https://www.opte.ch/tags/oculus/Recent content in Oculus on OpTe.chHugoen&copy; Mike OertliWed, 26 Mar 2014 10:50:33 -0700https://www.opte.ch/news/contemplating-facebooks-strategy-based-on-acquisitions/Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:47:01 -0700https://www.opte.ch/news/contemplating-facebooks-strategy-based-on-acquisitions/<p>Facebook has been making waves lately, tidal waves in fact. After <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/19/technology/social/facebook-whatsapp/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">$19 billion for WhatsApp</a> and <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2014/03/25/facebook-buys-oculus-virtual-reality-gaming-startup-for-2-billion/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">$2 billion for Oculus</a>, some are left scratching their head and asking some very good questions. Why? How are these related?</p> <p>I think the answer is simpler than many have offered. I believe it boils down to <strong>Facebook wanting to stay relevant long term, <a href="http://avc.com/2014/03/the-search-for-the-next-platform/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">no matter what technology or platform enables it</a>.</strong></p> <h3 id="whatsapp" class="relative group">WhatsApp <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100"><a class="group-hover:text-primary-300 dark:group-hover:text-neutral-700" style="text-decoration-line: none !important;" href="#whatsapp" aria-label="Anchor">#</a></span></h3><p>Messaging is a (or the?) primary means of communicating for billions of people, and Facebook Messenger was largely a flop. In a sense, messaging is the simplest highly private social network; you share very specific things with very specific people. I firmly believe that messaging with reign supreme as a top, if not <em>the</em> top, use of mobile phones for the foreseeable future.</p>