Kwaye uMarc Zuckerberg kwiNkomfa yeHlabathi yeHlabathi yeFowuni wathi Bendingalindelanga ukuthenga ngakumbi ixesha elide. Ukufunyanwa kwe-Facebook kwakutshanje yinkampani i-Oculus VR yeebhiliyoni ezi-2000 zeedola, malunga ne-1450 yezigidigidi zeerandi kutshintshiselwano.
Kodwa yenza ntoni loo nkampani? Ukuba kwi-Oculus VR akukho nto ithi qatha engqondweni, ukuba ndiyakuxelela ngesixhobo sayo esibalulekileyo esibizwa ngokuba yi-Oculus Rift, kusenokwenzeka ukuba awuyazi le nto ndithetha ngayo Ngaphandle kokuba uyazi iqonga leKickstarter apho nabani na angafaka isandla ekuphuhliseni iiprojekthi ezibonakala zinomdla kakhulu kubo.
I-Oculus Rift sisixhobo sokwenyani esibonakalayo yenzelwe ikakhulu imidlalo yevidiyoNangona inokusetyenziselwa ezinye izinto, ezinje ngoqeqesho emkhosini, le midlalo yevidiyo sesona sizathu siphambili esikhokelele ekudalweni kwale projekthi. Iprojekthi yavela kwiqonga lokubuyisa imali leKickstarter kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo ngenjongo yokufumana i-250.000 yeedola, isixa esigqithisileyo kude, safikelela kwizigidi ezi-2,4.
Ngenxa yempumelelo i-Oculus VR eyayinayo kwiKickstarter, ukutsala umdla wabantu abaninzi ababesebenzisana neprojekthi, U-Sony, okwangoku, wehla waya emsebenzini ukuyila isixhobo esifanayo esibizwa ngokuba yi-Morpheus. Kwiveki engaphambi kokubhengezwa kokuthengwa kweOculus nguFacebook, uSony wazisa ngokusesikweni iiglasi zokwenyani zaseMorpheus, nangaphandle kokufumaneka kwezorhwebo. Ezi glasi ziyilelwe iPS4 entsha kwaye ziya kuthengiswa ukuphela konyaka, mhlawumbi ngexesha leKrisimesi, apho iinkampani zenza uninzi lwengeniso yazo unyaka wonke. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba kulo nyaka, iinkampani ezininzi ziya kubonisa izixhobo ezifanayo.
Esi sixhobo, ngokufanayo nesigogo, igubungela ngokupheleleyo intsimi yombono yomsebenzisi. Enye yamandla kukuba akufuneki uye kwindawo yokuzivocavoca ngaphambi kokusebenzisa ezi glasi, njengoko zilula kakhulu. Ukongeza, izikrini apho kuboniswe khona imifanekiso ziyilelwe ukungabangeli iingxaki zamehlo.
Ngaba unokucinga ukuba ixesha elidlulileyo liza kuba nakho ukudlala i-Modern Combat, Halo, Gear of War kunye nabanye ngesi sixhobo? Ngaba ungathanda ube yinxalenye epheleleyo yomdlalo ukunxibelelana ngokungathi bubomi bokwenyani, ngaphandle kokuthatha umngcipheko womzimba abanyamezelayo abalinganiswa bethu. Into esingayifanelanga ukuyeka ukucinga ngayo bubuso obuza kwenziwa ngabantu xa besibona sisebenzisa esi sixhobo sijika iintloko zabo ngokungathi singenwe ngabantu.
Xa sithetha malunga nenyani yokwenyani kuninzi lwethu kwiminyaka yethu yamashumi amathathu, Iimuvi ezininzi zithi qatha engqondweni NjengoTron, iLawnmower, ubuNtshatsheli kunye noMceli mngeni phakathi kwabanye, zonke iifilimu ezisusela kwiminyaka yama-90s yayixa le teknoloji yaqala ukuvusa umdla kuluntu.
UNintendo, ngo-1995, wakhupha i-Virtual Boy console eyayisebenzisa iprojektha efanayo kwiiglasi ukubonisa imidlalo kwi-3D ye-monochrome, ngomphumo we-stereoscopic. Ukusilela ngokupheleleyo. Umbono weza kuNintendo emva kokubona impumelelo yemovie I-Lawnmower. Ukuba utsiba umfanekiso, kujongeka ngathi kukucheba ingca.
Okwangoku esi sixhobo ifumaneka kuphela kubaphuhlisi, esele iqalile ukuvakalisa uluvo lwabo malunga nokuthengwa kwe-Oculus ye-Facebook. Enye yezona zinto zibaluleke kakhulu ibe nguMarkus Persson, umyili weMinecraft kwaye obekuthethathethwano nenkampani ukwenza inguqulelo yesi sixhobo. UMarkus ubhengeze nge-Twitter ukuba ukhansele nayiphi na intsebenziswano kunye ne-Oculus emva kokuthengwa ngu-Facebook. Isizathu sokuba anxibelelane ngokungaqhubeki nokusebenza kweli qonga kukuba i-Facebook ayiyona inkampani yetekhnoloji, ayizinikelanga ekuphuhliseni imidlalo kwaye injongo yayo ayinanto yakwenza nolu shishino. Abanye abaphuhlisi, nangona kunjalo, babhengeze ukuba baya kuqhubeka nokusebenza no-Oculus njengoko bebesenza kude kube ngoku, ngaphambi kokuthengwa nguFacebook.
Kwithiyori, i-Oculus VR iya kuhlala izimele. Ngaphandle kwenkululeko ekufanele ukuba iyonwabele i-Oculus, kubaphuhlisi abathe babonisa ukungonwabi kwabo Abasebenzisi abanikele ngemali ukwenza iprojekthi bayazibandakanya nabo ngalo lonke ixesha. Imidiya yokuncokola kunye neeforamu ze-intanethi ziyavutha. Uninzi lwabo lucela ukuba imali ebinikelwe ibuyiselwe kubo. Ukusuka kwiqonga leReddit, uPalmer Luckey, ubuchwephesha bale teknoloji, uzama ukuthomalalisa izinto "Ukuba ndingaze ndifune iakhawunti ye-Facebook ukusebenzisa le teknoloji, ndiyeke." Uye waphinda wathi "ngokuhamba kwexesha abantu bayakuqonda ukuba ukuthengwa kwe-Oculus VR ngeFacebook kuyakulunga kwiprojekthi." Kwakulungile kuye (wafaka isicelo sokuxhaswa ngabantu abaninzi kwaye emva koko wayithengisa inkampani), kodwa ngaba i-Facebook ingayinceda le teknoloji ukuba iqhubeke ngokukhawuleza? Ngaba igalelo lakho liza kwenza ukuba iprojekthi igqwetheke?
Xa i-Facebook ithenge i-Instagran, yaqinisekisa ukuba akuyi kubakho utshintsho kwiqonga, kodwa UMark Zuckerberg kufuneka awenze amashishini awafumanayo ukuba abe nenzuzo, ke abasebenzisi ababenethemba lokuba i-Instagram ayizukutshintsha yayingalunganga. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo kwabhengezwa ukuba iqonga lokufota i-vintage liza kuqala ukubandakanya intengiso. Nge-WhatsApp into efanayo njengoko isoloko ithenjisiwe. Intengiso iya kuza nini kuWhatsApp nangona iyinkonzo ehlawulwayo ngoku? Ngaba i-Facebook iya kuphelisa umrhumo wonyaka ukulungelelanisa ukuqaliswa kweentengiso? Ingaba iWhatsApp iza kutshintsha kangakanani?
Ngoku kufuneka ulinde kwaye ubone ukuba kwenzeka ntoni ekugqibeleni nge-Oculus. Ngaba iya kuba sisiphelo sobunyani bokwenyani kwimidlalo yevidiyo? Okanye iya kuba yindlela entsha yokudlala iFarmVille? Kukho imibuzo engaphendulwanga ngoku kunokuba kukho iimpendulo kuyo yonke imibuzo ethe yavela emva kokufunyanwa kwe-Facebook. Ixesha liza kuxela.
