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I bought an Oculus headset before it required a Facebook login. I haven't used it since that requirement was added. The metaverse I envisioned comes from Willia

I bought an Oculus headset before it required a Facebook login. I haven't used it since that requirement was added. The metaverse I envisioned comes from William Gibson and Neal Stephenson, not a sanitized and sexless universe where Code of Conducts written by Home Owners Associations are strictly enforced and LinkedIn type interactions are the norm. Bill Gates recently said all business meetings would be on it in three years. I don't like to criticize people personally, but billionaires have so much power I think it's ok: Bill G is not exactly a tech visionary, famously having to rewrite his book "The Road Ahead" because he missed the internet happening. I'm sure Mark Zuckerberg loves it because his personality already seems blank and smoothed over like an avatar. Do I want to live inside a sappy television commercial where Coke teaches the world to sing and everyone smiles and expresses only approved virtuous thoughts? Nope.

mindcrash 5y ago
> I bought an Oculus headset before it required a Facebook login. I haven't used it since that requirement was added. They recently reversed this decision. Facebook is no longer required, and your Oculus account is your primary way to sign in again.
- omginternets 5y ago
  What happened once can happen again, and has a funny way of doing so with Big Tech.
- mwattsun 5y ago
  My rant was more about the Metaverse as proposed and controlled by Meta. Funny, after I wrote this I watched a Eric Meijer video and he talked about the 10th man, a concept new to me. I was being the 10th man for a moment. In a group of 10, one is designated as the 10th man (or person, but I'll go with Erik's term.) When 9 people agree, the 10th man is required to disagree. This throws a monkey wrench into groupthink. 2016 - One Hacker Way Rational alternative of Agile - Erik Meijer (at minute 25:00 in case the time param doesn't work) https://youtu.be/2u0sNRO-QKQ?t=1499 https://youtu.be/2u0sNRO-QKQ?t=1499 Edit: He's now Director Of Engineering at Meta so maybe he can be the 10th man at Meta https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikmeijer1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikmeijer1/

mindcrash 5y ago

> I bought an Oculus headset before it required a Facebook login. I haven't used it since that requirement was added. They recently reversed this decision. Facebook is no longer required, and your Oculus account is your primary way to sign in again.

omginternets 5y ago
What happened once can happen again, and has a funny way of doing so with Big Tech.
mwattsun 5y ago
My rant was more about the Metaverse as proposed and controlled by Meta. Funny, after I wrote this I watched a Eric Meijer video and he talked about the 10th man, a concept new to me. I was being the 10th man for a moment. In a group of 10, one is designated as the 10th man (or person, but I'll go with Erik's term.) When 9 people agree, the 10th man is required to disagree. This throws a monkey wrench into groupthink. 2016 - One Hacker Way Rational alternative of Agile - Erik Meijer (at minute 25:00 in case the time param doesn't work) https://youtu.be/2u0sNRO-QKQ?t=1499 https://youtu.be/2u0sNRO-QKQ?t=1499 Edit: He's now Director Of Engineering at Meta so maybe he can be the 10th man at Meta https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikmeijer1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikmeijer1/