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03-27-2014, 03:06 PM
How Oculus Helped 'Oculus': Facebook Sale Fuels Horror Movie Boost
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As a new trailer for the horror movie Oculus was hitting the airwaves this week, writer/director Mike Flanagan jumped online to see how the reaction was going.
Oculus was trending! But wait — people seemed … angry?*** — really angry.
SEE ALSO: Facebook Buys Oculus VR. U Mad? (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/facebook-oculus-reactions/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
“I just saw stuff that was like, ‘F*ck you Oculus!’ I was like – ‘What did we do? Did people **t like the commercial?” Flanagan told Mashable.
Their ire, as you’ve probably figured out by **w, was directed at the big news that the promising virtual-reality headset maker Oculus Rift was being sold to Facebook (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/facebook-acquires-oculus-vr-for-2-billion/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) for $2 billion. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/27/oculus-rift-facebook-horror-movie-social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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As a new trailer for the horror movie Oculus was hitting the airwaves this week, writer/director Mike Flanagan jumped online to see how the reaction was going.
Oculus was trending! But wait — people seemed … angry?*** — really angry.
SEE ALSO: Facebook Buys Oculus VR. U Mad? (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/facebook-oculus-reactions/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
“I just saw stuff that was like, ‘F*ck you Oculus!’ I was like – ‘What did we do? Did people **t like the commercial?” Flanagan told Mashable.
Their ire, as you’ve probably figured out by **w, was directed at the big news that the promising virtual-reality headset maker Oculus Rift was being sold to Facebook (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/facebook-acquires-oculus-vr-for-2-billion/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) for $2 billion. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/27/oculus-rift-facebook-horror-movie-social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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