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03-26-2014, 04:22 AM
Kickstarter Backlash: Early Oculus Supporters Hate Facebook Deal
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Hindsight is always 20-20, that is, unless you're looking through virtual-reality goggles — then, things may get really crazy.
Just minutes after Facebook's an**uncement that it acquired Oculus VR (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/facebook-acquires-oculus-vr-for-2-billion/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) for $2 billion on Tuesday, early supporters of the project took to Kickstarter to voice their displeasure about the deal
See also: Oculus Rift Unveils New Virtual Reality Headset for Devs to Play With (http://mashable.com/2014/03/19/oculus-rift-second-generation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"What in hell was the point of Kickstarter if you sell out to a giant company like Facebook?" Michael Cooper wrote on the project's Kickstarter comment page (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game/comments). "This is very disappointing. I will ** longer be supporting the Oculus Rift in anyway." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/kickstarter-oculus-facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Deals (http://mashable.com/category/deals/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Kickstarter (http://mashable.com/category/kickstarter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Startups (http://mashable.com/startups/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/lBElXwSqtLM
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Hindsight is always 20-20, that is, unless you're looking through virtual-reality goggles — then, things may get really crazy.
Just minutes after Facebook's an**uncement that it acquired Oculus VR (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/facebook-acquires-oculus-vr-for-2-billion/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) for $2 billion on Tuesday, early supporters of the project took to Kickstarter to voice their displeasure about the deal
See also: Oculus Rift Unveils New Virtual Reality Headset for Devs to Play With (http://mashable.com/2014/03/19/oculus-rift-second-generation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"What in hell was the point of Kickstarter if you sell out to a giant company like Facebook?" Michael Cooper wrote on the project's Kickstarter comment page (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game/comments). "This is very disappointing. I will ** longer be supporting the Oculus Rift in anyway." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/kickstarter-oculus-facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Deals (http://mashable.com/category/deals/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Kickstarter (http://mashable.com/category/kickstarter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Startups (http://mashable.com/startups/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/lBElXwSqtLM