I don't get what you mean by this comment, It wasn't Carmack's decisions to sell the company to Facebook it was Irebe's (the CEO) who's known for selling Gaiki to Sony.
Carmack unlike Irebe is working on the Rift I doubt he had a decision over something he had no control over.
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Well, let me help adjust that for you
"I can imagine $2 billion reasons"
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im pretty sure he understood the joke the first time, what he was trying to say is that Carmack doesnt get jack out of that, so 2 billion reasons to sell the rift to facebook doesnt give any reason for Carmack to be ok with it...
As to this entire issue, hopefully they just fund it and it goes on as it did until now
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No one assumed he was okay with it either... just that there was 2 billion reasons why he'd find himself in that situation.
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Instead of a hasty reaction, you could also just wait until the product has an official release and see whether it merits consideration at that time.
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Zuckerberg probably thinks that after his success with facebook everything he touches turns to gold which is not the case to be honest.
Take whatsapp for example, after the news of him buying it, a lot of European users started to use other IM apps.
I can't say that OR is a bad thing but i can't say it's a good one either but i'm pretty sure that Facebook will take every chance it has to put adds into it to get some of it's money back.
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I want a VR game where I can have sex with people on my friends list without them knowing. It seamlessly integrates my facebook use with technology. ;)
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Hahahaha and then after you finish it shares a post to your friend's newsfeed telling them "insert name here just came to you on Oculus Rift."
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Something better than VR is available since a looong time :) Don't click this link if you are at work or if you feel easily offended :-)
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Holy shit. Is that so you can have sex with your computer? I've seen the ones with a cable that you connect to your computer, but never one that actually has you pelvis-slamming your PC tower. I'm not sure I could ever get over the shame of using that.
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It is an old thing and, luckily, the world was not ready for it. So the only shame you risk comes from looking at the hilarious FAQ screenshots :)
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You will be in a virtual space, just like the other person. All you might see is a 3D avatar. It's not like everyone will suddenly have 3D webcams to go along with their VR headset. (And do you really want to see the other person with the headset on her head.)
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No, please don´t! This might be one of the greatest pieces of hardware in years, but I don´t want Facebook or Google in my games, my livingroom or anywhere else for that matter. Guess we can only hope the Kickstarter-Crowd makes enough noise for them to overthink that deal.
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The only thing that's been released are dev kits, the actual product hasn't even launched yet. Why not just wait and see if it's any good. If your issue is with Facebook making money off of it, you may want to look at the structure of a lot of conglomerates - take a stand against a cable company and you may find a mountain of entertainment and physical products that you'd have to also boycott.
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Are you aware of what Facebook/Google are doing in terms of datacollecting and what an opportunity this is for facebook? I doubt that "earing more money with an entertainment product" is their main goal here, but more like a sweet bonus.
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Its rather sad, that it doesn´t make sense to you.. it will be a piece of hardware produced by Facebook.. for your home. Not sure what part you need to have explained further.
But to answer your first question: I dont think that my monitor collects my data.. while it wouldn´t be impossible, it would be very impractical.. not sure what that has to do with anything, but yeah.. ^^
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It has to do with the fact that the Oculus Rift is two monitors strapped to your head.
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Yeah, but a cellphone also has a display, but that doesn´t mean it cant be used for data-collection.. not sure what kind of argument that could be.
..you guys ARE aware that the Rift also is an input-device, not only output, right?
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Yes. Probably a subscription fee will be involved :D
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Well, shit. If anyone was gonna buy it, I had money on Apple or MS.
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And the icing on the cake (according to Engadget):
"In an investors call this afternoon Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unsurprisingly suggested that possible revenue opportunities from the deal could include advertising in whatever form that might take. Bottom line: if you thought your virtual escape would be a commercial-free zone, think again."
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Well, really hope Oculus would do that... I wouldn't, even if it's for 2$ billion. They'd get a lot more respect and units sold if they refused.
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This is how I imagine the commercial :P
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Note for you, always ask before kickstarting any hardware "Are you going to sellout to facebook?" :)
On the serious side, i can understand what you mean, and I guess a lot of the people who joined the kickstarted program pretty much feel the same right now.
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