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Re:Facebook Is Working on a Video Chat Device by na85 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @06:37PM (#14906110)
That sounds like a hellish dystopia.
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Re:Facebook Is Working on a Video Chat Device by Para2016 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @07:11PM (#14906345)
Probably not as dystopian as the pornography industry is going to get with AR, VR, dolls, etc.

There can be good utility for ads without being dystopian. Like furniture sets you want buy to preview in your new empty apartment - not items you are totally uninterested in buying. I'm sure there will be countless ideas to get ads on AR pretty soon that will be unaggressive and jive well psychologically

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Re:Facebook Is Working on a Video Chat Device by krapp on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @07:32PM (#14906492)
The day you can point your AR goggles at your SO and turn them into the anime/fandom/porn character of your choice, is the day AR porn gets its killer app.
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Re:Facebook Is Working on a Video Chat Device by groby_b on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @07:59PM (#14906652)
It's also the day the doll industry blows up (no pun intended) - because if you need AR to be turned on by your SO, there'll be a lot of separations.
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Re:Facebook Is Working on a Video Chat Device by bitJericho on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @11:19AM (#14911218)
ya but at least ar can put whatever you want over the doll!
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