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Re: Facebook acquires Oculus

From	RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Facebook acquires Oculus
Date	2014-03-27 14:20 +0000
Organization	solani.org
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On 2014-03-27, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> wrote:
> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> writes:
>> Hmm, maybe they're imagining some kind of Google-Glass like
>> experience, where you're wearing your Glass, and as you scan the room,
>> Facebook-supplied data streams are showing you who in the room is part
>> of your friend list, etc. [...]
>
> The Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset, not an augmented reality
> visor.
>
> DES

I see, thanks.  But that's even more worrisome: the purchase makes no
more sense than when ebay bought skype.  No obvious connection.  Guess
if you've got that much money in the bank it's fun to spend it.

Only marginally related to the idea of Zuck trying to spend money, this
old classic from the Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-trying-to-decide-how-to-spend-his-tax-refund,3446/

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Facebook acquires Oculus 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-03-25 18:29 -0400
  Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-03-25 17:37 -0500
    Re: Facebook acquires Oculus RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-25 23:24 +0000
      Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-03-25 21:51 -0500
      Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-03-27 07:55 +0000
        Re: Facebook acquires Oculus RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-27 09:16 +0000
          Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-03-27 13:10 +0100
            Re: Facebook acquires Oculus RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-27 14:20 +0000
              Re: Facebook acquires Oculus wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-27 14:49 +0000
                Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-03-27 16:38 +0000
          Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-03-27 13:40 +0000
            Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-03-27 13:50 +0000
          Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-27 23:45 +0000
    Re: Facebook acquires Oculus David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2014-03-26 02:17 -0700
  Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-25 23:45 +0000
    Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-03-25 21:53 -0500
  Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Morten Nygaard Åsnes <mnaasnes@gmail.com> - 2014-03-26 06:38 +0100
    Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-26 14:01 +0000
      Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-03-26 11:01 -0500
  Re: Facebook acquires Oculus JJ <jjdane@nospamgmail.com> - 2014-03-26 13:14 +0100
    Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-26 15:00 +0100

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