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This is upsetting because it means Facebook is building the software platform for the Oculus, not enthusiast developers or hundreds of independent startups. This has economic impact, and it's personally disappointing for anybody who gets excited about building VRUI.

Or, yeah, angst.



Facebook is building the software platform for the Oculus

The core services sure but why wouldn't it be like FB in general(full of third party apps and games)?


And how many developers have found success dealing with the FB APIs and platform?

There's a reason people only integrate with FB to try and take traffic, and even then they become the customer paying for ads. It's not worth your time.


Facebook's just buying the Oculus. People will clone it.


And then Facebook will crush them.




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