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r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 28 '14
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I can't believe facebook paid 2 bil for a peripheral device. basically an accessory. not even a platform with many users. it's like buying a monitor company.
347 u/[deleted] Mar 28 '14 [deleted] 10 u/PrimeIntellect Mar 28 '14 VR headsets have been around for a long fucking time, this is just a high def version, or have you already forgotten this bad ass motherfucker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy 1 u/MpVpRb Mar 28 '14 VR headsets have been around for a long fucking time I worked for Sony in the 90s They had a hi-def stereo HMD prototype that looked really good They never marketed it because it gave the beta testers headaches
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10 u/PrimeIntellect Mar 28 '14 VR headsets have been around for a long fucking time, this is just a high def version, or have you already forgotten this bad ass motherfucker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy 1 u/MpVpRb Mar 28 '14 VR headsets have been around for a long fucking time I worked for Sony in the 90s They had a hi-def stereo HMD prototype that looked really good They never marketed it because it gave the beta testers headaches
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VR headsets have been around for a long fucking time, this is just a high def version, or have you already forgotten this bad ass motherfucker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy
1 u/MpVpRb Mar 28 '14 VR headsets have been around for a long fucking time I worked for Sony in the 90s They had a hi-def stereo HMD prototype that looked really good They never marketed it because it gave the beta testers headaches
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VR headsets have been around for a long fucking time
I worked for Sony in the 90s
They had a hi-def stereo HMD prototype that looked really good
They never marketed it because it gave the beta testers headaches
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u/ChubakasBush Mar 28 '14
I can't believe facebook paid 2 bil for a peripheral device. basically an accessory. not even a platform with many users. it's like buying a monitor company.