ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMeta spent $4.3 billion on its VR division in three months, and made checks figures $440 million in returnwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1443arrow-down132
arrow-up1411arrow-down1external-linkMeta spent $4.3 billion on its VR division in three months, and made checks figures $440 million in returnwww.pcgamer.comylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squareexanimelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-28 months agoAs others have said, the implication in this article’s title is silly… Surely an r&d phase start easily explains this What I’m curious about is how you spend that much money in such little time? Was that money actually spent or just committed?
minus-squareNoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months ago$1900 per second is a hell of a burn rate for anything outside the US military
minus-squareexanimelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoindeed… you’d expect big bucks on the D part… new factory, going for mass production, etc… and even then, you can only build so fast
As others have said, the implication in this article’s title is silly… Surely an r&d phase start easily explains this
What I’m curious about is how you spend that much money in such little time? Was that money actually spent or just committed?
$1900 per second is a hell of a burn rate for anything outside the US military
indeed… you’d expect big bucks on the D part… new factory, going for mass production, etc… and even then, you can only build so fast