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So far, the cost of development of Star Citizen is about 5% of the money spent by Meta (ex. Facebook) to build the metaverse. Not too bad if you compare the re
by stephc_int13 4y ago
So far, the cost of development of Star Citizen is about 5% of the money spent by Meta (ex. Facebook) to build the metaverse.
Not too bad if you compare the results.
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- smcl 4y agoWait, did either you or I mess up the maths or has Meta spent $10,000,000,000 (ten billion dollars) on Metaverse? Good grief
- stephc_int13 4y ago10B, yes, that is accurate. That is what Zuck (Meta) already spent on his vision of the metaverse.
- nradov 4y agoI think Zuck stated that Meta had made firm commitments to spend at least $10B over several years on building the metaverse, but some of that hasn't actually been spent yet.
- majewsky 4y agoAre you counting the $2B that Facebook paid for Oculus, and the investments into Oculus since then?
- nradov 4y agoMy understanding is that the $10B investment number doesn't include the original Oculus aquisition but does include Oculus product enhancements going forward. The main point though isn't the specific dollar amount, but that Zuck considers this strategically important and will spend as much as it takes to win. Get rich(er) or die trying.
- smoldesu 4y agoTo be fair, Star Citizen isn't a hardware product that's already 2 gens deep and sells like hotcakes.
- ManuelKiessling 4y agoWhat exactly is it that sells like hotcakes? I’m actually curious, this is not asked in a snarky way.
- YawningAngel 4y agoI imagine it's the Oculus Rift, or whatever its descendants are called
- smoldesu 4y agoI'm talking mostly about the Oculus/Meta Quest. It's easy to shit on Facebook's software products (I could do it all day), but the Oculus team that Facebook bought still seems to be doing impressive stuff. Whether or not you like Facebook as a product, it's hard to deny that the Quest is really solid hardware for the ~$400 price point. My dream is that someday someone will make a privacy-respecting custom OS for them, so you can simply use it as a cheap tethered headset. John Carmack supposedly stuck his neck out for allowing custom firmware at a hardware-level, which is pretty cool! Facebook is indeed a shit company, so it makes sense that they'd want to dump all their R&D money into a cool digital trinket. Regardless, I don't really see the proliferation of the Quest as a bad thing. Hopefully some day, like-minded nerds can turn it into a better thing(?)
- stephc_int13 4y agoCarmack himself does not seem to believe that much in the future of this project, and I think this is a strong hint.
- smoldesu 4y agoI wouldn't either. The software side of it is pretty awful, and just about what you'd expect from Facebook. Again though; the hardware/firmware/techology is pretty amazing. It's one-of-a-kind when you compare it to other inside-out tracking headsets, and there aren't many other headsets in it's weight or price class. If the community pulls through with a custom software layer, then the Quest might be the best headset you can buy.
- elefanten 4y agoFB announced the pivot ~18months ago. 18 months into development Star Citizen had absolutely nothing.