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posted by martyb on Friday October 13 2017, @01:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the do-you-see-what-I-see? dept.

"At every step along the way, the future is built by people who believe it can be better."

That's the message Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, brought to the company's fourth annual Oculus Connect virtual reality developer conference Wednesday. As in previous years, Zuckerberg joined the stage to discuss the promise of what virtual reality can be and show off some goodies.

The company tallied 100 million app downloads, he said, and added that the company continues to work on a less-bulky version of its headsets.

But he said the company has a goal: Get 1 billion people in VR.

Maybe Zuckerberg can take those billion people along on his virtual cartoon tour of Puerto Rico's hurricane damage.


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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday October 13 2017, @05:39PM (2 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday October 13 2017, @05:39PM (#581890) Journal

    Sounds like a fun bit of dystopian sci-fi but I fail to see how replacing one small screen with two really small screens is going to make much of a difference.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday October 13 2017, @06:04PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 13 2017, @06:04PM (#581912) Journal

    Dystopian sci-fi may come true just like other sci-fi.

    Replacing one small screen with two doesn't matter, as you say.

    What matters is that everyone will be wearing the one or two screens all the time instead of having their head stuck to a smartphone all the time. The machine manipulation of humans is a possibility. Not overnight to be sure. But gradually.

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    People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
  • (Score: 2) by Nuke on Saturday October 14 2017, @07:24PM

    by Nuke (3162) on Saturday October 14 2017, @07:24PM (#582381)

    I fail to see how replacing one small screen with two really small screens is going to make much of a difference

    Because only one small screen lets you see the real world with your other eye. Two small screens stop that nonsense.