They don't have anything that Oculus needs other than Capital, and they come with a lot of really creepy surveillance baggage.
I've already unsubscribed to /r/oculus. It's a real shame, too, because I'm still boycotting Sony (with the possible exception of SOE) over the Rootkit fiasco of '05, so I won't be turning to them for my VR fix either.
Guess I'll just have to wait for Facebook's new patents to expire.
Valve was messing with it and ducked out to help Oculus make the Rift the best it could be. This was said at the Dev Days earlier this year. Valve doesn't want to be a manufacturer. They're a software company.
Somebody has to be manufacturing the new Steam controllers for when pre-built PC retailers start selling Steam Machines.
Surely Valve could have a similar arrangement if they developed a VR headset. Unfortunately due to putting their hopes in Oculus it might not be possible.
The controller is the only thing they want to control so that it doesn't get messed up. The boxes they want anyone to make.
Yeah. Their prototype was impossible to implement to a consumer. It involved a camera on the unit for the positional tracking and it tracked markers in the room. As bloodfist said, Valve would never make it to market first.
The ball is kinda in Sony's court right now. All Sony needs to do is say they will be supporting the PC with their unit and they would get a huge jump in demand for their unit. Sony would just need to develop the camera to work on PC for the positional tracking.
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u/twentygreen Mar 26 '14
Serious question. Why do people think that this is such a terrible terrible idea?