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I feel they've lost all touch with reality. Hey, let's run an ad admitting the world sucks, in part due to companies like us, but you can escape that reality i
by silisili 5y ago
I feel they've lost all touch with reality.
Hey, let's run an ad admitting the world sucks, in part due to companies like us, but you can escape that reality if you put our headset on.
Replace that last 15 seconds with a bottle of Whiskey instead of a VR headset and the message is about the same.
- lkrubner 5y agoI'll take the whiskey.
- nickpeterson 5y agoThis declaration is rarely wrong.
- blunte 5y agoAnd a good stereo, listening room, and nobody nearby talking.
- dkersten 5y agoThat sounds like a substantially better time than whatever FB is offering.
- andrew_ 5y agodepends on the bottle
- vba616 5y agoSome of us can't drink alcohol anymore, so I think VR whiskey is where people should be focusing efforts.
- 88913527 5y agoThey're giving Black Mirror a run for their money.
- DonHopkins 5y agoI hope and pray that this doesn't lead to Mark Zuckerberg getting elected as president and then fucking a pig on live TV.
- monkeybutton 5y agoI'd be pretty okay with him being trapped in his own VR nightmare for eternity though.
- silisili 5y agoLike Playtest, or USS Calister? I'd be OK with either.
- monkeybutton 5y agoI was thinking White Christmas.
- DonHopkins 5y agoI'm more concerned about the pig's reputation, not Zuckerberg's punishment.
- bogomipz 5y ago>"Hey, let's run an ad admitting the world sucks, in part due to companies like us, but you can escape that reality if you put our headset on." Indeed and this seems to be consistent with their past messaging that "the answer to Facebook problems is more Facebook."
- Rebelgecko 5y agoAre there any ethical differences between the escapism offered by VR games vs movies or books? Hollywood has certainly done its share of crafting the current world we live in.
- silisili 5y agoI largely agree they're in the same realm, but not exactly the same. With TV or books, you're still in the current world, visually. You can still see your aging paint, dirty floor, etc. You can also do them with others, watching movies together or reading books aloud. VR is completely self isolating. And I think that's the point, at this point. Ethically, who knows. Compare how you'd feel with two friends, sitting around watching TV together, versus the same setting but each is on their own phone. That already happens today and is incredibly alienating, so this seems like that feeling on steroids. It -feels- incredibly unethical to me.
- tenuousemphasis 5y agoThere are multiplayer VR games and experiences. Either ones interacting with remote players in VR, or asymmetric games where one player is in VR and one or more use a monitor and controller(s). The latter are actually really fun party games.