(B.N. Frank) Research has determined that wearing virtual reality (VR) headsets can cause behavioral changes, balance problems (see 1, 2), cognitive problems, eye problems (soreness, vision changes), headaches, as well as other short-term and/or long-term health issues. In fact, last year Meta (formerly Facebook) recalled 4 million VR face liners due to thousands of users reporting skin irritation that required medical attention. Facebook VR workroom users expressed various other complaints as well. More recently the company discontinued working on its in-house AR/VR operating system.
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Former DARPA Exec to Head Shady Facebook Project Called “Building 8” Centered Around Augmented Reality and Brain-scanning Technology
(Ethan Huff) As if things weren’t already bad enough for Mark Zuckerberg’s baby, Facebook (the world’s least trusted company at this point), now they are apparently working on a secret project behind the scenes that has nothing to do with social media, and everything to do with scanning people’s brains as part of a sinister artificial intelligence (AI) endeavor.