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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday October 12 2017, @03:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the passtimes-of-the-rich-and-famous dept.

Mark Zuckerberg showed off Facebook's VR platform on Monday with a "tone-deaf" trip to Puerto Rico:

Mark Zuckerberg put on an Oculus Rift this afternoon 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.

Zuckerberg's first stop, along with Facebook social VR chief Rachel Franklin, was to Puerto Rico, where he stood in front of a 360-degree video from NPR documenting the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. He used the opportunity to discuss what Facebook is doing to aid relief — matching donations, sharing data with the Red Cross — but it was all pretty strange to watch for what perhaps should have been an obvious reason: Zuckerberg was represented by a floating cartoon character.

Up next: Puerto Ricans and homeless Californians tour Mark Zuckerberg's home at 1456 Edgewood Dr, Palo Alto, CA 94301.

Also at The Register, The Guardian, and CNET.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @03:36PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @03:36PM (#581169)

    Zuck will unite our country! He is the potential leader we need!!

    Both liberals and conservatives will unite against that turd.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @05:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @05:47PM (#581240)

    Sir, I believe you owe me a keyboard.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @06:48PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @06:48PM (#581278)

    > Both liberals and conservatives will unite against that turd.

    I thought the same about Trump, and look where *that* got us!

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DECbot on Thursday October 12 2017, @09:16PM

      by DECbot (832) on Thursday October 12 2017, @09:16PM (#581350) Journal

      It's obvious. Democrats ran Hilary for the same reason Republicans ran Trump: to make sure we could never unite.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 13 2017, @12:13AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 13 2017, @12:13AM (#581450)

      There have been 2 polling periods which showed that those who disapprove of Trump are a supermajority [talkingpointsmemo.com] (60 percent and 61 percent).
      ...with numerous other polling periods hovering close to that mark.

      ...and "Liberals and Conservatives" only covers the Right-hand side of the political palate.[1] [politicalcompass.org]
      ...which leaves out The Left (Socialists) who REALLY despise Drumpf.

      [1] Neither Nader nor Kucinich has ever made any pronouncements about "the collective ownership of the means of production by The Workers", so the chart is skewed to the Left.

      Note: The list is made more difficult to scan by the way they mixed in Paul Ryan stuff and an (economic) item about Trump that wasn't the same as all the others.

      N.B. For these instances, I recommend the NukeAnything Enhanced browser extension. [google.com]
      Highlight what you don't want and tell it to disappear.
      Really helpful if you print (unnecessarily bloated) web pages.

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