bitterblackbitch:ubercharge:theverge:A cartoon Mark Zuckerberg toured hurricane-struck Puerto Rico i
bitterblackbitch:ubercharge:theverge:A cartoon Mark Zuckerberg toured hurricane-struck Puerto Rico in virtual realityMark Zuckerberg put on an Oculus Rift and used Facebook’s new virtual reality platform, Facebook Spaces, to transport himself to Puerto Rico, the Moon, and his house. He broadcast the moment live on Facebook in what turned out to be a rather strange demo of a social platform that doesn’t have a clear use yet. In particular, Zuckerberg’s choice of locations emphasized just how odd it’ll be to watch other people in any sort of serious situation in virtual reality. Read morehonest to god thought this was an onion articleI have no fucking wordsI feel like I need to say that he specifically chose Puerto Rico as the backdrop because he wanted to announce their partnership with American Red Cross (which, yeahhhh not the most reputable of charities) to help Puerto Rico.But yeah, doing it in cartoonish AR??? Bizzarre, lacking in foresight, and def trying too hard to kill 2 birds with one stone…. -- source link
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