Oculus 'Always On' Services and Privacy Policy May Be a Cause for Concern
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#2"We use the information we collect to send you promotional messages and content and otherwise market to you on and off our Services. We also use this information to measure how users respond to our marketing efforts."
"Virtual reality offers an unparalleled level of access to data for advertisers. Before metrics were measured in how long someone watched a video or how many times a link was clicked, but with VR you can get far more granular. An ad executive at Coke, for instance, could tell just how long you stared at the Coke bottle cleverly placed inside your favorite game as an in-game ad and use that data to better place it in the game for you next time."
It amazes me that before this technology is even out and proven to work, and be a success with consumers, Facebook have already set up monitoring software to develop even more targeted advertising. At least Microsoft had the decency to wait a few versions with Windows first...
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#3"We use the information we collect to send you promotional messages and content and otherwise market to you on and off our Services. We also use this information to measure how users respond to our marketing efforts." "Virtual reality offers an unparalleled level of access to data for advertisers. Before metrics were measured in how long someone watched a video or how many times a link was clicked, but with VR you ca…
A lot of people feared that something like this could happen after Facebook acquired Oculus.
It would have been a nice move if they would have respected the users privacy this time just to spite the critics.
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#4From the Facebook shareholder conference call after the Oculus acquisition 2 years ago https://soundcloud.com/highway62/internal-facebook-conferenc... (Note that this is an public call, those are their official statements.)
At time stamp 29:19: There might be advertising in the world, but we need to figure that down the line. That is probably where the business will come from...
And at time stamp 29:50: If we are successful in building the kind of platform that we think we can build here, there should be lots of different monetization opportunities, it is too early to make any concrete plans in terms of exactly what virtual will be.
Facebook is building the first virtual world. Think about that.
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#5They are entering a new market and trying to win market share, I'm surprised at this vulnerable time they are doing this so early. I think a big segment of their target market will be more sensitive to this stuff as supposed to general population at this early stage as well.
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#6"As we shift into a constantly connected state... "
That's a scary thought, if people are generally assuming that's the direction things will go.
People need time out, to disconnect and re-energise.
A "constantly connected" state seems like it would generate massive burn-out and/or mental issues. :(
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#7They are entering a new market and trying to win market share, I'm surprised at this vulnerable time they are doing this so early. I think a big segment of their target market will be more sensitive to this stuff as supposed to general population at this early stage as well.
I'm expecting this to blow up in Germany. We are already very critical of Facebook and like our privacy. (Google Chrome here still hasn't fully recovered from the rough start.)
My employer doesn't care about people's privacy. But when there's no market share then there's no need to support the product.
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#8I just wanted to buy a computer monitor for my face. I'm paying you $600, can't I just have that? :(
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#9I just wanted to buy a computer monitor for my face. I'm paying you $600, can't I just have that? :(
Software mentality is eating the world. Investors expect recurring revenue from hardware now.
I hope there's still demand for no-strings-attached hardware. I'm not sure it's a viable marketing point for enough people.
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#10Well, this makes it easier for me to decide which VR headset to buy.