Jimquisition: So, That Facebook And Oculus Rift Thing...

[nevarran]

There you go, miniature Jim.
You're fired, Sterling!

 

[Strazdas]

i wonder why are you punching dogs in 7 days to die in a video about VR. also wow you scavanged your old videos with this one, i like.

Oculus while not a true VR is as close as it gets right now, and i always wanted true VR (like the one in Caprica) to be around. too bad now that has no chance of sucess. Facebook IS worse company than videogame ones. You mention Instagram as an example, whne instagram is in fact terrible service. While granted it was so back when Facebook bought it, thats still hardly a good point. Also Zuckberg has already said enough to deduct that they will interfere with Oculus.

P.S. you go about how you would want valve to take it over (actually valve is working on its VR set too) and then attack origin uplay and the like. Thing is, Origin lately has become better than Steam, so yeah, i would love if Origin had been the buyer. It looks like EA done one thing right with Origin - they hired actual gamers to run it.

Gonna post it here, because hey why not.

Jim, is there any way you can enlist (in credits) the titles of the games you are showing through the episodes? Some of them are recognizable, some are not, but seems interesting/odd/insane/worth further look. It's a small thing but clears things up and will save some time for your viewers to do other stuff, like building you a shrine or prepare some sacrifices. Probably both.

if you follow jim on Youtube, he uses a lot of footage from those videos, so there are titles there. of course its mor work than just reading them up, but the channel is worth viewing anyway.

 

[VoidOfOne]

This whole thing reminds me of the time when it was announced that Bayonetta 2 was going to be a Wii U exclusive.

-Lots of hate responces
-Little understanding of the issue from many people
-Suicide threats...

Yeah, just another day on the internet.


P.S.

No way is Origin remotely better than Steam. Or even the same. Or even just okay.

 

[karamazovnew]

Some people seem to forget about one small but important community of PC gamers: the simmers. Patient people who are either strafing Russian tanks in their A-10C, tearing the wings of unfortunate B17s in War Thunder, landing for the 156th time in Hong Kong or spinning around on the Corkscrew on Laguna Seca. People who have already spent a LOT of money on things like custom joysticks and wheels, people who have put up with triple screens and Track IR. These guys hear the phrase "VR is an old gimmick, who cares about this Rift thing?" and they just die a little inside, slowly, painfully.

 

[AvangionQ]

The thing about VR goggles, the primary concern is probably hardware weight ... anything more than a few ounces, it's not going to be comfortable, it's not going to sell.

 

[Lightknight]

The thing about VR goggles, the primary concern is probably hardware weight ... anything more than a few ounces, it's not going to be comfortable, it's not going to sell.

Proper counterbalancing can help some with it. Something to make it more comfortable. I mean, I don't like hats so nothing will be comfortable. The goal here is something as minimal as possible but I'm not going to complain about anything that lands under 1 lb and the current model is right at 1 lb from what I heard.

 

[DanHibiki]

From a lot of wining I've been reading on sites like Boing Boind, it seems that the main issue is that it's a move which somehow taints kickstarter and other crowd funding initiative.

As much as i'm a fan of the whole e-begging movement I don't see what the issue is corporations getting involved with the process, especially when you try to get something as massive as Oculus Rift going.

 

[xPixelatedx]

Jim, this hasn't happened before.

VR isn't 3D, it didn't come and then just go away before, it was demo-ed at events and arcades in the past. The tech to make it available to people simply didn't exist. This will be the first time it's come, no one actually knows what's going to happen. Granted, I don't think it's going to sell like cel-phone games, and I don't think it's meant to. Like a beastly graphics card or gaming rig, it's a "only serious gamers need apply" type deal, and while I can't speak for Facebook, hopefully the Oculus team has realistic expectations on this.

 

[Lightknight]

From a lot of wining I've been reading on sites like Boing Boind, it seems that the main issue is that it's a move which somehow taints kickstarter and other crowd funding initiative.

As much as i'm a fan of the whole e-begging movement I don't see what the issue is corporations getting involved with the process, especially when you try to get something as massive as Oculus Rift going.

Right, and Occulus only came up on Facebook's for doing exactly what they promised. This is what happens when ideas take off. We don't have small mom and pops hardware companies that deliver to an international market. There are just too many inefficiencies in funding, marketing, sales, and transportation that make it nigh impossible for a company to hit the ground running for several years.

Now, had Facebook's deal been that Occulus couldn't continue on the Rift as planned, I'd understand the problem. However, Zuckerberg's direct offer to Occulus was that they continue doing what they're doing and FB makes it happen cheaper to allow the product to be sold at cost. Best of all worlds for the product and consumers. Huge risk for Facebook depending on what they eventually do with it.

 

[C14N]

I'm inclined to agree, the fact that Facebook have no previous gaming interests actually makes them a better company to buy it imo. I'd imagine that since they really have no gaming software or hardware already, they're going to take a pretty hands-off approach to the thing.

Also, I've seen a load of jokes about how all it will be used for is Farmville and status updates with ads thrown in now. If that's just a joke, fine but if people seriously think that then they have no idea how either the technology or the business side of this thing works.