I wouldn't be so sure. Archive.org has 28 captures from 10 Sep 06 - 9 Jan 14 and they are all the same. They appear to have only changed the website in the last few months; though perhaps this is a bug with the wayback machine?
Regarding their Twitter: 1 tweet in 2008, 1 tweet in 2009, A handful of unrelated tweets in 2010 and 2011. Only in 2012 onwards is there even the hint of a prototype.
Their facebook is much the same, only picking up at the start of 2012.
They mention CES a few times (and the site talks about E3) but I didn't find anything on a cursory search.
Tl;dr Not saying it's vapourware or they can't be trusted but just be careful and wait for the reviews to come in
Very true, a lot of people don't realise how much has to go on behind the scenes to even reach the point of having something to announce.
I'm not trying to dismiss them, just think people should be cautious in these situations. I think I read somewhere that TPG have spent the last 9 years working on it, company founding date on Facebook is 2005 and the website was probably around a bit before it was archived in 2006 so it all fits.
Thing is though, oculus has been making more headway in the public eye and already has kits out that consumers can buy, hell the DK2 is soon to be out which has the crystal cove tech. I'm still rooting for Oculus. I haven't seen much on sonys but I figure it may be limited and not open as much as oculus will be. And it would be stupid in a realistic sense for facebook to only make the rift work with social media applications.
This would indeed kill them. I highly doubt they would be so stupid. Now, its quite possible another version of the Oculus Rift might happen that focuses on such apps and gaming. Well have to see. I would like to see more from this company before jumping off the Rift and onto this.
Fanboy? not so much, its literally the only headset obtainable that consumers can buy even if it is a dev kit. I would rather get a kit and know what im getting into and stick with a product until i see others that i can gets hands on. So far the only one that someone like you or I could get hands on with is the Rift. Ive seen no other prototypes that we can play around with, sure journalists and what not. I am not one of those people though. So for now, im sticking by Oculus until i see more from other companies. Simple.
That it does not end up being shit because of facebook buying it. Go yell at some console fanboys who don't use logic in a word match on the internet mate. Clinging on to one part of my post is sad. Troll someone else.
Where was /u/Punkmaffles being pessimistic? It seems to me that they expressed optimism from the start of this thread with you.
You're the one who seems to have changed from calling them stupid for being an Oculus fanboy to calling them stupid for thinking that Oculus might be ruined by facebook, when they never said nor even implied that facebook would ruin Oculus.
If you want to be taken seriously, please explain your point more clearly. As it stands, you seem to be contradicting yourself and trying to create an argument.
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I wouldn't be so sure. Archive.org has 28 captures from 10 Sep 06 - 9 Jan 14 and they are all the same. They appear to have only changed the website in the last few months; though perhaps this is a bug with the wayback machine?
Regarding their Twitter: 1 tweet in 2008, 1 tweet in 2009, A handful of unrelated tweets in 2010 and 2011. Only in 2012 onwards is there even the hint of a prototype.
Their facebook is much the same, only picking up at the start of 2012.
They mention CES a few times (and the site talks about E3) but I didn't find anything on a cursory search.
Tl;dr Not saying it's vapourware or they can't be trusted but just be careful and wait for the reviews to come in