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So "Ready Player One" with Zuck in charge? No thank you.
by metalliqaz 5y ago
So "Ready Player One" with Zuck in charge? No thank you.
- anoncow 5y agoWith Oculus, IG and FB, they seem pretty close to being the ones to pull it off.
- dingosity 5y agoit always seemed weird to me that fb, that sort of defined "casual interaction", was doubling down on such an immersive technology. the "metaverse" described by Rosedale & Ondrejka was nothing if not immersive.
- ralertomo 5y agoI think having IG and FB is a liability for them. Imo Epic Games is making better choices right now with their acquisitions and marketing strats. Seems more appealing to me.
- ipaddr 5y agoThose liabilities will bring in millions of people. Epic wished they had those platforms to onramp users.
- chaostheory 5y agoEpic doesn’t even have a software platform for VR yet. It’ll be awhile before they even catch up to Valve.
- astlouis44 5y agoFacebook will likely try to acquire Epic in the near future.
- Apocryphon 5y agoWhy Epic as opposed to any other forward-thinking gaming company like Valve? Sort of random.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoBy the time the film came out it was already a dated future.
- account-5 5y agoFacebook is IOI. There are no Gregarious Games in reality.
- metalliqaz 5y agoyes that was my point. "zuck in charge" would be like if IOI won the contest
- earthplus 5y agoI think that's their goal, they issued a copy of the book to each Oculus employee. Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/oculus-gives-all-its-employees-ready-player-one-2016-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/oculus-gives-all-its-employe...
- salt-thrower 5y agoWasn't that book supposed to be a bit of a dystopian/cautionary tale against VR? I thought the resolution of the character arc was that the guy decides to take the headset off and engage in the real world more.
- JohnFen 5y agoIt's amazing how many different cautionary tales were eventually adopted as how-to manuals.