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Rose Colored Glasses

Puts a smile on everybody's face.
 
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Cameras on the front of these virtual reality goggles feed a program that changes the world you see into one you select. Want everybody to smile? Smiles are superimposed in real time over everybody who walks by. Dark and cold day? Not with these. Sunny and beautiful, might even select the option to have a few pretty birds flying around carrying ribbons for some reason.

Ironically you'd be taking existing military targeting technology and adapting it for this less deathy job.

doctorremulac3, Mar 21 2023

Hey kids! Don't use TickTock, you can come to Facebook's Metaverse and wear skeleton pajamas! https://www.theguar...rse-mark-zuckerberg
[doctorremulac3, Mar 21 2023]

We Happy Few https://www.pcgamer...e-happy-few-review/
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       Reminds me of a Lily Allen song and a Black Mirror episode.
A key part of the impending dystopia.
Loris, Mar 21 2023
  

       In broadest terms, changing what the world looks like is what VR *does* and the idea of making the world look “happy” is a well-worn trope.   

       A recent example is Hugh Howey’s 2011 short story Wool - "If the lies don't kill you, the truth will” - and the subsequent Silo* series. As with [Loris]’s examples, heavy dystopian stuff.   

       Another would be Ready Player One. Putting smiley faces on people seems trivial compared to creating The Oasis.   

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* After nearly a decade in development hell, coming as an Apple TV+ miniseries in May.
a1, Mar 21 2023
  

       So basically, it puts Snapchat filters on everything in view.
21 Quest, Mar 21 2023
  

       Boy is that second comment ironic.   

       (3rd comment) //Snapchat filter everything in view//   

       (checks notes) Let's see, real time smiles, pretty birdies, the ribbon thing.... yes, that's basically it, but in real time.
doctorremulac3, Mar 21 2023
  

       Google Glass could've done this, but they wanted $1,500 a pair just to test them lol
21 Quest, Mar 21 2023
  

       Ah, Google Glass - a product so successful it was discontinued twice.
a1, Mar 21 2023
  

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21 Quest, Mar 21 2023
  

       //Google Glass could've done this, but they wanted $1,500 a pair just to test them lol//   

       That was one of their "THE FUTURE IN NOW!" products to draw attention from the fact that they're an advertising agency. The first advertising agency that doesn't advertise that they're an advertising agency. They make 80% of their income from ads, but they're not an ad agency. Why? Because if they lost that "What do we do? What DON'T we do!" sales mantra that'd hit their investment revenue pretty hard.   

       Google glasses, about as Earth shattering as Zuckerberg's Metaverse featuring skeleton pajamas. (link)
doctorremulac3, Mar 21 2023
  

       It actually had a lot of potential, but that price tag was just stupid.
21 Quest, Mar 21 2023
  

       Agreed, assuming you're talking about the glasses, not the skeleton pajamas.   

       The skeleton pajamas are priceless.
doctorremulac3, Mar 21 2023
  

       Yes, the glasses. The pajamas are um... certainly something though.
21 Quest, Mar 21 2023
  

       They are definately a thing, there's no arguing about that.
doctorremulac3, Mar 21 2023
  
      
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