A friend of mine just got one and this seems like the goddamn future we should all be going crazy over but no one seems to care much

  • wantonviolins [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Basically

    Palmer Luckey was forced out of Oculus after the Facebook acquisition for being too obviously chuddy, joined forces with actual vampire Peter Thiel, and is trying to Build the Wall, but it’s a dystopian virtual wall made of surveillance drones and biometric identification

    Valve released their own headset and it rules but it’s also $1000

    Facebook has done the extremely obvious move of Facebook-izing Oculus, and the new standalone headset is both shittier than the old one (comfort and tracking-wise) and requires a Facebook account to set up and use

    Imagine getting shot by a perimeter drone on the southern US border put there by a guy who has cosplayed Rainbow Dash.

    • sappho [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Wow, thanks for the summary. This is... possibly the most dystopian way this could have played out so far. Additional support for the theory that this is the worst possible timeline, I suppose