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When Facebook announced that they would be acquiring Oculus VR, not only were many people surprised, but many were apparently outraged as well. We’re not sure where all the anger is coming from, perhaps it could be that they’re worried Facebook might attempt to monetize the Oculus Rift through ads, perhaps they feel that Facebook might be trying to invade their gaming space, who knows?

All we know is that for the most part, most people just aren’t too happy about it. But could their unhappiness of the acquisition be warranted to the point where death threats are issued? According to Oculus VR’s founder, Palmer Luckey, he claims that he and his team have received death threats following the acquisition. (more…)

Oculus Rift Team Hit With Death Threats Following Facebook Acquisition original content from Ubergizmo.

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Mat and Mike are back to talk about the HTC One, MS Office’s arrival on the iPad, and how Oculus VR fits into the Facebookiverse. They see Facebook’s acquisition of the virtual reality company as a big step toward establishing Facebook as a gaming platform, but the social implications are still unclear. Maybe it’ll just wind up being like the second coming of Second Life? Who knows.

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Facebook, the social network giant, has gone under the spotlight earlier this week for the simple fact that Mark Zuckerberg and company have decided to part with a cool $2 billion to pick up Oculus VR. Well, what does Facebook intend to do with this company as well as the VR headset that comes under their purview now? Facebook did promise that they will not rebrand Oculus with their logo and interface, although one question that might have gone through many peoples’ minds would be to wonder just how Facebook looks like in virtual reality. Good thing you do not need to wait for all eternity in order to find out.

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Facebook On Oculus Rift Might Look Like This original content from Ubergizmo.

A few days ago, Facebook announced that they would be acquiring Oculus VR. This is actually pretty big news as it would no doubt help to advance virtual reality technology, not to mention give Oculus VR the resources to compete against the likes of Sony who have recently announced their own VR plans.

However not everyone was too thrilled about Facebook’s acquisition, such as Minecraft’s creator, Markus “Notch” Persson, who publicly announced the cancellation of the game for the Oculus Rift. Notch is not alone in his pleasure and developers Twinbeard has also expressed their disapproval of the acquisition. (more…)

Kickstarter Project Adds Stretch Goal Of Buying Oculus VR From Facebook original content from Ubergizmo.

Mark Zuckerberg’s $2 billion buyout of Oculus Rift is just the latest step in Big Tech’s creepy march from software to sci-fi: Google and Facebook have dumped billions into companies that have nothing to do with their original projects in search or social. Relentlessly, the two companies are pushing toward a dystopian future in which privacy is null and we wear social networks on our faces.

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