Nokuthi uMarc Zuckerberg esikhathini esedlule iMobile World Congress wakusho lokho Bengingalindele ukuthenga okuningi isikhathi eside. Ukutholwa kwakamuva kwe-Facebook kube yinkampani i-Oculus VR yamadola ayizigidi ezingama-2000, cishe ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1450 ekushintshaneni.
Kepha yenzani leyo nkampani? Uma nge-Oculus VR kungekho okufika engqondweni, uma ngikutshela ngedivayisi yayo ehamba phambili ebizwa nge-Oculus Rift, kungenzeka ukuthi namanje awazi ukuthi ngikhuluma ngani ngaphandle kokuthi wazi ipulatifomu yeKickstarter lapho noma ngubani anganikela ngemali ukuthuthukisa amaphrojekthi abonakala ebajabulisa kakhulu.
I-Oculus Rift iyidivayisi engokoqobo ebonakalayo yakhelwe ngokuyinhloko imidlalo yamavidiyoYize ingasetshenziselwa okunye ukusetshenziswa, njengokuqeqeshwa kwezempi, leyo yemidlalo yevidiyo yisona sizathu esikhulu esiholele ekwakhiweni kwale phrojekthi. Le phrojekthi yavela endaweni yesikhulumi sokubuyiselwa kwemali eKickstarter eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule ngenhloso yokuthola u- $ 250.000, okuyimali eyedlula kakhulu, yafinyelela ezigidini ezingama-2,4.
Ngenxa yempumelelo u-Oculus VR abe nayo ku-Kickstarter, eheha intshisekelo yabantu abaningi ababambisene nomsebenzi, U-Sony, okwamanje, wehlele emsebenzini ukuklama ithuluzi elifanayo elibizwa ngeMorpheus. Esontweni ngaphambi kokumenyezelwa kokuthengwa kwe-Oculus nge-Facebook, abakwaSony bethule ngokusemthethweni izibuko zangempela zeMorpheus, ngisho nangaphandle kokutholakala kwezohwebo. Lezi zibuko zenzelwe i-PS4 entsha futhi zizoqala ukudayiswa ngasekupheleni konyaka, mhlawumbe ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi, lapho izinkampani zenza iningi lemali yazo engenayo unyaka wonke. Kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi kulo nyaka, izinkampani eziningi zizokwethula amadivayisi afanayo.
Le divayisi, efana naleyo yezigqoko ze-snorkel, ihlanganisa ngokuphelele inkambu yombono yomsebenzisi. Enye yamandla ukuthi akudingeki uye ejimini ngaphambi kokusebenzisa lezi zibuko, njengoba zilula impela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izikrini lapho kukhonjiswa khona izithombe zenzelwe ukungabangeli izinkinga zamehlo.
Ungakucabanga okwedlule obekuzokwazi ukudlala i-Modern Combat, Halo, Gear of War nabanye ngale divayisi? Kungaba njalo ube yingxenye ephelele yomdlalo ukuxhumana sengathi kungukuphila kwangempela, ngaphandle kokuthatha izingozi zomzimba ezibekezelelwa ngabalingiswa bethu. Okungafanele sime ukuze sicabange ngabo ubuso obuzokwenziwa ngabantu lapho besibona sisebenzisa le divayisi sijika amakhanda abo sengathi singenwe yilutho.
Lapho sikhuluma ngeqiniso elibonakalayo kwabaningi bethu eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu, amabhayisikobho amaningana afika engqondweni njengoTron, iLawnmower, iVirtuosity neTotal Challenge phakathi kwabanye, wonke amafilimu aqhamuka eminyakeni yama-90s kulapho lobu buchwepheshe baqala khona ukuvusa isasasa emphakathini.
INintendo, ngo-1995, yakhipha ikhonsoli yeVirtual Boy eyayisebenzisa iphrojektha efana nezibuko ukukhombisa imidlalo kwi-monochrome 3D, ngomphumela we-stereoscopic. Kwakuyisehluleki ngokuphelele. Umqondo ufike kuNintendo ngemuva kokubona impumelelo ye-movie i-The Lawnmower. Uma usiphenya isithombe, ibukeka njengomshini wokugunda utshani ophendukile.
Okwamanje le divayisi kutholakala kuphela konjiniyela, asebeqalile ukuveza umbono wabo mayelana nokuthengwa kwe-Oculus yi-Facebook. Omunye obaluleke kakhulu kube u-Markus Persson, umdali we-Minecraft futhi owayenezingxoxo nenkampani ukuze adale inguqulo yale divayisi. U-Markus umemezele nge-Twitter ukuthi usekhansele noma yisiphi isivumelwano ne-Oculus ngemuva kokuthengwa nguFacebook. Isizathu sokuthi akhulume ngokungaqhubeki nokusebenza kule nkundla ukuthi i-Facebook akuyona inkampani yezobuchwepheshe, ayizinikele ekuthuthukiseni imidlalo futhi inhloso yayo ayihlangene nemboni. Abanye abathuthukisi, nokho, bamemezele ukuthi bazoqhubeka nokusebenza ne-Oculus njengoba bebesenza kuze kube manje, ngaphambi kokuthengwa yi-Facebook.
Ngokwethiyori, i-Oculus VR izohlala izimele. Ngaphandle kokuzimela okuzothokozelwa ngu-Oculus, konjiniyela abakhombise ukungakhululeki kwabo Bahlanganiswa njalo ngabasebenzisi abanikele ngemali ukwenza lo msebenzi. Izinkundla zokuxhumana nezinkundla ze-inthanethi ziyafuthelana. Abaningi babo bacela ukuthi imali enikelwayo ibuyiselwe kubo. Kusukela epulatifomu leReddit, uPalmer Luckey, ubuchopho balobu buchwepheshe, uzama ukudambisa imimoya "Uma kwenzeka ngidinga i-akhawunti ye-Facebook ukusebenzisa lobu buchwepheshe, ngiyekile." Uphinde waphawula ukuthi "ngokuhamba kwesikhathi abantu bazobona ukuthi ukuthengwa kwe-Oculus VR ngeFacebook kuzoba kuhle kulo msebenzi." Kwakumlungele (wafaka isicelo sokuxhaswa ngokukhokhwa kwemali futhi wathengisa inkampani), kepha ingabe i-Facebook ingasiza ngempela lobu buchwepheshe ukuthi buqhubekele phambili ngokushesha okukhulu? o Ukufaka kwakho kungadala ukuthi iphrojekthi ihlanekezelwe?
Lapho i-Facebook ithenga i-Instagran, yaqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke kube khona izinguquko endaweni yesikhulumi, kodwa UMark Zuckerberg kufanele enze amabhizinisi awatholayo abe nenzuzo, ngakho-ke abasebenzisi ababenethemba lokuthi i-Instagram yayingeke ishintshe babengalungile. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule kumenyezelwe ukuthi inkundla yezithombe zakudala izoqala ukufaka ukukhangisa. Nge-WhatsApp into efanayo njengoba bekuthenjisiwe njalo. Ukukhangisa kuzofika nini ku-WhatsApp nakuba kuyisevisi ekhokhelwayo njengamanje? Ingabe i-Facebook izosusa imali ekhokhwa minyaka yonke ukuze ithethelele ukwethulwa kokukhangisa? Izoshintsha ngezinga elingakanani i-WhatsApp?
Manje kufanele ulinde ubone ukuthi ekugcineni kwenzekani nge-Oculus. Ngabe kuzoba ukuphela kweqiniso langempela lemidlalo yevidiyo? Noma kuzoba yindlela entsha yokudlala iFarmVille? Kunemibuzo eminingi engaphenduliwe njengamanje kunezimpendulo zayo yonke imibuzo eqhamuke ngemuva kokutholwa kwakamuva kweFacebook. Isikhathi sizotshela.
