As is known, Oculus VR company began its career as a startup with national financing, and collected for the development and production of virtual reality helmet amount ($ 2.5 million.) Seemed impressive, but some time ago Oculus VR agreed to move under the control of Facebook in exchange for $ 2 billion.
The founder of Oculus VR Palmer Luckey reported that on a folk finance companies failed to survive for long, let alone establish serial production of virtual reality helmets Rift. In fact, collected as donations money was not enough to bring any development to the end, or on the organization of production in Chinese factories. SDKs Oculus VR was forced at a low enough price that would not allow to recoup the cost of issuing and develop fully.
In fact, Facebook has become a lifesaver for OculusVR, taking promising company under its wing. Founders Oculus VR has admitted that funding Facebook allows them to select only the best technology and components for future serial helmet Rift, and hire the best talent.