to me.

They bought WhatsApp, a simple, free messaging service, for $15 billion.

They get what they want.

 

[Asd202]

Palmer Luckey is a rich man now lol

 

[epmode]

Fucking Palmer. Jesus Christ.

 

[PopcornMegaphone]

I'm going to sit back and enjoy the meltdowns.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

wow :\

 

[Mashing]

Wow, the OR guys just became rich as fuck. Congratulations to them.

As for Facebook buying them, not sure what to think about that just yet.

 

[Maximilian E.]

Man, I have to give credit to Mark Z, he saw it coming.

Social media + Occulus rift = early Menagerie
(Snowcrash reference)

Bravo Mark!

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Welp, time to abandon Oculus Rift.

 

[TheRealTalker]

SO bloody RANDOM

 

[Sakura]

Disappointing... I hope the Morpheus can be used with PCs.

 

[darkside31337]

Man and I was looking forward to VR too. This fucking sucks.

 

[The Blackrose]

This totally came from left field.

That being said, nope. Nope nope nope. Noping the heck out of here.