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Oculus is backed by Facebook. You cannot in any way frame them to be small, or at any existential risk.

• cma 10y ago
  And even ignoring Facebook I think Oculus actually has more employees than Valve at this point. Zuckerberg mentions the number in this stream, I think it was around 700 or so employees, but can't remember for sure: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/137176-watch-mark-zuckerberg-unbox-retail-oculus-rift-via-facebook-livestream http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/137176-watch-mark-zuckerberg...
  • pyronite 10y ago
    In the video Mark Zuckerberg says "we have about 400 people working on this now" at 0:50 in.
    • cma 10y ago
      Thanks for finding that. Wikipedia says Valve had 330 as of 2013, so Valve most likely slightly outnumbers them. Hardly David vs. Goliath in headcount/organization size though. Though of course you have to be aware HTC is the production scale out.
      • jn1234 10y ago
        It's laughable how outclassed Oculus is by Valve. If Valve were to release Half-Life 3 as an exclusive on Vive, Oculus as a gaming headset would be toast. Valve has some of the most valuable franchises (Dota 2, Team Fortress, Portal etc) around and are under-utilizing them, not to mention they operate the largest PC gaming distribution platform.
        • tehrei 10y ago
          They are, in a way, the most benevolent of dictators.