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After Bashing Facebook for acquiring Oculus Rift, finally there is something to show the hn people - thinking beyond the use cases previously thought will help
by machbio 13y ago
After Bashing Facebook for acquiring Oculus Rift, finally there is something to show the hn people - thinking beyond the use cases previously thought will help bringing the technology closer to consumers. Oculus Rift use case of hardcore gaming is still alive and facebook acquiring is a good nothing so that people David and his team can invest time to bring their content Oculus Rift. Thanks David for showing us new uses for the Oculus Rift..
- shaneofalltrad 13y agoI still hope this will be cross device as most of the stuff. I can still see myself using Sony's product as well if they go this direction.
- bane 13y agoImmerse 3d video is one of the original use-cases for VR tech and is pretty common. I remember seeing ads for headsets in Skymall of all places in the 90s. If anything, this is strong confirmation that the OR is not going to find a good home for the original use-case and FB is just turning it into a big media delivery channel. http://www.zeiss.com/cinemizer-oled/en_de/home.html http://www.zeiss.com/cinemizer-oled/en_de/home.html http://store.sony.com/wearable-hdtv-2d-3d-virtual-7.1-surround-sound-zid27-HMZT3W/cat-27-catid-3D-Personal-Viewer http://store.sony.com/wearable-hdtv-2d-3d-virtual-7.1-surrou... http://www.ebay.com/bhp/3d-virtual-video-glasses http://www.ebay.com/bhp/3d-virtual-video-glasses http://www.amazon.com/72-Inch-Virtual-Digital-Glasses-Multimidea/dp/B007PAUCKG http://www.amazon.com/72-Inch-Virtual-Digital-Glasses-Multim... (and dozens of other products)