Friday, March 28, 2014

Why Facebook bought a virtual reality helmet manufacturer Oculus for $ 2 billion

Nalikom $ 400 million , $ 1.6 billion in shares 


of Facebook developers got glasses virtual reality Oculus. Another $ 300 million will fall in the future, the bank account of the company in achieving certain targets. Another loud buy Mark Zuckerberg has caused a wave of rumors in the market , but the most important question - why the social network needed a virtual platform ?

First of Oculus learned in 2012 , when kraudfandingovom service Kickstarter fundraising began to run virtual reality glasses for gamers , and John Carmack personally presented a "virtual" version of Doom. On Kickstarter instead of the required $ 250,000 was raised $ 2.5 million - and here we go . Sent to all private investors first edition of the gadget , the team rolled out the second generation , and took a small booth at CES- 2014 for their own PR. There is what they said Kinky guy in jeans and flip-flops on bare feet .

Two last major purchase Instagrama ($ 1 billion) and Votsapa ( $ 19 billion ) organically fit into the struggle for social media audience , but for the Facebook Oculus akin parallel universe : no commercial sale (glasses were distributed only game developers ) and specific market conditions .

But Mark Zuckerberg confident that in the future Oculus Rift may become a new gaming platform . Part of the same experts are inclined to think that the founder of the social network is simply stated in the eyes of the public and no practical use absorption Oculus is not responsible. Even hurt . With the latter agrees father Minecraft Markus Persson , slipping off his game port arrangements for glasses - they say, nothing good this deal will bring.

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