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VR is one of the few existential threats to Facebook’s dominance. Connecting with people is an obvious killer app of VR. That’s why Facebook bought Oculus.
by randomsearch 6y ago
VR is one of the few existential threats to Facebook’s dominance. Connecting with people is an obvious killer app of VR. That’s why Facebook bought Oculus.
- taneq 6y agoThis. Facebook bought Oculus for the same reason Google developed Android: As a response to a new platform that threatened to bypass their monopolies and render them redundant.
- seg_lol 6y agoIf antitrust law was effective, it would prevent this kind of anti-competitive behavior. How exactly, I'll leave that for the experts.
- KaiserPro 6y agoits really not. The existential threat is that they don't operate their own platform. VR isn't their end goal, AR is. The big bet is that AR will replace mobile phones. Owning the platform means profit from device sales and 30% cut of all apps sold. Thats the end game.