I think this product targets children more than adults and wish all parents will manage to keep their kids away from these abusive profit engines.
Facebook Horizon
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Re: Facebook Horizon
#52The fact that FB can task developers to this, but not the breached servers (of a 3rd Party but who has access to highly confidential material) I’ve reported via their BB page that are online right this second is somewhat insulting to me. If this comment gets downvoted, be suspicious. It is going to be well written, but it is does contain accusations against Facebook. My real name is in my About Section so I have no f…
Is the identity of the breached third party public knowledge? Is there a way for other startups to determine if they may be at risk as well? If it has that many high-profile clients it is likely a popular service.
Re: Facebook Horizon
#53The fact that FB can task developers to this, but not the breached servers (of a 3rd Party but who has access to highly confidential material) I’ve reported via their BB page that are online right this second is somewhat insulting to me. If this comment gets downvoted, be suspicious. It is going to be well written, but it is does contain accusations against Facebook. My real name is in my About Section so I have no f…
If this comment gets downvoted, it's probably because its kind of off-topic and a little hard to follow. Maybe write a blog post with some of the emails, I guess, instead of a long comment, and then submit that?
I get your comment for sure, but it is not true when you say those on Hacker News would downvote a comment for being off-topic when it is for a somewhat concerning moral issue. Many of the members here are better than that or at least more able to see the larger issues at stake I think.
Again though I still see your point and those claims, if situation was a little more mundane, are absolutely true.
Re: Facebook Horizon
#54There's something slightly unnerving about Horizon's avatars. While it's more or less understood that floating avatars are the best match for current modes of VR locomotion, thus the lack of legs, there's an important difference between something like Rec Room VR's floating avatars and Horizon's: The former's are far more abstract, and thus look more natural in their omissions. Rec Room's avatars consist of floating…
Reminds me of Metaverse from Snow Crash
Re: Facebook Horizon
#55They seem to be throwing services at the wall and seeing what sticks, lately. I really see nothing compelling here, unless it is something that has been done better by someone else. I wonder what union of "unrelated" services will yield Facebook exactly the same degree of tracking that they lost to recent regulations.
I miss the company that built my DK2.
Re: Facebook Horizon
#56Sansar , High fidelity , vrchat ... they all struggle to get traction (and mostly fail) - why does facebook think they can do better
I guess one reason might be that they have a pre-existing social network to draw from, so much easier to coordinate social VR with friends.
Not saying that is sufficient, but it definitely helps compared with a startup that has to rely more on having strangers interact or, if meeting with friends, is likely to be higher friction that FB can offer.
Re: Facebook Horizon
#57The fact that FB can task developers to this, but not the breached servers (of a 3rd Party but who has access to highly confidential material) I’ve reported via their BB page that are online right this second is somewhat insulting to me. If this comment gets downvoted, be suspicious. It is going to be well written, but it is does contain accusations against Facebook. My real name is in my About Section so I have no f…
Is the identity of the breached third party public knowledge? Is there a way for other startups to determine if they may be at risk as well? If it has that many high-profile clients it is likely a popular service.
There is an email in the summary of the commenter profile.
Re: Facebook Horizon
#58There's something slightly unnerving about Horizon's avatars. While it's more or less understood that floating avatars are the best match for current modes of VR locomotion, thus the lack of legs, there's an important difference between something like Rec Room VR's floating avatars and Horizon's: The former's are far more abstract, and thus look more natural in their omissions. Rec Room's avatars consist of floating…
It would be cool if everyone was on a skateboard, little car, wheelchair, hoverboard, etc.
That's one path to monetisation.
Re: Facebook Horizon
#59There's something slightly unnerving about Horizon's avatars. While it's more or less understood that floating avatars are the best match for current modes of VR locomotion, thus the lack of legs, there's an important difference between something like Rec Room VR's floating avatars and Horizon's: The former's are far more abstract, and thus look more natural in their omissions. Rec Room's avatars consist of floating…
Reminds me of Metaverse from Snow Crash
can i interest you in a motorcycle race?
Re: Facebook Horizon
#60Such dystopia, it gives me the shivers!