Cliff Bleszinski, early investor, on Oculus future

http://dudehugespeaks.tumblr.com/post/80832803371/riftbook

Thought for the day...

Amazingly the Oculus acquisition by Facebook and a discussion of VR was the subject of BBC Radio 4's 'Thought for the Day' slot this morning, which is heard by millions in the UK and beyond. Amazing to see how something we kickstarted has become so b...

Facebook going to help change final outcome? Help me decide

Previously , Palmer stated that DK2 will be the base for the final product meaning Consumer Version will only have slight ImprovementsBut since Facebook acquired Oculus and the fact they have a lot of money now will this statement hold true even now ...

Second Life creator on High Fidelity

So in all this facebook kerfluffle Second Life creator Philip Rosedale used the news buzz as an opportunity to make mention of his VR social platform High Fidelity. I found a video via venturebeat that showed a prototype experiment that seemed to uti...

Deleting negative Facebook comments? Really?

I could understand deleting some pure flaming comments, but I just saw 1 or 2 comments go bye-bye that had legitimate fears, as well as someones comment about these removals. I changed my opinion on the Facebook deal to a positive one, don't make me ...

Another one bailing the ship.

Well, thats it for me.If anyone wants to buy a pre facebook oculus set, let me know. Ill be heading in the other direction it seems.Facebook is not something i want to be mixed up in and do not intend to give anything to them.Good luck Oculus, you´ll...

Facebook owning Oculus is still terrible

The rift IS going to fail. Microsoft and Sony will announce that their VR is PC compatible and it will bury the Oculus Rift. Good.

Palmer's post over on ModRetro

Not sure if someone has already posted this, but Palmer posted this over on ModRetro:Thanks for the support, guys!We are going to be operating independently, and we can do a lot of things that were impossible before, like completely custom components...

Announcements Official announcements and latest news from th

AnnouncementsOfficial announcements and latest news from the Oculus team.Why does that section even exist?

To my fellow Developers and DK owners... (VIDEO)

Made my mind up now.

After a day to calm down and think about it, I am still onboard. I am still going for the Dev2 and will support CV1 fully. However, I'll be very wary of what Facebook start to do as the technology matures, and if they appear to be doing what we fear,...

Facebook purchased Oculus for 2 billion USD.

Phillip DeFranco shared the topic, and also MineCraft creator Notch, is no longer making minecraft for the oculus rift because FaceBook creeps him out. Personally, I don't mind if FaceBook helps out Oculus VR by giving them the millions of dollars th...

PLEASE don't give up on VR!

A lot of developers are cancelling their projects as a knee-jerk reaction to the news, but some are still optimisitic that either a strong competitor will emerge, or that this deal won't be nearly as bad as everyone's initial reaction.If you are cons...

Anti FB - Oculus had already part sold to VP.

Just want to throw out there that none of you anti-FB lot said a single thing when 2 viper like venture cap. companies got their claws into Oculus. Where was you vitriol then?And oh look they've just multiplied their investment 20 fold. The point is ...

Questions of this Community to OculusVR

Hello,I am opening this thread in order to discuss the implications of yesterday's acquisition of OculusVR by Facebook. The intend is to collect questions that "we" the community would like Oculus VR to address.I will start with three questions:1) Wi...

Did Facebook just acquire a database of VR programmers?

From the Kickstarter rules:Project Creators agree to not abuse other users' personal information. Abuse is defined as using personal information for any purpose other than those explicitly specified in the Project Creator’s Project, or is not related...

will DK2 come out any sooner because of this?

I know this is wishful thinking but it would really be great if some way DK2 could come out sooner. after all that really is the next big step for Oculus getting DK2 out as soon as possible so that we can work with the new hardware. Please strongly c...

What if, even with all the whining, Dk2 orders skyrocket?

I guess we ll never know... :mrgreen:

As the dust settles the cooler heads prevail...

I'll admit, I'm stunned, I'm positive, I'm negative, I have a rollercoster of feelings about FB buying OculusVR.There are pros and cons with everything, absolutely everything.Pros:- Massive increase in budget, money a non-issue in getting the product...

Facebook = IOI

Facebook = IOIThat is all...

New HMD to hit the market, or vaporware?

With all the facebook thing, a new hmd have been presented, TPG, TruePlayerGear, with 1080p, 90 FOV, positional tracking via 2 cameras in the headset, low persistance and hardware acelerated lens correction and tracking.Oh and also it works both in P...

Is Valve developing its VR?

Does anyone have info about a potential Valve headset?Are they working on one or not?

A Fresh Perspective

The reason for the sudden negative outburst is that Oculus was not what people though it was, and this is a painful realization after they projected their own ideals onto Oculus for so long. It is obvious now that a majority of the gaming community v...

Well done Palmer Luckey !!!

Can't believe I turn my back for a couple of days while I'm working and all hell has broken loose lol,Just want to say Well done Palmer and the Oculus Team you have just opened up a whole new load of doors great move sod all the Whiney bitches!Well d...

Let's have cybereality's and carmack's opinion on the FB Acq

Let's have cybereality's and carmack's honest, not "switzerlandesq", opinion on the FB Acquisition. Those two are the most trustworthy voices at Oculus. I would like to hear their thoughts.Update: Here are Palmer's responses via Reddit threadhttp://i...

Well Notch is out!

I dunno how many care about Minecraft but ..Notch just bailed shipSomeone tell me this acquisition is still a good thing ..http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2014/03/25/minecraft-creator-kills-oculus-rift-plans-because-facebook-creeps-him-out/

51% of 18000+ polled say Oculus Rift now dead to them

http://strawpoll.me/1381827/rGood. Hope they fail.

Kneejerk Reaction to the news

So, I, like many people today, had a knee-jerk reaction to today's (rather, last night's) news about FB's acquisition of OR.50 shares of FB are now in my account. (I'm a wanna-be indie dev, gimme a break :P)Ever since the kickstarter, I always wanted...

Where 2billion might take us...

As a guy that quit Facebook, I still support this. (VIDEO)

I just quit Facebook early Monday morning, so this is a strange coincidence. I've got no problem with the merger as long as we are never REQUIRED to have a Facebook account. But for those that use it daily this can be fucking huge. When I first read ...