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kleinbl00  ·  3902 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Virtual Reality is going to change the world

- like when Newscorp bought Myspace

- or Yahoo bought Flickr

- or AOL bought Time Warner

There is nothing Facebook can do with VR that matches their goals and strengths even a tiny little bit. I don't care how magically delicious Oculus is; it's squarely in the uncanny valley that makes it cool for gaming and deeply unsettling for everything else. Linden Labs buying Oculus? Sure. What better way to enjoy your yiff. Facebook?

Neither Mafia Wars nor Farmville need VR, and boy howdy, Upworthy articles are not going to be improved by head tracking.