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How many hours has it been since the announcment. I hope you save this post and review it in a few years. Perhaps it will give you a moment to ponder over your

by cup 13y ago

How many hours has it been since the announcment. I hope you save this post and review it in a few years. Perhaps it will give you a moment to ponder over your character. Edit: To qualify, by character I mean its easy to be critical and negative, perhaps that has a negative effect on ones life or outlook.

idlewan 13y ago
There is no need to wait to question the motivations behind an annoucement. Why should there be a 'mourning period' for news, where it wouldn't be appropriate to criticize?
- anateus 13y ago
  I don't think it's about a grace period or an embargo of the tongue but rather that there's very little information out there about how Oculus will actually be run going forward. Instagram, for example, is basically unchanged since the acquisition (for better or for worse). Making extreme assessments based on a paucity of information is hasty. It's up to OP to decide when the time has come, but I think grandparent is expressing a reasonable suggestion for additional consideration.
WiseWeasel 13y ago
His character? Did you read the post? The author raises some interesting points about the competitiveness of Oculus' latest development hardware in the face of Sony's recent Morpheus product announcement. You have to admit the timing is suspicious.
- gwern 13y ago
  No, he doesn't make any interesting points at all. He says the latest devkit was a disaster. (Was it?) He says that the sale proves that Oculus has failed utterly and can't compete with Morpheus and they failed to solve the motion problem etc etc. (Wow, we're really confident we know everything about something which just got some press and few people have actually tried, and apparently we can't think of any reason the Oculus shareholders might accept a few billion bucks, no, it must be that they are failing hard and are rats scampering off a sinking ship, we've thought of and carefully dismissed all other possibilities...)
- leoc 13y ago
  As long as Sony's VR headsets are tied to the PS4 they're probably going to have difficulty competing directly against the consumer Rift. If the example of Facebook and WhatsApp is anything to go by, it seems more likely that Oculus said, "sorry, we're not interested in being acquired ... wait, how much money?"
jonnathanson 13y ago
"Ponder over your character?" That's a little harsh, no? The guy's entitled to his opinion. While I don't agree with a lot of what he's saying here, he's laid out his reasoning in a fairly coherent and straightforward way. The post hardly comes across as a cheap hit piece, a reactionary diatribe, or a tossed-off conspiracy theory. It's a little early to be making the calls he's making, and I question the bases on which making them. He's wildly speculative in most of his positions. But so are a lot of the posts and comments on this topic; so far, nobody really knows all that much about it. I've seen a lot better commentaries over the last few hours, but I've also seen worse.
moistgorilla 13y ago
"ponder over your character" What?

by cup 13y ago

idlewan 13y ago

There is no need to wait to question the motivations behind an annoucement. Why should there be a 'mourning period' for news, where it wouldn't be appropriate to criticize?

anateus 13y ago
I don't think it's about a grace period or an embargo of the tongue but rather that there's very little information out there about how Oculus will actually be run going forward. Instagram, for example, is basically unchanged since the acquisition (for better or for worse). Making extreme assessments based on a paucity of information is hasty. It's up to OP to decide when the time has come, but I think grandparent is expressing a reasonable suggestion for additional consideration.

WiseWeasel 13y ago

His character? Did you read the post? The author raises some interesting points about the competitiveness of Oculus' latest development hardware in the face of Sony's recent Morpheus product announcement. You have to admit the timing is suspicious.

gwern 13y ago
No, he doesn't make any interesting points at all. He says the latest devkit was a disaster. (Was it?) He says that the sale proves that Oculus has failed utterly and can't compete with Morpheus and they failed to solve the motion problem etc etc. (Wow, we're really confident we know everything about something which just got some press and few people have actually tried, and apparently we can't think of any reason the Oculus shareholders might accept a few billion bucks, no, it must be that they are failing hard and are rats scampering off a sinking ship, we've thought of and carefully dismissed all other possibilities...)
leoc 13y ago
As long as Sony's VR headsets are tied to the PS4 they're probably going to have difficulty competing directly against the consumer Rift. If the example of Facebook and WhatsApp is anything to go by, it seems more likely that Oculus said, "sorry, we're not interested in being acquired ... wait, how much money?"

jonnathanson 13y ago

"Ponder over your character?" That's a little harsh, no? The guy's entitled to his opinion. While I don't agree with a lot of what he's saying here, he's laid out his reasoning in a fairly coherent and straightforward way. The post hardly comes across as a cheap hit piece, a reactionary diatribe, or a tossed-off conspiracy theory. It's a little early to be making the calls he's making, and I question the bases on which making them. He's wildly speculative in most of his positions. But so are a lot of the posts and comments on this topic; so far, nobody really knows all that much about it. I've seen a lot better commentaries over the last few hours, but I've also seen worse.

moistgorilla 13y ago

"ponder over your character" What?