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Facebook accidentally put hidden messages in VR controllers
- jdgoesmarching 8y agoThis company is like a less competent version of Dr. Evil, somebody please get working on a sitcom
- mrguyorama 8y agoHidden messages inside consumer products aren't bad, for example what Microsoft put inside the Zune HD and I believe Nintendo has also done it a few times. Except.... Some engineer thought it was prudent to put "Big Brother is watching" inside of a preproduction unit. Why? That seems incredibly tone deaf of the problems and criticisms Facebook has experienced. Is it supposed to be satire? Facebook "watching" users was a legitimate concern people brought up during their acquisition of Oculus, and the main reason I went with Vive (and didn't install the viveport software)
- ksaj 8y agoThis is a marketing stunt. People will buy them hoping they can open them up and find the messages. This is exactly like the 80's album warnings about backward messages - the warnings sold way more albums than the music alone would have.