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[Link] VR Sickness: A New, Old Problem

Read: 29/11/2022 hackaday.com

Have you ever experienced dizziness, vertigo, or nausea while in a virtual reality experience? That’s VR sickness, and it’s a form of motion sickness.

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[Link] Being a Facebook Metaverse ‘Community Guide’ Seems Like a Nightmare Job

Read: 16/2/2022 www.vice.com

Imagine you had to moderate a Facebook comment thread, only each commenter was able to come up to you, wave their hands in your face, and scream whatever they want. Peanutbutter sighs loudly and approaches the group of kids.

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[Link] Meta's Oculus Quest rebrand is off to a disastrous start

Read: 6/2/2022 www.creativebloq.com

It's going to take us a while to get used to calling Facebook Meta, but spare a thought for Oculus Quest users, who are also being asked to call their VR headset by a new name.

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[Link] Meta to bring in mandatory distances between virtual reality avatars

Read: 5/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

Mark Zuckerberg’s virtual reality business is to introduce a mandatory distance between people’s digital avatars following warnings that the social media tycoon’s plans for a metaverse will lead to a new wave of online harassment.

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[Link] Zuckerberg: Meta Will Continue To Subsidize Headset Cost

Read: 8/11/2021 uploadvr.com

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave insight into the company’s current and future hardware business model at Connect 2021, indicating that the plan is to continue to sell devices at cost or with subsidies to help build a larger ecosystem with as many users as possible.

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[Link] Opinion: Dear Facebook: No one cares about Oculus; give us Instagram revenue!

Read: 26/10/2021 www.marketwatch.com

Facebook goes the Alphabet route — giving investors numbers on a young business instead of mature operations, while renaming the company — but can we just skip to the part where the SEC makes Zuckerberg tell investors what they actually want to know? Facebook Inc.

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