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Re: Facebook acquires Oculus

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On 2014-03-27 14:49, wjwlsn wrote:
> On 2014-03-27, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>> On 2014-03-27, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> wrote:
>>> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> writes:
>>>> Hmm, maybe they're imagining some kind of Google-Glass like
>>>> experience, where you're wearing your Glass, and as you scan the room,
>>>> Facebook-supplied data streams are showing you who in the room is part
>>>> of your friend list, etc. [...]
>>>
>>> The Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset, not an augmented reality
>>> visor.
>>>
>>> DES
>>
>> I see, thanks.  But that's even more worrisome: the purchase makes no
>> more sense than when ebay bought skype.  No obvious connection.  Guess
>> if you've got that much money in the bank it's fun to spend it.
>>
>> Only marginally related to the idea of Zuck trying to spend money, this
>> old classic from the Onion:
>> http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-trying-to-decide-how-to-spend-his-tax-refund,3446/
> 
> Even if its just limited to games, there are tremendous opportunities for
> data mining... what missions you choose, where you go, what items you go
> after, what choices you make given various situation, who you associate
> with, what you discuss via in-game chat, etc. Now take that data, merge
> it with what FB already has on you (or can purchase from others), and now
> they have a much better idea of what to market to you. They could even
> market to you in-game in subtle ways... logos, slogans, catch phrases,
> NPC discussions, virtual signs / billboards / objects.

The NSA and GCHQ could plant spies in the virtual world, looking out for
potential terrorists: anti-war activists, environmental campaigners,
financial reform lobbyists, free software advocates. If they get their
hands on enough taxpayers money, the virtual world could even have
state-run agents provocateurs.

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Facebook acquires Oculus 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-03-25 18:29 -0400
  Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-03-25 17:37 -0500
    Re: Facebook acquires Oculus RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-25 23:24 +0000
      Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-03-25 21:51 -0500
      Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-03-27 07:55 +0000
        Re: Facebook acquires Oculus RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-27 09:16 +0000
          Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-03-27 13:10 +0100
            Re: Facebook acquires Oculus RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-27 14:20 +0000
              Re: Facebook acquires Oculus wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-27 14:49 +0000
                Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-03-27 16:38 +0000
          Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-03-27 13:40 +0000
            Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-03-27 13:50 +0000
          Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-27 23:45 +0000
    Re: Facebook acquires Oculus David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2014-03-26 02:17 -0700
  Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-25 23:45 +0000
    Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-03-25 21:53 -0500
  Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Morten Nygaard Åsnes <mnaasnes@gmail.com> - 2014-03-26 06:38 +0100
    Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-26 14:01 +0000
      Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-03-26 11:01 -0500
  Re: Facebook acquires Oculus JJ <jjdane@nospamgmail.com> - 2014-03-26 13:14 +0100
    Re: Facebook acquires Oculus Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-26 15:00 +0100

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