jessica and scott are chatting aut the oculus rift. jessica and scott are chatting about the oculus rift. jessica and scott are chatting about the oculus rift. scott:good morning siouxland. we have jessica and scott are chatting about the oculus rift. jessica and scott are chatting about the oculus rift. jessica and scott are chatting about the oculus rift. some light mixed precipitation passing through. visibilities are currently jessica and scott are chatting about the oculus rift. jessica and scott are chatting about the oculus rift. jessica and scott are chatting about are currently limited to less than a mile for most of us with the worst drizzle/fog combination being reported in northeast nebraska. temperatures are in the 30s. we have a light wind. let's go to the dayplanner where temperatures will hololsteady as we transition from drizzle and fog to scott: are currently limited to less than a mile for most of us with the worst drizzle/fog combination being reported in northeast nebraska. temperatures are in the 30s. we have a li

emily: we did not get any information about oculus preorders. you put a number on how much you think they will be bringing in from sales this year. could oculus be that next big business? >> longer-term, it definitely will be. how eager zuckerberg is to talk about oculus and he had some comments about how excited he is. he really wants to own this and that talks to this paradigm shift. facebook has a seat at that table. geeks are doing virtual reality. five years from now, it is going to be mainstream. this is a significant shift in computing and they are a leader. emily: mark zuckerberg did talk about fatherhood on the call. mark: on a personal note, over the last few months with the new addition in my family, i've been reflecting on the legacy we want to pass on to the next generation. i'm excited about our progress. if we continue to focus on solving the fundamental challenges facing the world, we can leave a better world for the whole next generation. emily: i love hearing about dads speaking about being dads. i thought it was sweet. you are

how optimistic are you about oculus?oculus -- if you have not done the demo, i would recommend it. i did it at stanford. it blew away the $35,000 research machine. this is really amazing. the reality is, for oculus to have gotten to market the way they are doing now, they needed to go be part of a big company that could bankroll the capital investment. that will be billions of dollars. i brought the lowest end headset. you can get these made for approximately $10. this is google's play on vr and i think it is incredibly smart. oculus relies on the smartphone supply chain. google said, why not just rely on the smartphone itself? emily: i tried this. the experience is not great yet. it is very simplistic. what about vr is hype and what is real? bubba: a surgeon was able to save a baby's life by practicing the surgery he had to do on the heart. you might not want to do that all night. certainly, for getting easy access to it, it is amazing. it reminds me of the first iphone. it was the beginning of something. it is going to

tim: right now it has to be oculus rift.ng of facebook and aiming high with their technology. i think they'll do very well. htc has a great product but oculus has better backing. emily: we'll be all over it this week. from the heart of the action in las vegas, tim, thank you so much for joining us. tomorrow of course we have full coverage from the consumer electronics show. we'll hear from tomtom cofounder, rob lloyd, and blackberry c.e.o. john chen. that's all today from san francisco. ♪ we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, and the lowest prices of the season. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store... find the lowest prices of the season, going on now. save $600 on the #1 rated i8 bed. know better sleep with sleep number. ♪ >> from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose.

has anyone seen the time cover with the oculus guy? we will not talk about that.ho has put on a pair of these vr headsets? a lot of you have an idea of the experiment. we were not talk about that -- we are not going to talk a lot about that. there are so many other uses. let's jump right in. we have seen this novelty thing. virtual reality, being other places. what is the reality of what it will be in three to five years? >> it is a great fast-moving industry. we are getting some early insight into it. the main thing is in the beginning, customers will have to wrap their heads around what kind of system do i want to be part of? a mobile system, a pc-based system, traditional tracking? once we have our heads wrapped around that, the question is going to be for people, can i create for this medium? right now, it is going to be a lot of passive, semi-passive entertainment. i am very interested in the tools we create that enable people to create content for vr. in the beginning, it will be focused around 360 video. over time, we will see tools just like adobe flash th

tim: right now it has to be oculus rift. of facebook and aiming high with their technology. i think they'll do very well. htc has a great product but oculus has better backing. emily: we'll be all over it this week. from the heart of the action in las vegas, tim, thank you so much for joining us. tomorrow of course we have full coverage from the consumer electronics show. we'll hear from tomtom cofounder, rob lloyd, and blackberry c.e.o. john chen. that's all today from san francisco. ♪ >> the following is a paid program. announcer: on today's paid presentation you'll discover the , secrets to not only aging gracefully, but beautifully while looking your best every step of the way. cindy: my philosophy on aging is the same as my philosophy on living, which is do it well and take care of yourself. it's about celebrating where you are and being the best you can be in that moment. it's not aging, you are living.

we just saw the news out about oculus rift. now is cory. sure if you say them in my element in las vegas because of electronics or because it is a vegas. yes, i even my element. it certainly comes to the top of my mind. i'm really curious about what your focus is. you have a handful of big things going on but you gave a new number about playstation sales. it's kind of mind-boggling into what is early in the new console. 35.9 million units worldwide as of the beginning of this month and it continues to be among all the playstation's the fastest-growing in terms of sales. the currenter words playstation has run faster than any playstation in the history? >> correct. this is our fourth iteration of the playstation platform. is the fastest-growing in terms of the number of units going out the door cumulatively. cory: what are the ramifications? when i think of again developers and how they suddenly got a bigger market because the adoption curve git steeper. >> the more opportunity there is room publishers and developers to have the content be p

the oculus rift set retails for about 600-dollars. the company promises a more immersive experience when playing games or watching the first shipments are expected to go out at the end of march.coming up later.. in toni tline-up... on channel 13: . followed by the goldbergs at and... we will see you tonight... live at 11 then... on action news.. live at 11.. 8:14 darcy stand-up tease: a wage? raw sweag coplewi tlet acti nes wie atonight s to tell you about involving a you need to know so you don't get severely injured and in tonight's health report.. we'll tell you what a new c-d-c study is saying about your sleeping habits.. and who's least likely to get enough. stay with us. has released a new study on sleep.. and it turns out women get less sleep than men.. especially single moms. dr. jennifer ashton :38 - :47 "women are programmed...during the night." experts say you should make sleep a priority.. and don't feel guilty if you don't finish something by bedtime. they also recommend trying to meditate 20-minutes.. and turn off your e

if you look at the current oculus development kit and the worlds people are building on it. aside from that, the stuff looks and feels so much like what we were doing in the 80's. i can compare some of the old videos for the downloads for oculus, it is very similar, and it is very strange actually. >> $2 billion. >> $2, too. >> a lot of money. >> yeah. it was less than $19 billion. [laughter] >> well on that note let me change the subject. third period is a different ship. this is going to be a bit more personal. you have -- you may post both know. it was a life's work the way he saw what he was doing. there were specific moments in his life, kinds of epiphanies. he ran a book that inspired him. then there was a later one, less well known, as i was driving down 101 from working in mount view and living up north somewhere. i am going to quote from the oral history and ask you about similar things in your own lives. he told me in the oral history i soon realized that if i wanted to contribute in some maximum way, i would need to provide some real driving force. so i had better

the oculus rift set costs about 600-dollars. the first shipments are expected to go out at the end of march. /// let's get to sherry with a look at today's weather. chillier air has moved over southern nevada... and we've got some breaks in the clouds this morning. and the breezes are making it feel colder. so grab a warm coat. we have a lot of 40s out there. ........ yesterday's storm skipped over getting more snow in the mountains.... and some gusty winds at times, too which blows round all that fresh powdery snow. .......... but the chance for showers is not over as this system is spread all over the desert. we still have a chance for some scattered rain showers and the snow will continue. we'll check the winter advisories still in place coming up. no major accidents no major accidents holding you up this morning. that goes for your surface streets and freeways. this is a cone zone that was scheduled to finish up last month, but things are running a bit behind schedule. new wor

oculus will be important for gaming right off the bat.hat they have will be the most popular first application. overtime, we will see it become a very important alternative to travel. in the meantime, augmented islity, like google glass, probably going to be a bigger trend where we have virtual rings overlaid on the real world -- virtual things overlaid on the real world. microsoft has a product, the famous startup in florida. magically is coming up with over $1 billion in financing. i am. very bullish. the squares of glass we carry in our hands are not the only ways we get digital information for much longer. emily: david mentioned magic leap. oculus. corey, which companies are you watching? >> i am really looking for the software uses. there has been a long history of studying virtual-reality in the weight it can be used -- in the way it can be used. not only is the medium different, your brain experiences it differently. the notion that we will watch longform video will be interesting to see movies or entertainment experience. the noti

oculus rift. the virtual reality headset will cost 599- bucks... and will ship to 20 countries beginning on march 28th. the company also started accepting pre- orders today... and the demand was so high... its website crashed. oculus aims to create a more immersive media experience. facebook acquired the company in 20- 14... and promised more games and programs geared toward the new technology. /// ((paul joncich)) > but viritual reality isn't just about what you see with the eyes. it's also about what you can feel. we're joined by co founder of sub-pac... todd cher-necki... who's in town for c-e-s. how is your company is taking the v-r experience... to another level. - you brought a special chair in? what's it do? - how will this work with a vr headset such ((paul joncich)) thanks todd for joining us today. denise back to you. < tedd florendo >we had rain around the afternoon yesterday not the case today. temps are near where we were yesterday, only difference is we're seeing more wind today. plenty of clouds right now and they'll be around agian

an oculus rift set retails for about 6-hundred dollars. the first oculus rift shipments are expected to go out at the end set retails for rift shipments are expected to go out at the end of march. elias: that's a look at your money this morning... coming up after the break... sam's in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... but first... time for a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this. are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, i'm sabrina ahmed. elias: and i'm elias johnson... elias: weather is always first on in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam weather adlib: today is going to be warmer than yesterday, but if you're going to be outside there won't be much chance to really enjoy it. we are expecting a very wet day right from the start, but fortunately for everyone we should be warm enough where snow and freezing c

startok's oculus will taking preorders for its oculus rift virtual reality headset on wednesday.o word on price or an actual ship date. facebook acquired oculus for $2 billion in 2014. mark adams is planning to resign from micron for health reasons. he will stay with the company until february 1. no word yet on who will replace him. chick-fil-a says it is delaying the opening of its first standalone new york city location because of citations were a number of health violations, including the presence of fruit flies. was inspected on christmas eve. other violations included failure to properly refrigerate food. let's get back to the markets desk for the latest on some silver linings here. julie: even on a steep selloff every singler have stock going down. a lot of investors buying gold as they look -- look off the risk scenario. we are also seeing some of the worst performers from last year -- two stocks caught my eye, each of which was down more than 70%. 3-d printing systems and gopro boasted poorly last year and we see something of a bounceback today. gunmakers also trading hig

the first oculus shipments will go out at the end of march.you're interested, they cost $600 each. that has some gamers upset, but they will pay anything for these things. alison: and they look so attractive. steve: it's a nice fit. you can wear glasses under those glasses. i do not when the powerball either. alison: bomber. leon: still working here. steve: 37 degrees was the high today at reagan national. 43 is our average this time of year, so this day marks the third day this month with below-average readings. we will keep that trend going at least in the day or so, but we warm up by the weekend. leesburg and bwi marshall, andrews at 29. the 24-hour four hour temperature change compared with this time yesterday, if you still have to take the dog out for a walk, you will notice it is 10 degrees warmer around the washington metro area, good news. the satellite and radar, clouds increasing across southern maryland. this will overspread the immediate metro overnight, acting as a cap to insulate us, preventing temperatures from falling into the

oculus says it will begin shipping in march. in las vegas, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> apple rang in the new year with the best present of all. nearly $150 million in app sales in one day alone. new year's day was the biggest day in history for the app store. the company says customers spent $1 billion on apps between december 20th and january 3rd. >> let's go to jeff ranieri. you have been looking at the storms all day long and the ones to come as well. >> it has been very busy with two reports of tornados in california today as we get a look at the doppler radar and satellite combined, there is a lot of green right now but the heaviest area is in the south bay and the santa cruz mountains. another zone of heavier rain approaching the 280 corridor. that is over you by 11:20 tonight. and back to santa clara. the ground is saturated. we may have a few trees coming down overnight. also hard hit is evergreen another round of heavy rain coming your way as we head throughout the next hour to hour and a half. the leading edge

. >> the oculus rift is $599 as one box, one box unit. without the pc. then you do need a pc with a fairly higher end gaming gpu, graphics processor in it, and those pc's, typically, start around $1,000. they may go up to 1,500, $2,000. we have a bundle with $599 headset plus the pc that meets our recommended specs starting at $1499 with our partners. there will be different categories. different levels of pc, if you want to spend more and get a higher end regular. all in, you can go out the door with a rift and a pc. >> now, gamers and geeks are going to get this off the bat. your average consumer might say why do i need this? >> i tried this after the latest version, and after a couple of minutes i was blown away, hooked. >> are you putting those relationships in place? are you going to do it yourself? this is something you have to see to believe, like you did. you're maybe a little skeptical before. you have heard of e.r. in the past. it hasn't really worked. now it does, and it works in an incredible way. you have to see it to really believe it, and

when facebook talked about oculus, big deal. why do i care unless i'm a gamer?t. >> but i get the applications not only for training and if you could really find the sports application but it truly was an enjoyable thing. to me samsung is the place i want to invest, not only because samsung has done a great job in the mass market of the tvs and did in the iphone so the technology will come out much more mainstream. the galaxy s-6 edge to me is 99 bucks to get in the game and use with existing samsung software so to me in early stages as they have done with every other hardware product they compete with, samsung is usually a cheaper version of the same quality. samsung will win this. >> b.k.ers? >> the thing being, you could be at home and be at the front row of the hockey game so there's so much that will go on. a huge area. what aim getting at? you want to only picks and shovels, for me it's nvidia, you need the graphic chip, very graphic rich and nvidia this year has been on a rocket ride so you probably want to wait for it to pull back a bit but in the long r

presales of oculus tomorrow starts tomorrow.tc announced its second generation virtual reality system. on the heels of the first shipments of the lower gear vr selling out over the holidays, a new study out today finds nearly half of american who's play any sort of video games are interested in at home vr. >> these are really strong numbers. you don't need to get anywhere near the number of people that said they're very interested to have a very successful launch. >> a sign of how broad demand is for vr, mag jid advisors finds even gamers are more interested in entertainment content in vr movies and television than playing virtual reality games. now media companies are investing to create new vr apps to stake a claim in this new type of content. netflix, hulu and directv have launched vr aps. among the dozens available for google cardboard's $20 head sets. studios are placing big betts. today fox revealing the martian experience which i had a chance to try out. >> i got it. >> martian experience goes on sale for the rift and orp

your snow day begins the long-awaited oculus rate is now available for for pre- orders for so many orders came in that the website crashed, the virtual reality headset retails for around $600, they claim anything more immersive experience than playing games or watching movies, face about the the company in 2014 and promises more games and programs geared toward the technology the first oculus with shipments are expected to go out at the end of said she did not did not hit the powerball jackpots may want to check your couch cushions. >> a rare coin is auctioned off in florida and the price was certainly not a diamond does it ask chris cagle has the details on the nearly 2 million-dollar winning bid in these for united coin collectors are having their annual convention in tampa tonight would've been dropping whether dropping a lot of change on a very special time called the 1894 s. dime, stand for san francisco the location of the event that produced it . some people speculate may be given out to dignitaries visiting the san francisco mint that your. >> the anonymous owner gave the heritage

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the headset sells for $599, oculus says it will begin shipping in march.n las vegas, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, scott. >>> a monkey's famous selfie doesn't belong to him. that's the tentative decision from san francisco federal judge. here's the selfie in question. i know. it was taken four years ago in an indonesian jungle. the monkey took the camera from the photographer, snapped his own picture. now, the animal rights group, peta, argued that the monkey owns the right to the photo. if you take a photograph, generally the law says you own the copyright. both sides went to court. >> and so just like any other photographer he should be entitled to the copyright in those photographs. >> would be happy to work with peter on his goals, but to try to have h monkey hold a copyright is ridiculous. >> the judge said congress and the president can extend the copyright to animals if they wish to, but that's likely not going to happen. no word if peta plans to appeal. it wants profits from the selfie to be donated to endangered monkeys. >> that s

elias: the long-awaited virtual reality headset oculus rift is now available for pre-order the company had so many initial pre-orders that the website actually crashed. an oculus rift set retails for about 6-hundred rift shipments are expected to go out at the end of march. elias: now, a lot of people were hoping they had some lucky numbers last night...but nobody had the right numbers to walk away with the jackpot now swelling to a walk away with the jackpot now swelling to a record-breaking 700-million dollars ahead of saturday's 700-million dollars ahead of saturday's drawing. plenty of people have been out buying up tickets hoping to get lucky in the lotto.... but if you weren't a winner last night... we talked to some experts about how to pick the best numbers to improve your odds... the iowa lottery says there are 292 million different number combinations... only about 40 percent of those combinations were chosen for last nights drawing... which is low -- in the past they've seen as high as 80 percent. the most common combination... is 1-2-3-4-5-6.... and those sentimental dates

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rift willfor oculus begin at 11:00 a.m. on wednesday.e are joined by sarah frier on the phone from san francisco. preorders will start this week that consumers will not get it until march. : developers have had their hand on the break for a while, and consumers will get their first chance for a couple years that it has been on display at gameronic shows, festivals, and people will actually be able to buy it. alix: any word on the price and how much it will cost? sarah: it kind of depends what you mean, because the rift, buying the rift is one thing that people will have to spend thousands of dollars to upgrade their desktop computers. beyond that, fewer people have desktop computers now, so you have to have a nice computer with a nice graphics card that can run the rift. it might be in the thousands of dollars when it all comes down to it. alix: i think i meant in terms of the hardware, because when facebook. the oculus rift for $2 billion in 2015, the ib -- the idea being of how long to recoup that money. sarah: oculus is in the very ea

the much anticipated oculus rift is on sale.hat happened when the company started taking orders is next. and both bay area teams are grabbing a bulk of the headlines. the 49ers found out their search another direction today. while league owners are hashing out the raiders potential move to los angeles. mark carpenter joins us with the latest-- mark, that vote is coming up. that's right, we should have an answer in a matter of days. the race for l-a, is quickly taking over the offseason news cycle. in advance of the big meeting next week with all 32-owners, several committees are convening this week for preliminary talks on relocation. the committees on los angeles relocation, stadium and finance are in new york today and tomorrow.to evaluate all plans regarding southern california. chargers and rams all formally filed their relocation papers. are now under review. the major proposals at play here are the carson project which joins the chargers and raiders as co-tenants in a stadium. while the other is spearheaded by rams owner s

an 'oculus rift' set.nd will start shipping at the end of march. it is just one of the big stories that came out of the consumer electronics show in las vegas this year. our tech reporter gabe slate shows us what else is getting a lot of buzz. >> reporter: the unveiled the first vehicle that is a single seed all electrical vehicle. top speed 200 mi. per hour. they are serious about building this scar. here's a pretty neat excess treated skidding a lot of buzz it will work with in the car and could save lives. this is the first snow upon that helps prevent driver distraction. the good deal is to refocus the attention the driver to the road. here's another robot from france >> vicki: and if you'd like to connect with gabe slate. you can add him on facebook, follow him on twitter. or email - slate-at-kron4-dot- com. >> vicki: tesla software update allows self-parking, limits speed detroit - some tesla motors vehicles will be able to park themselves without a driver inside with a software update beamed to cust

emily: everybody is again for more color around instagram and messenger and oculus.wrote the book on facebook. you know better than anybody else what to expect, but how would you answer that question about, what becomes facebook's new source of growth, a year or two years or three years down the line? david: they clearly think that the biggest source of growth is new users and developing countries. that is why they put so much behind this free basics program that has become very controversial in india. they will continue to just power forward. they have not had a backorder practically in memory. the last couple of years, anyway. i think they do not really need a new source of growth. their business as it is structured now is going forward beautifully. i think they will start making more and more money from instagram, though. emily: exactly. do you see instagram, or potentially messenger, or oculus -- becoming a much bigger part of the facebook story? bigger than facebook, itself? data: bigger than facebook itself, probably not. instagram will become a bigger and bigg

facebook bot oculus rift $2 billion in 2014. for $2 billion. has some check on individual company movers starting with winners. julie: we have winners today i wanted to mention. the media stocks are holding up pretty well today. there is not a specific catalyst. time warner is doing the best of these. the stock is remaining one of its top picks in media for 2016. 20% three fox and cbs are also seeing a bit of a bump. if you look at my bloomberg terminal, time warner is approaching a technical level. this is a chart going back one year or two. it did go above it at one point today. we will see if it does close above that level. that can be an important level in terms of maybe breaking above it. we been watching internet services companies. they have been rallying today. not a specific big boost catalyst. angie's list, linkedin, match group all doing well. ebay has investment raised. air-lifted been interesting today. falling oil prices don't hurt. skywest was raised. we also have seen the airlines raising their fares. delta started the trend we

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it's called an oculus rift, a virtual reality device. it's scheduled for public release later this year. chris back to you. ttnks a lot forrest. starting next school year, students who don't read at grade level may have to repeat 3rd grade. it's because of iowa's new reading and retention law, which lawmakers passed in 2012. last school year, more than 1/5 of iowa 3rd graders failed a standardized test in reading. so lawmakers decided to address the problem by "substantially dedecient" in reading to attend a summer program or repeat 3rd grade. school year. so the first class of students it will impact is in 2nd grade now. reading aloud cedar rapids schools started working on ways to improve reading a year ago last fall. 2nd graders had recess time cut just a bit so they could spend more time on reading. the district conducts testing 3 reading proficiency. a score deficiency level" will result in a letter to parents. schools will create an intervention plan both for parents and for the teacher to use in the classroom. 24% of 3rd graders i

it's known as the oculus and it will allow commuters a seamless transition on the subway line as well as commuters to new jersey on ferry service. the project was set back with cost overruns. >>> but if you are planning to ride the train between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., repairs are expected to continue every weeknight into next week. they're expected to wrap up at 5:00 a.m. just in time for the morning rush. >>> coming up when news4 returns. how could it happen? an innocent man stuck in rikers island jail never given a trial for five years. >>> first let's look at what's >>> a lot going on. sarah palin about to announce her support for donald trump. we're waiting for that announcement. we'll also be covering some news. you can relate to those falling oil prices. airfares are at a three-year low if you know how and when to shop for them. thneat's the key. >>> with this storm we may need a break. are those prices going to hold? >> yeah, they will hold, but airlines know when the heavier travel season comes around, those prices abound. we have other tips and we'll see you com g up at 6:

the video is ovpr by oculus. it can be used for playing games and watching movies. facebook. >>> christmas next year, probably. >>> netflix announced it's operating in a total of 230 countries, including india and russia. the los gatos companies wants to reach 200 countries. that includes getting service set up in china. the news sent the stock soaring almost 10% today each though much of the market was badly down. >>> another 30 minutes of abc 7 news at 9:00 is next. coming up, we're noft the only ones who got rain. we'll check on the mess in southern california. >>> did they or didn't they? new question surrounding north korea's claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb. >>> new fallout from the norovirus outbreak last fall. the new criminal investiga >>> the same storm that passed through the bay area clobbered southern california. >> it really did. abc 7 news reporter matt gutman shows you some incredible images. >> the rain pummeling california tonight. this freeway underwater. the deluge stranding cars and this truck pushing one under a bridge. snapping power lines

it's called an oculus rift, a virtual reality device. it's scheduled for public release later this year. chris back to you. thanks a lot forrest. starting next school year, students who don't read at grade level may have to repeat 3rd grade. it's because of iowa's new reading and retention law, which lawmakers passed in 2012. last school year, more than 1/5 of iowa 3rd graders failed a standardized test in reading. so lawmakers decided to address the problem by requiring any 3rd grader deemed "substantially deficient" in reading to attend a summer program or repeat 3rd grade. the law goes into effect next school year. so the first class of students it will impact is in 2nd grade now. cedar rapids schools started working on ways to improve reading a year ago last fall. 2nd graders had recess time cut just a bit so they could spend more time on reading. the district conducts testing 3 times a year for reading proficiency. a score at the "substantial deficiency level" will result in a letter to parents. schools wifl create an intervention p

both sandberg and zuckerberg pointed to oculus. >> let's turn to mark zuckerberg. here he was talking about book's shift to mobile. >> we realize that mobile was growing faster than desktop and people were shifting their usage and that it was the more important thing for a consumer experience and that's when we made the shift. not in our business first but in how we developed products and i told all of our product teams, you know, when they come in for reviews, really just come in with mobile. if you come in and try to show me a desktop product i'm going to kick you out. you have to come in and show me a mobile product. >> cramer called it the quarter of the year so far. mark compared it to google circa 2007. do you find any hair on this at all? >> no, it's blind blowing. they are killing it. the issue for the stock is where they are in this product cycle. how many more adds can they put in the news feed. where are they in term of rolling out video ads or on instagram. if they're in the middle of the cycle there's a long way to go of spectacular growth but we'll sl

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there's whatsapp, oculus with virtual reality, which i think will be a home run. there's potential for facebook to capture a meaningful slice of video ads. they're thinking of allocating a separate facebook. there's optionalty on e-commerce. there's also search. so there's a lot more runway left on the platform. i think none of these things i talked about are reflected in current estimates. >> you talked about the dedicated video platform. clearly they're also pushing hard into news. are they going to try and create a total unique one-stop online platform where people can get absolutely everything they need? and is that a realistic target for them to be chasing? >> well, you know, i think a one-stop platform, that's an ambitious goal. i think there are multiple other platforms out there, google, which i think could turn out to be very, very strong in terms of search. i think that'll continue. i don't see facebook supplanting that any time soon. but i do think it's becoming a place where you can consume news, where you can consume content from your friends, from ju

the oculus rift. the downpour is owned by facebook. mark zuckerberg posted on his page that the product is ready for preorder. so many people filled out orders that the oculus web site actually crashed. the product cost about $600. >>> it is official, "star wars" is the number one grossing film of call kind in north america tampa "star wars: the force nrshtion 2009 and it in 20 days. took "avatar" seven months to make $760 million. the only two move reese to ever make more than $700 million. "star wars" has not broken "avatar"'s worldwide record, but it has to open in china. >>> kerry washington was named hasty pudding woman of the year hasty pudding woman of the year. they chose washington because of her talent and she continues to break barriers in hollywood. washington will be given a pudding put and a parade. past winners include amy pohler, meryl streep and elizabeth taylor. >>> a diver in canada finds a one of a kind sunken treasure. john cruz found a strange botle in halifax harbor. a bottle 140 years old. and inside some sort o

the goggle headset the students are used is called the oculus rift. it's a virtual reality device for gaming that costs around $600 retail. it'll be available to the public later this year. kind of cool to see if this device catches on. yes, it's a neat invention . thanks a lot forrest. rth korea is sticking by its claim that the country tested a hydrogen bomb on tuesday. international leaders are concerned about those claims, and what the consequences would be if it was a hydrogen bomb. but right now, here's a look at good morning! plan on areas of fog and drizzle in theherea this morning, with a steady rain developing in the afternoon hours. rainfall amounts will generally be in the quarter to half inch range with temperatures holding steady in the mid-30s in many areas. we'll be seeing more rain on friday with a transition to light snow later friday night into at least the first accumulation s continue to look minor for saturday, though the wind will temperatures air of the season is on sunday morning with wind chill values as low as -20 in some lo

interface that relies on voice >>> for all you tech junkies, the long awaited virtual reality headset oculus rift is available for preorder. they had so many preorders initially, the site crashed. the first shipments are expected to go out at the end of march. >>> and there is a new addition to the world of wearable health devices. this one from underarmour. kit box helps users track their bodies 24/7. it includes a chest strap, a wristband, and a circular scale that all communicate with the brand's app. it retails for $400 and goes on sale january 22. >>> chick-fil-a wants to help you keep your new year's resolution to eat healthier. they will start offering a super food side later this month. and broccolini in a maple vinegarette dressing an comes with a blend of roasted nuts. >>> now, an 8 on your side investigation. you paid $10 billion to help veterans get easier access to doctors outside the va healthcare system. but a senior reporter found a former marine thinks the money was wasted. >> reporter: lewis served his country as a marine from 1969 of the 1971. now 66 years old he is destro

look at what this company has done and they stole instagram for $1 billion and paid 2 billion for oculushich everyone questioned. that in 2014, not that long ago. how are they going to be able to deal with that in the pipeline and i keep bring up those words, guidance, how is the pipeline looking, everything from instagram to oculus, what's up? and messenger and when you look at 900 million, 100 million at messenger, it's unbelievable what they have been able to do and everybody was so skeptical about zuckerberg, but he is executing. >> okay. and if you're just tuning in once again facebook shares in the after hours session close to after session highs up 13% and we continue to monitor the conference call. federal reserve chair janet yellen failing to calm investors. a top bank of america strategist telling us why the comments could be a tipping point for the market. that's next. plus, shares of tesla taking a hit, down about 35% from highs. is it more pain to come to the stock and the traders telling you whether it's time to j ump in or take off? much more "fast money" still ahead. >>>

that technology is really headed for a breakout year. facebook's oculus are both launching highly anticipated vr headsets. over the holiday a samsung gear device sold out. netflix, hulu and directv have all launched new virtual reality apps. studios are placing big bets on this too. fox unveiled its adventure, the martian experience and the sci- fi channel says it is launching a new lab to create this technology. >> and then it will start growing and growing. you wouldn't dream of watching tv today without an hdtv. >> that means big business. vr is virtual reality and then there's augmented reality that's projected to generate $150 billion in revenue by 2020. >> is it wrong that i still have a tube tv? i'm not even ready for this. >> you just got rid of your flip phone. you have to speed it up. >> a year and a half ago. >>> so we are anxiously anticipating these flakes, will they be falling when we wake up in the morning? >> i think so, yeah, around here i think the morning drive might be a little iffy, but it's going to be that wet, sloppy snow around here. you can see as far as the year goe