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Google Glass: Smartphone Accessory or Tech Staple?

Google Glass looks to redefine portable computing through wearable tech. Currently they’re more toy than tool, but currently Google Glass is a simple smartphone accessory. User input will help, but the hardware my be too restrictive to become a staple.

Got Glass. Now What?

Glass Heads have already cracked open their piggy banks and laid a hefty chunk of change on one of Best Buy’s stick counter tops for their tech-spectacles. But has the novelty worn off yet?

Have you begun begrudgingly worming your fingers through your pockets to property reply to a text or tweet after it was displayed on your eye wear. Most of us can’t afford to speak our responses and find ourselves groping for our ancient smartphones.

Google Glass becomes a smartphone accessory rather than a standalone platform. But for how long?

Usability vs Convience

Google Glass offers its user a constant connection to the web, but that connection is a clumsy one. Glass is a one button device that responds primarily to voice control and sometimes that isn’t enough. It requires a symbiotic smartphone relationship that many users won’t see worth the price tag.

What smartphones lack in convenience, considering a pocket is essentially miles away, is usability.

"Glass is worn like a pair of glasses, and pairs with your smartphone to deliver notifications to a small display in front of the right eye. It works with both Android phones and the iPhone. Wearers can read emails, surf Twitter and send text messages without needing to take their phone out of their pockets" (Gilbert, 6)

Gilbert says our phones will remain holstered, but what if we need to respond to a notification?

From my intelligent glassware I can view notifications in real time but depending on my location I may not be to respond appropriately. Voice controls lack the accurate input and privacy that a tactile keyboard posses. I may not want everyone in my crowded subway car to be a third party in my private conversation.

You may find your old smartphone more effective even if it isn’t augmenting your reality.

Give Glass Time!

Pamela Lund, author of Massively Networked believes that if we want more from our wearable tech, it’s coming and we can help.

Once the novelty wears off from tapping our temples on the toilet and darting our pupils towards the top right of our screens at the faintest buzz: What do we do. What will push us to toss our cellphones to the side?

According to Lund, we can do anything.

Support for Google Glass is still in it’s infancy. Developers have yet to assess what us cyborgs need before we clear a socket on our crowded surge protector.

If a need is great enough, Google will soon provide. But that may not be enough to overcome the awkward interface.

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An important note blogger Marzano makes is that Glass needs time. As of right now, it is not the most revolutionary piece of technology, but as he says, "Support for Google Glass is still in it's infancy."

Robert McChesney, author of Digital Disconnect, explains how capitalism effects technology in depth. While Google is one of the most capitalistic companies in the world, the tide of Google Glass is not in the hands of Google.

Apps. They are pushed out by anyone who has the power to create. Our iPhones and Android smart devices are all riddled with apps:

Business apps for those in business

Medical apps for those in the medical field

Tapping the screen to make a bird flap its wings

Glass's uses are 100% dependent on the apps made for it. Google has provided apps like Twitter, Facebook, a camera app, and more just like those. These apps are fun, and useful, but not the revolution we need from our future.

Clay Shirky, author of Cognitive Surplus, believes that the true innovators are the consumers. Google Glass holds a lot of communal value as of now, but with more innovation, its civic value, which benefits all of society, will be apparent.

Shirky says, "Upgrading one's imagination about what is possible is always a leap of faith." Our minds only have so much potential. But what dreams may come? Well, whatever our minds can corroborate. Whatever the innovators can invent.

Works Cited

Marzano, Mario. “Google Glass: Smartphone Accessory or Tech Staple?,” n.d. http://pesephone.tumblr.com/post/85730229052/google-glass-smartphone-accessory-or-tech-staple.

McChesney, Robert. Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy. The New Press, 2013.

Shirky, Clay. Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators. Penguin Books, n.d.

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Imagination Glass - The Prospective Future Through The Eyes of Google

Google Glass is the world's next sign of the future. Wearing it on your head grants you an augmented reality-like simulation. The device connects with your mobile device, and has its own apps.

Josh Lowensohn, tech writer from The Verge, wrote about the public release of Google Glass. Lowensohn describes the device as, "Google's $1,500, Android-powered headset [that] links up with your smartphone to show alerts and run apps."

That's where the sentence ends. This is insulting to Google, and to readers who expect to hear what Glass is truly all about.

The imagination behind Glass

Our class is prefaced with the question: "What Dreams May Come?" Pamela Lund's book Massively Networked brings up the idea of the imagination thinking anything up. An expert in social media, Lund recognizes the power of the networked.

With a device that Lowensohn says just shows alerts and runs apps, the imagination is required to see every benefit. Here's a few I'm able to come up with.

Doctor's being able to see the records of their patients without moving a muscle.

EMT's seeing a victim's history without seeking their wallet or family.

Students being able to see notes in front of them while doing an assignment.

Seeing the price of items in a store without looking for a price tag.

The uses for Google Glass range from practical to life-saving. It's a matter of whether or not your imagination allows you to see the benefits.

The experts weigh in

Rebecca MacKinnon, author of Consent of the Networked, understands the importance of technology in our future. She is a proponent for "power, freedom, and control." Google Glass's technology empowers these ideas. It allows for the freedom of imagination.

Google Glass is the future. It's the augmented reality we've all been waiting for. It's going to open the Internet's possibilities beyond what the world has seen.

We were asked what dreams may come, but the answer is whatever the imagination provides for Google Glass.

Works Cited

Lowensohn, Josh. “Google Glass Now on Sale to All in US, but Still in Beta.” The Verge, May 13, 2014. http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/13/5715054/anyone-in-the-us-can-now-buy-google-glass.

Lund, Pamela. Massively Networked. PLI Media, 2012.

MacKinnon, Rebecca. Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom. Basic Books, 2012.

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Corrosive Classware - How Threats Against Net Neutrality Will Ruin the Future of Classrooms

Technology's growth will soon affect classrooms. Even now evidence of the future lies within our classes. According to a blog by rhetor Shannon Jordan, the future appears close.

She writes, "Tons of web devices are being used to get students actively engaged in scholarly pursuits. Whether it’s online talks or smart blogging, high schools and colleges alike are latching onto these methods to get students involved."

She cites Charles Clark, who mentions devices used in classrooms.

Smart boards.

Online tech.

Distance educational connectivity.

All of these require Internet connection.

Net Neutrality promotes the idea of each piece of data being equal. A movie you watch on Netflix is no different from a practice exam for your math class.

Threatening Net Neutrality

The FCC recently hopes to end Net Neutrality, making certain pieces of data worth more than others. This would end affordable bandwidth. Prices for Netflix, or your online exams would go up. This cannot happen.

America Prides Itself on Education

The tools we attain as tech grows have become essential to learning. The FCC wishes to threaten our education.

Schools struggle to keep a budget for just books. Tech such as smart boards become a costly endeavor. Breaking Net Neutrality would raise prices on educational tools, as most people would use them. Supply and demand.

The Way Net Neutrality Works

Net Neutrality makes sense because supply of data is endless. The world has always revolved around supply and demand. When you take something endless like data, you're creating conflict. Creating a price between certain points of data is not ethical.

Rebecca MacKinnon, author of Consent of The Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom, is a fighter for American rights within the Internet. She wrote an entire section in her book about Net Neutrality.

She says, "In many countries a lack of net neutrality makes censorship--whether by companies, government, or some mix of the two--much easier to implement and much less publicly visible, let alone accountable" (121)."

The Internet Stands By Neutrality

Even well-known Internet companies like Mozilla speak out against Net Neutrality. According to an article on Engadget, Mozilla recommends to "regulate the relationship between ISPs and 'remote delivery services' like Dropbox and Netflix."

Remote delivery services can also deliver education to devices like smart boards. If regulated, neutrality can be reached.

America does not need censorship. It needs equality. Net Neutrality would benefit education. It would keep our Internet free of discrimination. The virtual world is no different from the real world. Equality makes conflict lessen.

Works Cited:

Fingas, Jon. “Mozilla Asks the FCC to Rethink Net Neutrality with Content Providers in Mind.” Engadget, n.d. http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/05/mozilla-net-neutrality-proposal/.

Jordan, Shannon. “Learning Connection: Tech Enhancing Classrooms.” Tumblr.com, n.d. http://shannonenl368.tumblr.com/post/83009968703/learning-connection-tech-enhancing-classrooms.

MacKinnon, Rebecca. Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom. Basic Books, 2012.

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mattdacosta

A fake Twitter account under the name of Peoria, Illinois mayor Jim Ardis caused a two to three week investigation, leading to a home raid.

Three people were brought to the police station from the home and two people were taken from their workplace.

What About the First Amendment?

"The raid...

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As someone who spends a lot of time on Twitter, parody accounts are a dime a dozen. There are accounts for nearly every politician, comedian, and actor. They are all for a laugh, and almost always explicitly say parody.

The thought of some innocent kids being raided by police because of a parody account seems like breaking the first amendment, our freedom of speech. According to Twitter's parody policy:

"Avatar: The avatar should not be the exact trademark or logo of the account subject.

Account Name: The name should not be the exact name of the account subject without some other distinguishing word, such as "not," "fake," or "fan."

Bio: The bio should include a statement to distinguish it from the account subject, such as "This is a parody," "This is a fan page," "Parody Account," "Fan Account," "Role-playing Account," or "This is not affiliated with…""

Each of these rules had been followed. Why was a raid necessary?

Kids can be dumb. It's concerning when the concept of being arrested over something stupid you do on the internet comes into play. Many of us could probably be arrested for some of the dumb things we do, but it's just that; it's dumb. There's no better word for it.

Maybe the Mayor didn't like the laughs being directed at him, but honestly, I feel he needed to cool off. A raid was unnecessary.

MacKinnon, author of "Consent of the Networked," is all about Internet freedom. This is the opposite of freedom. Freedom of speech is lost within this. We must maintain freedom.

Works Cited

MacKinnon, Rebecca. Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom. Basic Books, 2012.

Twitter. “Parody, Commentary, and Fan Account Policy.” Twitter.com, n.d. https://support.twitter.com/articles/106373-parody-commentary-and-fan-account-policy.

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Glass Savior - A Doctor's Saving Grace with Google Glass

Huffington Post published an article, "Doctor Credits Google Glass For Saving This Patient's Life," about a doctor's experience with Google Glass. Dr. Stephen Horng was able to find a patients medication allergies with his Google Glass.

Importance to a doctor

Without Google Glass, this doctor would've had to leave the room to check files, risking the bleeding becoming worse. He was allergic to a certain kind of blood pressure medication, which was needed to prevent further bleeding.

How can this help others?

Imagine more situations like this. EMTs with Google Glass able to see people's problems when they show up at their doors. Imagine if waiters knew the allergies of their customers before serving them peanuts. Police able to see the records of criminals when stopping them for a speeding ticket.

The future of technology

The technology scares many. Intrusion of privacy is a concern, with pictures being taken without notice. Many pieces of technology have many downfalls, but it's worth the risk if the benefits outweigh the downfalls.

In the hands of doctors, the benefits are incredible. "When Horng is speaking with a patient, he doesn't need to leave the room to conduct some research or consult an out-of-reach file. Instead, he can simply include Glass in the discussion," said Sara Gates.

A savant's opinion

MacKinnon, author of "Consent of the Networked," expresses her desire for Internet freedom. Google Glass can save lives. The Internet powers Google Glass, and according to MacKinnon, the Internet provides "power, freedom, and control."

Works Cited

Gates, Sarah. “Doctor Credits Google Glass For Saving This Patient’s Life.” Huffington Post, April 10, 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/10/google-glass-saves-life-steven-horng_n_5120371.html.

MacKinnon, Rebecca. Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom. Basic Books, 2012.

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katyiskelly

Brisk growth of technology creates a narrow and fearful view of the world we live in because of personal outlooks. Shifting that view from isolation to communal allows for a more beneficial and hopeful view of the world through the Internet.

Optimism Begins Communally

One of my last blogs...

oliviavgauvin

Unbiased journalism gives access to news we need to make informed decisions. “Journalism” by special-interest humanitarian groups is biased and may not count as journalism. It is advocacy. Advocacy creates public and civic value by promoting human rights issues of the internet age. The ability to...

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As seen from my previous authoritative blog, I’m a McChesney-ian. I’m a believer in true professional journalism. The need for accuracy.

Olivia Gauvin brings up many interesting points in her blog. Many of these points hasn’t occurred to me before. Shirky brings up the point that Gauvin cites that “advocates can create civic value, with a goal of improving society by raising awareness of its problems.”

Journalism is a dying trade that fewer and fewer people can make a living off of. This doesn’t mean that the need for journalism is dwindling. In fact, we need true journalism now more than ever.

Advocates are what we need.

I actually argued against the freedom of the public button in my authoritative blog pertaining to the matter. I state the claim that, “In order to change the way information spreads, we must advocate research at a professional level.”

After reading Gauvin’s piece, I don’t necessarily take back what I said. I firmly believe in a much smarter, more factual approach to how the publish button is used.

We’re in an age where professional journalism is being controlled by government. A publish button may be what we need to maintain the freedom of press that is struggling to survive in society as we know it.

Works Cited

Olivia Gauvin. “HUMANITARIAN JOURNALISM: ADVOCACY IS BIASED… AND VALUABLE.” Tumblr, n.d. http://oliviavgauvin.tumblr.com/post/83006400366/humanitarian-journalism-advocacy-is-biased-and.

McLeod, Brett. “Dangerous Publishers: The Risk of The Common Publishers.” Tumblr.com, April 17, 2014. http://bmcleodumd.tumblr.com/post/83001251703/dangerous-publishers-the-risk-of-the-common-publishers

Shirky, Clay. Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators. Penguin Books, n.d.

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Crying Out: Selfie-Help

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) involved obsession with one's own body, and their appearance. It leads to crippling a crippling level of self-consciousness. Researchers are beginning to believe "selfies," the act of taking a picture of yourself, has become a sign of BDD.

Selfie-Syndrome

They are essentially creating media of themselves. Clay Shirky, the author of "Cognitive Surplus" states that "The word media itself is a bundle referring at once to process, product, and output."

These selfies are all products of ourselves, meant to attract attention of those watching.

According to dailymail.co.uk, one teenager took it too far.

"A British teenager Danny Bowman tried to commit suicide because he was unsatisfied with his appearance in the selfies he took," said an article by dailymail.

The idea of taking pictures of oneself being a sign of mental illness may seem like a stretch. The case of Danny Bowman is the exception that makes the act seem worse.

How can we prevent this?

Selfies need to stop. Let others take your picture. Don't worry about your appearance. It's easier for some to say that than for others, but the best you can do is try to love what's in the mirror.

Works Cited

Shirky, Clay. Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators. Penguin Books, n.d.

“Take a Lot of Selfies? Then You May Be MENTALLY ILL: Two Thirds of Patients with Body Image Disorders Obsessively Take Photos of Themselves.” DailyMail, April 10, 2014. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2601606/Take-lot-selfies-Then-MENTALLY-ILL-Two-thirds-patients-body-image-disorders-obsessively-photos-themselves.html.

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Dangerous Publishers: The Risk of The Common Publishers

Knowledge is everywhere. The Internet houses tons of false information. Average people cause this. The publish button many have access to causes this.

It's not all inaccurate

It's impossible to say that all information spread by "nobodies" can be considered false. There are even websites, like snopes.com, that are meant to stop spreading false information. Founded by Barbara and David Mikkelson, these two try to stop misinformation.

Snopes' "about" section states that, "with over 15 years' experience as professional researchers and writers, the Mikkelsons have created in snoped.com what has come to be regarded as an online touchstone of rumor research."

Risk of inaccuracies

Jenny Lee Paiva, a student in Internet Communication, Culture, and Language created a blog centered around marketing towards children. Modern Marketing: Child Abuse, her blog post, states that, "Children spend more time immersed in media than with parents or at school. They are vulnerable students. And smart devices act as their teachers."

"Smart devices act as their teachers" strikes the most important note on the piano. These devices are our future generations' teachers. False information is everywhere, and the further it gets, the more our children are at risk of uneducation.

What causes the excess fallacies?

In Clay Shirky's novel "Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators," he includes an important quote from famous author Edgar Allen Poe. Poe states, in 1845, "The enormous multiplication of books... [throws] in the reader's way piles of lumber in which he must painfully grope for the scraps of useful lumber."

Shirky is an Internet expert. He's an advocate for innovation through the internet. But in this quote, he shows concern. Shirky says, "Increasing freedom to publish does diminish average quality -- how could it not?"

How do we stop inaccurate publishers?

The Internet has become the essential tool for freedom of speech. In order to change the way information spreads, we must advocate research at a professional level. Snopes expresses the truth through the use of facts found by research done by professionals.

Steps we can take

Research our topics before pressing publish.

Use sources vetted for authority and currency.

Be sure your sources are reliable.

The Internet can become more reliable. Effort will be required. It will be difficult. According to Shirky, we are the innovators of the Internet. We harness the power to make it more reliable.

Works Cited

“About Snopes.com.” Snopes, n.d. http://www.snopes.com/info/aboutus.asp.

Paiva, Jenny Lee. “Modern Marketing: Child Abuse.” Tumblr, March 27, 2014. http://justbeachyjenny.tumblr.com/post/80877135904/modern-marketing-child-abuse.

Shirky, Clay. Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators. Penguin Books, n.d.

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Stay Relevant

There has been many complaints about what social media sites do to our younger generations. Many people argue that social media is simply for people to complain about life to others, post silly memes and tell the world what they are doing when nobody cares. Though many of that is...

AdBlock Thinkers - Eyeo wants to do good

AdBlock Plus is an app meant to block annoying ads from the Internet. It makes websites like Facebook look much cleaner, since they are ridden with ads.

Ads are one of the main forms of revenue for many websites, so to them, AdBlock is the enemy.

Eyeo has unveiled their manifesto called the "Acceptable Ads Manifesto." Included are five steps that they hope to undertake with their new vision.

Acceptable Ads are not annoying.

Acceptable Ads do not disrupt or distort the page content we're trying to read.

Acceptable Ads are transparent with us about being an ad.

Acceptable Ads are effective without shouting at us.

Acceptable Ads are appropriate to the site that we are on.

"We're trying to make this compromise, so the tone has gotten a lot more friendly," said spokesman Ben Williams in an interview with CNet.

This new technology they hope to instate with future versions of AdBlock plus is certainly innovative, but is destined for failure. There is no way for a computer to be able to deem ads safe or unsafe, or annoying.

Annoying is a perception of the human mind. A robot cannot perceive annoying. That's a farce that belongs in a sci-fi flick.

There are very few signatures on the manifesto as of the release of CNet's article. Clay Shirky, the author of "Cognitive Surplus," explains that "communal value requires more interaction than personal value, but that value still remains within the circle of participants."

Without gaining communal value, AdBlock Plus' new outlook on acceptable ads will not prevail.

Works Cited

Shankland, Stephen. “AdBlock Plus Spreads Its Gospel of Unintrusive Net Advertising.” CNet, April 3, 2014.

Shirky, Clay. Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators. Penguin Books, n.d.

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Tweet Responsibly. Blog Consciously. Make Facebook Face Facts.

Use twitter to engage in society to make it better. Tweet for change. Not just for fun.

In his book Cognitive Surplus, Clay Shirky writes that “with personal sharing, most or all of the value goes to the participants…attempts at...

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I really enjoy Twitter, but I also see the impact it has on society. It is an incredible tool for connecting with people all around the world, and has potential to change the world as we know it.

Twitter is like connecting with the entire world while in the comfort of your home, and sharing thoughts. As Clay Shirky says in his novel "Cognitive Surplus," explains how sharing works on the level of something like Twitter.

"Personal sharing is the simplest kind; both the participants and the beneficiaries are acting individually but get personal value out of one another's presence."

Twitter can reach a global level of activism, but it can also create bonds.

Twitter can be used to connect about a surplus of topics.

Music

Movies

Video Games

Television ads

The list goes on. To get the most out of Twitter, you have to truly explore the different subsections in order to find where you fit in. I personally am connected to hundreds of other video gamers, who I can discuss all the newest releases with. This makes the singular experience feel more congregational.

Twitter is an amazing tool, on a personal level, and beyond. All it takes is a little digging to get the most out of it.

Works Cited

Shirky, Clay. Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators. Penguin Books, n.d.

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Offering Internet to the entire world - Facebook acquires Ascenta

Many parts of the world are completely unable to access the Internet. Getting internet to these parts of the world has proven difficult, especially with no means of getting power.

Facebook's effort to change this

Facebook has acquired a company called "Ascenta." Ascenta, according to a New York Times article written by Vindu Goel, is "small British company whose founders helped to create early versions of an unmanned solar-powered drone, the Zephyr, which flew for two weeks in July 2010 and broke a world record for time aloft."

With this, Facebook has created a new lab in order to bring networks across the globe, named the "Facebook Connectivity Lab."

This goal is part of Mark Zuckerberg's Internet.org project, as stated by the New York Times article, aims to "bring the Internet to the two-thirds of the world’s population without Internet access."

How will it work?

The drones will stay aloft in the sky for weeks, even months, bringing networks to the parts of the world with no internet. "Planes would transmit data to each other using lasers before finally sending it back down to the earth."

What does this mean?

Internet will be finally global. It will be available to people unable to reach it previously, further expanding the internet and truly networking the world together. There's no telling what a global internet could do to the world, but there's hope that it will be answered soon.

As Clay Shirky explains in his novel "Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators," the cognitive surplus, those of us connected to the network, can be the true innovators of the world. This opportunity needs to be given to more people around the world.

Works Cited

Goel, Vindu. “A New Facebook LabIs Intent on Delivering Internet Access by Drone.” New York Times, March 27, 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/28/technology/a-new-facebook-lab-is-intent-on-delivering-internet-access-by-drone.html.

Shirky, Clay. Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators. Penguin Books, n.d.

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patrickhawes-defrias

The Oculus Rift is a virtual reality platform, invented mostly for video gaming that was founded via Kickstarter. However, Facebook now owns this platform. The obvious question many have right now is “What’s a social media company going to do with virtual reality?” As journalist Vincent...

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I’ve followed Oculus Rift for quite some time, and have even used one at a showing of the product by Boston students.

I’ve met many people who have used it at various conventions.

All of these people say Oculus Rift is the next big thing for gaming.

I can agree. The critics can agree. But being bought by Facebook is a minor problem.

It’s clear that Oculus Rift is going to be for the hardcore gamer. But the hardcore gamers are not playing games on Facebook. They’re playing them elsewhere.

Exclusivity problems

The problem is that devices like Oculus Rift can be locked to certain devices. This would cause many of the backers from Kickstarter to regret their donations wholly.

Hope within its creators

Fortunately, the founder of Oculus Rift, has tried to secure the trust of the audience that desires an Oculus. Vincent Balistriere, the writer from International Business Times, said in his interview linked by Patrick, “Luckey has denied claims that you’ll need a Facebook account to use the Rift, and that if Facebook tries to interfere with the Rift’s development, he’s ‘done.’”

The Oculus Rift will be okay

I have full faith the Rift will be okay, and still be a great piece of technology. Many companies, such as Sony and Microsoft, are beginning to develop their own virtual reality headsets.

Even if the Facebook virtual reality headset doesn’t work out, there will be other options in the very near future.

Works Cited

Balestriere, Vincent. “Oculus Rift’s Future Muddled By Facebook Purchase: How Will The Gaming Headset Change?” International Business Times. News. N. p., 28 Mar. 2014.

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Oculus Billionaires because of Facebook

So Facebook has bought the Oculus Rift...

Oculus Rift is one of the most exciting new revolutions in gaming virtual reality technology, but the acquisition by Facebook is worrisome.

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Lawsuit Against Facebook

California has sued Facebook over using children’s photos for ads without consent, proving that this social media has too much power.

As Jessica Guynn reports on the LATimes.com page, “Facebook is misinterpreting how a children’s privacy law applies to teen privacy in...

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