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So why would Oculus acquire Carbon Design, rather than contracting them to design/build their products?
by paperwork 12y ago
So why would Oculus acquire Carbon Design, rather than contracting them to design/build their products?
- VikingCoder 12y agoThey're considering a whole family of products to allow you to interact with the virtual world? Guns, gloves, vests that make you feel like you've been hit, chairs that make you feel like you're accelerating, rotating seats like NASA uses at Space Camp, etc. EDIT: Walking platforms like the Virtuix Omni, force-feedback devices, scents, and on and on...
- chollida1 12y agoWhy would a company hire an employee rather than contracting them out to do the same work? Bingo. User Bane understands why:)
- forrestthewoods 12y agoBecause they've already been using them as a contractor* and decided it would make sense to bring them in-house full-time. * "We’ve been working with Carbon for nearly a year on multiple unannounced projects."
- ISL 12y agoPerhaps because they'd like exclusive use of their services?
- acgourley 12y agoIt's possible that in working with Carbon they were bleeding trade secrets and knowhow, and they might have noticed competitors starting to engage Carbon.
- endergen 12y agoYou are basically paying to grow a competitor if you outsource high skilled work. Strategically it's better to control all knowledge/resources that your company is dependent on.
- jfoster 12y agoApparently ASUS started selling computers after Dell outsourced a bit too much to them. http://www.asymco.com/2012/12/07/the-real-threat-that-samsung-poses-to-apple/ http://www.asymco.com/2012/12/07/the-real-threat-that-samsun...
- chaostheory 12y agoDidn't the same situation happen with Sony and Samsung in electronics?