Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If They Die in the Game

Posted by pkrecker on Monday November 07, 2022 @11:17PM
from the vice.com dept.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7kbq/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kills-the-user-if-they-die-in-the-game

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Re:Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If Th... by AkshatJ27 on Monday November 07, 2022 @11:52PM (#33515979)

Is the headset still usable after killing a person?

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Re:Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If Th... by unstatusthequo on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @07:51AM (#33518469)

3 on eBay listed as Open Box. Great deal it seems. ;)

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Re:Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If Th... by ekianjo on Monday November 07, 2022 @11:53PM (#33515982)

already posted yesterday

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Re:Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If Th... by filoeleven on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @12:18AM (#33516100)

“Palmer Luckey makes obvious, desperate bid to get back in the spotlight”

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Re:Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If Th... by a9h74j on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @12:19AM (#33516107)

All of the online first-hand reviews are positive.

Name that bias

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Re:Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If Th... by westcort on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @01:16AM (#33516394)

What would the opposite be? A sensory deprivation chamber that brings people back from the dead? Maybe a crechepod?

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Re:Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If Th... by bitwize on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @01:43AM (#33516520)

So we have Elon Musk, currently speedrunning the destruction of a company nominally worth $44 billion; and Palmer Luckey playing Dr. Strangelove by creating a weeb-inspired death helmet, all while providing the U.S. government with the tools to remotely execute its opponents.

But the thing that should really scare us is trans activists detoxifying the internet by getting Tier 1 ISPs to blackhole hate sites.

Right.

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Re:Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If Th... by hax0ron3 on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @04:02AM (#33517308)

I dunno, both big tech's collusion with the government and censorious activists working to purge the Internet worry me. It's not one or the other.

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Re:Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If Th... by subjectsigma on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @07:37AM (#33518389)

It's literally a joke piece. Calm the fuck down.

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