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    News Bits: Facebook Acquiring Oculus VR, the WD My Passport Pro, New Plextor SSDs, and Nvidia?s Tegra K1 Dev Kit

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Michael Epstein, Mar 27, 2014.

  1. Michael Epstein

    Michael Epstein Notebook Guru NBR Reviewer

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    Michael Epstein, Mar 27, 2014
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  2. Waru

    Waru Notebook Consultant

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    Gosh, seriously? Why does Facebook want all of this? Can they stop trying to own everything, and focus on themselves? It's sad to see Oculus VR go. I am mostly disappointed at the Oculus purchase, if anything. The fate of VR gaming is officially jeopardized if they try to make a move with this purchase, which they probably will after paying so much money for the rights. There is no reason as to why any gamer should be trusting Facebook with innovative gaming. There is simply no reason to. I want to see if Facebook plans to live up to their claim of opening "new worlds" with the purchase of Oculus VR. Zuckerberg's purchase of Oculus VR is an overconfident move. It looks like Facebook simply bought Oculus to avoid future lawsuits in the case that Zuckerberg actually did implement a similar innovation that involved Virtual Reality gaming, education, or general viewing of sport events, etc. I'm not surprised they were willing to spare $2B. Just watch, if he plans to move forward with these "ideas" for the Oculus Rift, the name will be changed and it will almost as if Oculus was never bought. It's just a cover up, imo.
     
    Waru, Mar 28, 2014
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  3. Melody

    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    For a second the title led me to believe Facebook had purchased all these ventures lol :p I'm not sure what Facebook plans to do with Occulus, but chances are if it takes off they might just go the way they did with Instagram way which is kind of let it be and just own the brand. Lots of companies want to own other companies they see potential revenue in as opposed to actually doing anything with them.
     
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    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    As soon as I hear do FB bought Oculus VR all interest vanished, you know there just going to fill it with add's to watch before launching a game.
     
    IKAS V, Mar 30, 2014
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    I'm actually not all that upset about Facebook's purchase. Though personally, I never saw their VR going anywhere; nothing more than a VirtualBoy 2.0 imo. When VR becomes more like a holodeck rather than a heavy helmet, then I'll be interested. Until then, I'm curious to see what Facebook's plans are with the company.
     
    Jarhead, Apr 1, 2014
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