(1) In March, the independent manufacturer of a forthcoming VR gaming headset, the Oculus Rift, was bought by Facebook for $2bn.
(2) • Facebook gets in a row with games firm Zenimax over who actually owns key parts of technology behind Oculus Rift, with Doom-creator John Carmack at its heart
(3) "Oculus was founded on the contrarian belief that the right people at the right time could finally deliver on the science fiction promise," said Chris Dixon, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm which pumped early investments into both Facebook and Oculus (as well as another company bought by Facebook , the photo-sharing website Instagram).
(4) The answer, for the billionaire entrepreneur, is contained in the purchase of Oculus, the maker of the distinctive $350 Rift headset – which looks like a massive pair of opaque diving goggles.
(5) Think wearable tech: Google Glass, for instance, or Oculus Rift , both of which extend the possibilities even further to virtual or augmented realities and audiences existing within artworks, not simply looking on.
(6) It's easy to see why a backer might prefer to take equity in a company rather than settle for a reward: Lynn estimates that an Oculus Rift backer, who had been awarded equity in the company instead of getting a free headset, would have seen their $300 stake rise to around $20,000.
(7) "We're going to make Oculus a platform for many other experiences," said Zuckerberg, offering a window into his thinking.
(8) It raised $2.4m on crowdfunding site Kickstarte r to make its Oculus Rift VR headset for gaming, distributing early versions to developers so they could start working with the device.
(10) • Sony's project Morpheus is a direct competitor to the Oculus Rift VR headset for the PlayStation 4
(11) 4 Oculus isn't the only player in gaming VR The week before the Facebook announcement, Sony unveiled its own VR headset for the PlayStation 4, Project Morpheus .
(12) Later that month, Brendan Iribe, the Oculus CEO, claimed that the two companies would one day build an online multiplayer virtual reality game for one billion players.
(13) 'A bigger network than exists in the world today' Iribe admitted that building a 1 billion-user community world was "going to take a bigger network than exists in the world today.” He said that Facebook, with its 1.23 billion monthly active users was certainly a good start, suggesting that the Oculus Rift could be used to represent an interconnected virtual world similar to Facebook’s social network.
(14) • I swapped my world for a virtual one – and I loved what I found • WhatsApp: Facebook acquires messaging service in $19bn deal • Sony’s Oculus Rift VR headset rival expected next week at GDC
(15) Already, the first adult-only software for Oculus has arrived, with companies such as Wicked Paradise preparing fully motion-captured "episodic erotic games".
(16) With the purchase of WhatsApp, Moves and Oculus, Facebook seems well on its way to becoming a GE-style conglomerate, with Zuckerberg happily at its head, steering it to a prosperous future.
(17) To be honest, I'm not even surprised Oculus was sold, I'm more surprised that Facebook ended up being the highest bidder."
(18) Thus far, Oculus Rift's open, hackable nature has made it easy for porn companies to experiment.
(19) The news that Facebook has splurged $2bn (£1.2bn) on buying Oculus Rift , the world's first really viable virtual reality headset, has set off waves of plaintive snark in the world of videogames.
(20) All under one magnificent roof.” Oculus was Westfield’s $1.4bn bet that New York, a city known for its love of the street, could also have a successful mall.
Optic
Definition:
(a.) The organ of sight; an eye.
(a.) An eyeglass.
(a.) Alt. of Optical
Example Sentences:
(1) Following central retinal artery ligation, infarction of the retinal ganglion cells was reflected by a 97 per cent reduction in the radioactively labeled protein within the optic nerve.
(2) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
(3) The number of axons displaying peptide-like immunoreactivity within the optic nerve, retinal or cerebral to the crush, and within the optic chiasm gradually decreased after 2-3 months.
(4) Once the normal variations are mastered, appreciation of retinal, choroidal, optic nerve, and vitreal abnormalities is possible.
(5) Chromatolysis and swelling of the cell bodies of cut axons are more prolonged than after optic nerve section and resolve in more central regions of retina first.
(6) CW Nd:YAG light transmitted by fiber optic cable and sapphire crystal was applied transsclerally to the ciliary body of pigmented and albino rabbits.
(7) Unlike results seen in the goldfish optic nerve, injury to the rat optic nerve induced no observable increase in laminin content or change in its distribution.
(8) This is the first report of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy as a result of hemodialysis-associated hypotension.
(9) It is shown that, by comparison of a reacting mixture at chemical equilibrium with a non-reacting but equally composed one, the sum of the mean concentrations of the reaction products can immediately be taken from optical absorption or from interferometric measurements.
(10) A television camera scans the spread through microscope optics; computer and special purpose electronics process the video signals to generate run length histograms.
(11) The purity and configuration of each isomer of the free acid and N-chloroacetylated derivative were ascertained by: (a) paper chromatography in five solvent systems, (b) elemental analysis, (c) Van Slyke nitrous acid determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (d) Van Slyke ninhydrin determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (e) optical rotation.
(12) The optical and oxygen binding properties of the reconstituted myoglobins containing two isomeric monoformyl-monovinylhemins were found to be different.
(13) These images were previously determined by using a recently developed hybrid optical-digital method.
(14) The development of optical fibers capable of transmitting laser energy has encouraged the experimental use of laser irradiation for the treatment of acquired cardiovascular disorders.
(15) This technique is sensitive to the optical anisotropy within the muscle, including that due to intrinsic properties of the protein molecules as well as that due to the regular arrangement of proteins in the surrounding medium.
(16) Patients should be evaluated by perimetry using an appropriate strategy and contrast sensitivity testing, along with careful examination of the optic discs.
(17) Thus, during treatment with ethambutol visually (pattern) evoked potentials may reveal a surprisingly high percentage of subclinical optic neuritis.
(18) The optical efficiencies are similar and depend on the match of the excitation characteristics of the stain with the emission spectra of the light source.
(19) Morphological results demonstrated that 30 Gy irradiated animals showed extensive necrosis primarily in the fimbria, which extended into the internal capsule, optic nerve, hippocampus, and thalamus.
(20) A compact attachment for microscope-type instruments is described enabling to introduce, rapidly and qualitatively, minute biological speciments into melted embedding medium and ensuring the safety of optics.