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Oculus Rift is going to destroy families and relationships
ceratop001
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Oculus Rift turned out to be an unintentionally ideal name for a gadget dedicated to carving ruptures between people. They also could have called it the “Digital Chasm” or the “Interaction Canyon.”
The virtual-reality headsets, available at 48 Best Buy stores beginning May 7, promise to widen further what is already an alarming, tech-induced gap among couples, friends and families. Smartphones have already whipped up a wasteland of blankness — the real-life equivalent of dead air on the radio.
We’re living in “Um, honey?” time. As in, “Um, honey, how was your day at school?” (No answer. Lots of tapping.)
“Um, honey, have you seen my glasses?” (No answer. “Memes” are being considered.)
“Um, honey? I need your attention, please. Please? We have an infestation of gila monsters. The house is burning down. I’m leaving you for another family.” (No answer. Snapchat being checked.)
The Oculus Rift? It’s basically a smartphone you wrap around your face. Put it on; reality can’t get in. This is the appeal of drugs, too.
As with drugs, easily bored young people are particularly susceptible. Think your kids are hard to connect with now? Wait till they get themselves an Oculus Rift and begin to expend all their attention, instead of just most of it, on the Great Elsewhere. They’ll be off in a world of their own imagining: hiking up Everest. Having a light-saber duel with Kylo Ren. Joining the Kardashian family.
Full Story: http://nypost.com/2016/05/05/oculus-rift-is-going-to-destroy-families-and-relationships/
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1. they said that about TV back in the day
2. they said that about computer games just a few decades ago
3. they assume any and all human realtionships are better to have then a digital life and for those who come from families of abuse I think its fair to say their realtionships with technology is better than with people so I dont accept that realtionships with people are by default better than realtionships with technology.
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No - jes stating a fact. If anything your post is the troll. Parents need to take responsibility for their children, not just give them everything and hope for the best....
4. if a relationship are so fragile that they can be destroyed by TV...oh I mean by video games...oh I mean by VR then maybe a relationship is over rated
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Our days were full of fun activities such as smoking cigarettes, reading Penthouse, Hustler at the local bookstore, vandalism of private and public property, gang fighting, trying to get in a girl's pants, alcohol and illegal drug consumption.
But good thing we didn't waste any time on computer games.
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ha!
or how people will end up in the hospital in the masses from neck injuries.
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nuff said.
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Model railways, post stamp collecting, bird watching, golf... all time(and money)-consuming hobbies that may serve as escapes from reality and can potentially harm human relationships.