This is a decent commentary on the whole Meta/Oculus mess: youtube.com/watch?v=iV2RQ5
In particular I am still boggling at abandoning the "Oculus" brand, and now also "Rift".
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The smart move would have been renaming the whole company to Oculus. It was an extraordinarily good brand with massive positive recognition.
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Or sure name the company Meta if you need to, but keep the Facebook and Oculus brands. It's not that difficult - companies do it all the time (e.g. Alphabet, VAG, etc)
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"The" is not the right word. When I was there, every six months we'd have a new version planned. That's just normal.
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Going to check out the vid. I have to admit I never knew where the name "Rift" came from and "Quest" does seem more appealing, but loosing "Oculus", 100% agree , "Oculus" was such a good brand name.
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would know better, but I believe "Rift" came from the fact that it would transport you from one reality to another - a rift in time and space!
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1st Oculus buyer, built non-tri engine rendering pixel perfect AA into warped space directly (>120 Hz on laptop). Later Valve+Oculus disable ability to render into VR display directly. VR went Totalitarian Dictatorship, no longer a country some of us had any interest living in.
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A nicely articulated and well though out summary of my own feelings. Depressing as hell. VR's one of the few things I can truly say, without cliche (okay, a little), has significantly changed my life for the better. My Index, DK2, CV1 are genuinely my most prized possessions.
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Reasonable video from perspective of someone who loves VR, experimental creative immersion, VR gaming.
But not reasonable - at all - from the perspective of 4th largest company that desperately tries to a) have a platform b) serve billions c) run away from failing ad business.
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