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Virtual reality for chickens is the future of farming, but is it also the future of humanity?

2014-05-16 20:45:24| Extremetech

Humans, despite our undoubted success, splendor, and total domination of this fair planet, have one major downfall: We're incredibly self-centered. Whenever we discover something new, the first question is always how can it help us. Nearly all scientific endeavor is carried out with humanity's continued success and well-being in mind. This isn't to say that we don't care about our environment, or the other animals that are unfortunate enough to share our planet, but it's nearly always an afterthought. First we try to solve the problem -- hunger, pestilence, death -- and then we worry about how it might impact our botanical and zoological friends.

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Virtual reality and the future of sex

2014-04-28 18:36:53| Extremetech

When a new kind of technology comes along, whether it's something small like a computer chip or something huge like the World Wide Web, it nearly always follows the same path to mass adoption: Military, early adopters, and then games and sex. Virtual reality has passed the military stage, and is moving steadily through the early adoption stage. Next up: Virtual reality sex.

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Zuckerberg sees virtual reality as next major computing platform

2014-03-26 13:17:20| InfoWorld: Top News

Mark Zuckerberg has seen the future, and it's inside a virtual-reality headset. Facebook's $2 billion deal to buy Oculus VR, announced on Tuesday, is about a lot more than gaming. The social network's founder and CEO sees virtual reality as one of -- if not the -- next major computing platform, he said, one that will be a vehicle for communication, shopping, education, and more.

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Facebook buys virtual reality firm Oculus for USD 2 bln

2014-03-26 09:51:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Facebook has signed a definitive agreement to acquire immersive virtual reality technology specialist Oculus VR for a total of around USD 2 billion. This includes USD 400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of Facebook common stock (valued at USD 1.6 billion). The deal also provides for an additional USD 300 million earn-out in cash and stock based on the achievement of certain milestones. Oculus has received more than 75,000 orders for development kits for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Facebook plans to extend Oculus' existing advantage in gaming to new verticals, including communications, media and entertainment, education and other areas. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2014.

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