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I’m sure most have already heard by now but figured I’d post it here for those that haven’t.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/25/facebook-oculus-vr-2-billion/
Palmer is answering questions on the acquisition on Reddit
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Notch has also spoken out against the move in his own way
http://notch.net/2014/03/virtual-reality-is-going-to-change-the-world/
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I found this to be worth reading.
http://www.raphkoster.com/2014/03/25/musings-on-the-oculus-sale/
I’m sure literally 10’s of Facebook accounts were deleted today in protest :p
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Carmack seems non plussed/optimistic, on Twitter he wrote:
"For the record, I am coding right now, just like I was last week.I expect the FB deal will avoid several embarrassing scaling crisis for VR."
"I have a deep respect for the technical scale that FB operates at. The cyberspace we want for VR will be at this scale."
"I suppose I will get a FB account now, so that may lead to some writing a little longer than tweet length…"
I can’t help but feel a little crushed by the acquisition, it seems so against the founding spirit of Oculus. On the flip side, VR for the masses means lots of work for me :)
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Facebook stock took a dip after the announcement
http://www.vg247.com/2014/03/27/oculus-rift-acquisition-triggers-facebook-stock-dip/
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