It remains true that no one looks quite as guileless and credulous as when they are wearing VR goggles. Not only are the goggles an unmistakable visual emblem of submissiveness, a willingness to let some corporation constrict your entire sensorium and mete experience out to you on its terms, but they also indicate your complete vulnerability in the space where your body actually is. One would almost need to be isolated in a locked chamber to feel safe in VR, to guarantee that no one would intrude on you and see how foolish you look, if not worse.
wondering if you’ve caught up with what’s been going in VR chat lately. i found this mini documentary enlightening https://youtu.be/Z5kiPAmgKpY — there are still ways VR, outside of facebook’s products, can be salubrious
Thanks for taking the time to write these critical analyses of the intersection of technology / power / production etc. always learn, always enjoy the read.
As someone who needs accessible technology to get through work, this is my nightmare. The move to remote and Zoom has already been nightmarish for me, with co workers constantly screen sharing with "As you can see on my screen..." and the video is 480p and their font is 12pt... There's only so much I can ask them to zoom before I give up.
It's already a nightmare, and the move to VR (which I simply can't see at all compared to computer screens) would render an accessibility accommodation that would simply leave me out entirely.
This article makes me afraid. Please mute its author and take me to my solitary confinement cell.
wondering if you’ve caught up with what’s been going in VR chat lately. i found this mini documentary enlightening https://youtu.be/Z5kiPAmgKpY — there are still ways VR, outside of facebook’s products, can be salubrious
Thanks for taking the time to write these critical analyses of the intersection of technology / power / production etc. always learn, always enjoy the read.
In the darkest corner of this room, I imagine a day when VR is how the poor will be "educated."
As someone who needs accessible technology to get through work, this is my nightmare. The move to remote and Zoom has already been nightmarish for me, with co workers constantly screen sharing with "As you can see on my screen..." and the video is 480p and their font is 12pt... There's only so much I can ask them to zoom before I give up.
It's already a nightmare, and the move to VR (which I simply can't see at all compared to computer screens) would render an accessibility accommodation that would simply leave me out entirely.
Meta VR being primarily an enterprise push is the first time all of this has made some kind of sense. Great essay
"... as though we should all breathe a sign of relief that presence itself had finally been commodified." Dang. Everything really is for sale.