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The rift might have been intended as a mass market device but it certainly wasn’t one in practice: it demonstrably didn’t have the features and use case(s) nece
by gumby 4y ago
The rift might have been intended as a mass market device but it certainly wasn’t one in practice: it demonstrably didn’t have the features and use case(s) necessary to reach mass market acceptance.
> designer of the Oculus Rift
Cough Valve and Abrash. You presumably do know the famous “Oculus” demo that got Zuckerberg’s investment was given at Valve using all of Valve’s headset and software, right? All that IP just handed to Oculus.
Say what you like about the guy but at least base it on facts.
- tapoxi 4y agoHe was designing it on his own and did a good enough job to get Carmack interested and promoting it through forum interactions: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NYa8kirsUfg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NYa8kirsUfg I'm not sure what this Valve demo refers to.