Facebook buys Oculus VR for 2 instagram
On Tuesday, March 25th, Facebook announced the purchase of Oculus VR for ~ $ 2.000.000.000.
~ $ 400,000,000 in cash plus 23,100,000 ordinary Facebook shares.
“Mobile devices are the main platform now, and now we are preparing for the platforms of the future,” said Mark Zuckerberg.
“Oculus has a chance to create the most social platform of the future, changing the way we work, play and communicate . ”
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“In addition to games, we plan to use Oculus for many other areas. Imagine a virtual viewing of a sporting event from the best spots on the podium, virtual lessons with teachers and students from around the world, personal consultations with a doctor - just wearing glasses without leaving home. ”
“This is a completely new way of communication. Thanks to the presence effect, you can enjoy diverse spaces and endless possibilities with other people. Imagine not just sharing the fact of an event with friends, but sharing a presence in this event or adventure. ”
At 3:15 PST, Facebook held a conference call ( ended ) on this topic.
At theconference call, the conference call, investors asked, “What is so much?”, “Have you already bought instagram and vatsap, can it be time to stop?” And “When will there be a return?” that in the future it will bring a lot of money.
The link to the decryption of the call will appear here later - when it is decrypted and posted on the site, but the truth is that it was.
Wikipedia :
Oculus Rift is a virtual reality helmet with a wide field of view, low latency and moderate price. Developed by Oculus VR (about 20 employees), which collected 91 million US dollars, of which 2.4 million were collected on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform. The company was founded by Palmer Lucky, co-founders of Scaleform, and John Carmack (later became CTO in Oculus VR). Development kits are sold since the summer of 2013.
The consumer version, the 'Oculus Rift Consumer', is scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2014.
(thanks to kefirfromperm for the tip to add it to the post, despite the fact that his commentary was helpful)
Sources:
Techcrunch
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~ $ 400,000,000 in cash plus 23,100,000 ordinary Facebook shares.
“Mobile devices are the main platform now, and now we are preparing for the platforms of the future,” said Mark Zuckerberg.
“Oculus has a chance to create the most social platform of the future, changing the way we work, play and communicate . ”
')
“In addition to games, we plan to use Oculus for many other areas. Imagine a virtual viewing of a sporting event from the best spots on the podium, virtual lessons with teachers and students from around the world, personal consultations with a doctor - just wearing glasses without leaving home. ”
“This is a completely new way of communication. Thanks to the presence effect, you can enjoy diverse spaces and endless possibilities with other people. Imagine not just sharing the fact of an event with friends, but sharing a presence in this event or adventure. ”
At 3:15 PST, Facebook held a conference call ( ended ) on this topic.
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The link to the decryption of the call will appear here later - when it is decrypted and posted on the site, but the truth is that it was.
Wikipedia :
Oculus Rift is a virtual reality helmet with a wide field of view, low latency and moderate price. Developed by Oculus VR (about 20 employees), which collected 91 million US dollars, of which 2.4 million were collected on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform. The company was founded by Palmer Lucky, co-founders of Scaleform, and John Carmack (later became CTO in Oculus VR). Development kits are sold since the summer of 2013.
The consumer version, the 'Oculus Rift Consumer', is scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2014.
(thanks to kefirfromperm for the tip to add it to the post, despite the fact that his commentary was helpful)
Sources:
Techcrunch
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