Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand
by gfodor on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @08:19PM
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Once I saw a father who was separated from his kids by an ocean get down on the floor with them and draw together in VR, I realized that basic human needs are going to be met by VR technology eventually. The removal of physical proximity as a pre-requisite for social presence is about as disruptive development as they come. It’s not 3D TV, and it’s not about tech: it is about the human experience of being together when physically apart. This is why Facebook is repositioning the whole company behind it. Zuck has understood this for a long time.
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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand
by CarelessExpert on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @08:43PM
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> Once I saw a father who was separated from his kids by an ocean get down on the floor with them and draw together in VR
Man, that family must be doing very well for themselves to afford at least two full VR rigs.
Look, if VR kit becomes reasonably priced for average consumers (which also means GPU prices have to come down), maybe I could buy into your touching vision, here.
But we've got a long way to go before this kind of gear is remotely affordable enough to result in the kind of mass adoption required to realize these purported benefits.
As for Zuck, if he sees opportunity here, all the more reason for me to hope it never succeeds...