Oculus Rift Commercial Launch Probably Not in 2015

Reading the tea leafs of Facebook's latest earnings call, Christian Nutt of Gamasutra concludes it's likely the mass market rift of Oculus Rift is not happening this year. Mark Zuckerberg's specific words are:

So we have not announced any specific plans for shipment volumes in 2015 related to Oculus. I just note that Oculus is very much in the development stage, so it's early to be talking about large shipment volumes, and our expense guidance reflects any volumes that we might do in 2015.

Which I'd interpret to mean it's likely my prediction from January is going to bear out:

The Oculus Rift will not be made available for general consumer use this year. Instead, they'll expand their beta developer program throughout 2015.

Will check back in December to see if Christian and I were right.

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[Iggy]

Gartner Group's 2015 Hype Cycle has VR climbing up out of the Trough of Disillusionment. I'm not so sure. We'll see, perhaps in 3D, soon enough.