The Internet does not like the new Time Magazine cover about virtual reality
This week's Time Magazine cover features Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey for a story billed as "The Surprising Joy of Virtual Reality."
The cover story is supposed to herald a watershed moment for virtual reality, as companies like Facebook (which owns Oculus), HTC, Google, and Sony try to transform the technology from a geeky pastime for gamers into a mainstream phenomenon.
But, hoo boy, just look at this cover:
Time Magazine
If this is supposed to make virtual reality look cool, it's failed miserably. It's true that virtual reality is primarily going to be a hobby for hardcore PC enthusiasts at first, but this cover makes it look like the least fun, least cool thing anybody in their right mind would possibly do - not the wave of the future.
The wits on Twitter have their own takes:
my future train ride every morning tbh pic.twitter.com/hIUamyFQ4Y
- darth!™ (@darth) August 6, 2015
@dailydot @TIME Oh no, not again! pic.twitter.com/EdqnpbaKEx
- Joseph M. Santi (@JoeAconite) August 6, 2015
First costume for #LaraCroftGO unveiled! pic.twitter.com/0IteBAixYN
- Square Enix Montréal (@SquareEnixMtl) August 6, 2015
And then there's this amazing gif, courtesy of TechCrunch's Greg Kumparak:
Greg Kumparak
Engadget made its own cutout of Luckey, if you want to get creative.
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