Oculus Rift just $200

Good technology never comes cheap, at least that's the standard these days. Looks like Oculus Rift is trying to change all that.

According to Palmer Luckey form Oculus team, this VR device could cost as little as $200, this is definitely a bargain, considering for that much money you can't even buy a decant smartphone. Of course this is all far from official news but people can hope this will be true. Or at least somewhere around the the selling price.

Right now not much is known about Oculus Rift, the company recently bought by Facebook. Nobody knows the date this gadget will hit the stores and be for sale or what does it cost to manufacture the device. Who knows will Facebook be loosing money on such a low price tag. Other companies have been known to put a device on sale with a certain loss, just so it can become popular so they can earn money in latter years. Just look at Microsoft and the first Xbox.

Right now Facebook is talking about Oculus Rift as a gaming device, that's OK it should have games on it. When it was gathering founds via Kickstarter it was announced as a gaming gadget. But honestly we all known that the potential of such a device is far beyond just gaming. Sure it could and probably will revolutionise the gaming industries which will never be the same again.

But it also has the potential to change and improve a lot of areas in our everyday life's. Form the way we learn, the way we communicate, watch movies and TV series, the possibilities are endless. Common Facebook make this happen, don't just use this device for social networking and putting adds in front of our face.

Source eurogamer.

Facebook and Hollywood

Facebook is going after Hollywood, no it's not another movie about how Facebook got started or it's sequel or something like that. This time they are planing launch movies on Oculus Rift.

Oculus Rift was advertised as just a gaming device, but anyone could see that it has the potential to be much more then that. Ever since Facebook bought the company it become obvious that isn't not going to be a gadget just for games. Social media being the obvious expansion at first, but they also hinted a potential use for education and communication. Looks like right now you can add full-length Hollywood movies to that list.

So far this is just been a rumor, like basically everything surrounding Oculus Rift. According to tech blog The Information Facebook has been meeting with major studio Hollywood executives. What kind of movies are they interested in or when will this even be realized wasn't mentioned.

Movie theaters have been looking to expand the movie experience in these last few years, 3D is almost in every movie but that doesn't mean people actually enjoy this kind of movie experience. Oculus Rift can offer a much different experience as you can move your head and see different parts of the scenery. Something like a mix between movies and games.

This technology offers great potential but it's still a long way from realization. We dont even know when we are going to see Oculus Rift on the market yet, so patience is definitely required.

Source theinformation.

Oculus Rift With a Smartphone Display

Oculus Rift, probably the most anticipated gadget of the year, or is it maybe next year, we still don't know the release date. People all around the world can't wait for this device to hit the stores, but it looks like they will have to wait a little bit longer. So far only developer versions of Oculus Rift are available.

Company got famous after they gathered 2.4 million dollars via Kickstarter, then to the disappointment of many they were bought by Facebook for 2 billion dollars. Of course people are not delighted that Facebook will have accesses to their VR and nobody definitely wants to see adds right in front of their face. Still 2 billion dollars of founds, probably more considering Facebook isn't bad with money, is great to have when your technology is still in development.

Lately there have been a lot of rumors around Oculus Rift and Samsung, something about those two companies working together. People at iFixit tear down the lattes developer version of Oculus and confirmed those rumors to be true. Samsung's OLED display is located in the VR device.

According to iFixit, Oculus Rift is using Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 display for the screen. So what is Samsugn' angle, what are they getting in return. Possibly they are getting paid for the hardware the are sending out, but there are also rumors that the South Korean company might be getting accesses to software developer kit that is used to create virtual reality.

This doesn't mean that the Oculust Rift market version will have the same screen as the developer version. Will just have to wait and see.

Source ifixit.

10 Years of Facebook

Long age on fourth of February 2004 Mark Zuckerberg started a social network named Facebook. Today 10 years later, number of Facebook users is somewhere around the number of China's population. Currently the number one social network in the world.

Now there are many social network sites one can chose from if they want to interact with people on the internet. The most popular are Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and many others, but long ago when Facebook was just getting started there weren't many social networks. Myspace was popular back then, but those days have past.

Over the years there were many events following this social network. Yahoo offer that Mark Zuckerberg turned down when Facebook was just getting started. The law suit against him, where Zuckerberg was accused of stealing the idea while he was still at Harvard. They even got a movie about Facebook, you know you're popular when Holywood wants to put you on the big screen.

So what's next for Facebook, what are Mark Zuckerbergs plans for the future. Will this social network evolve and keep up with the new demands or will it share the fate of Myspace.

Facebook Building it's own Town

Facebook is investing $120 million in it's new project. It has nothing to do with the social network or anything online for that matter. The company is building a small town for it's employees. The town will be located near the companies main building in Menlo Park.

Town is within walking distance from tho companies headquarters. It's going to be spread across 630,000 square-foot rental property called Anton Menlo. This will include 394-unit housing community so only 10% of Facebook employees will live in this town. Town will include everything from gym's, bars to doggy day care.

Facebook is hopping that the employees will be happier living together and will interact more. So in fact they are trying to bust creativity and team spirit.

More on the story right here.