As I'm sure many have heard at this point, Mark Zuckerburg, creator of Facebook, has bought Oculus VR, the creator of the highly anticipated Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2014/03/26/mark-zuckerberg-wants-to-build-the-metaverse-and-thats-ok/
Through this acquisition, Zuckerburg hopes to construct a Metaverse, where people can virtually attend classes, sports games, and other events. However, he's gotten some backlash from the video game community, who were looking forward to the Oculus Rift as a new video game accessory.
Many feel betrayed after giving money to the developer of Oculus Rift on Kickstarter, only to have it bought by Facebook. It seems as though they're not getting what they paid for.
While I think that the idea of a Metaverse is very intriguing, I do think that it's kind of a let down given what everyone was expecting of the Oculus Rift. Mark Zuckerburg has a good idea that could greatly influence the future of entertainment, but it probably wouldn't have hurt for him to come up with his own version of virtual reality technology, given all of the other companies that are doing it. Taking something that people were looking forward to and using it for something completely different leaves a sour taste in consumers' mouths.
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