Last month, Facebook bought a company called Oculus Rift for $2 Billion. WOW! What makes this company so special?

They are attempting to revolutionize the way we watch movies, by mass producing a headset that allows us to be completely immersed in the image in front of us. The company wants to produce a product that is for all consumers, so the price will supposedly be affordable. But what does this mean for our eyes? And what about the intimacy of watching a movie with other people? I can’t tell if this is a good invention, or an invention that will begin to tear humanity apart.

When we watch movies with other people, it is a shared experience that provides us comfort and the ability to be on a personal level with someone else. If it’s a comedy, you laugh together. In horror movies, you experience the anticipation together. Action movies, you’re entertained together………..etc. My point is..this is taking away from that experience..are two people supposed to sit on a couch together with the glasses on and time everything correctly so the movies are playing at the same time??? It just seems so awkward….and when I think about the ROOT of it: that is, Mark Zuckerberg bought this company, after creating a social media platform that was at its core an outlet for on campus dating…well then it starts to make sense that he would go and create something that would further divide the human race…

Although one could argue that Facebook has allowed for a feeling of togetherness, I kind of feel like the numerous outlets in which we portray ourselves has left people feeling incomplete, and confused about their own identity…because there are so many different representations we have of ourselves: one through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter….these seem like separate entities of our personalities and I feel like this brings about a lot of self-identity issues for people my age.

What are your opinions on Oculus Rift? Is it a beneficial or harmful invention?