Can VR Offer Social Networks?

The Virtual Reality has its applications in almost every domain like VR gaming, VR movies, VR movies and also VR pornography. But have you ever wondered about the contribution of VR in social networks?
The world famous social-networking site Facebook can be used through the latest VR technology. In the year 2014, Facebook had bought the Oculus Rift worth two-billion dollars. It gives an excellent experience of VR. The latest VR tech will let you post an immersive 360degree view of any activity on Facebook. Your contacts will remain the same. You can also send an invitation to your other contacts to play games on Facebook that will relax your mind.
If you think about exploring the social network through the VR technology, Facebook is the first thing that strikes your mind. Because of frequent updates and features, Facebook remains the much-in-demand social-networking site. There is not any insecurity for Facebook to lose its popularity in the mind of Zuckerberg. With new updates and apps like Face Time, Messenger, Facebook Live; it will always remain at the top notch.
But the problem arises in case we get to know more cool people in this virtual domain than the real friends. Oculus Social, which runs on the Rift VR headset, lets you choose your preferable avatar with which you wish to step into the virtual domain and experience the virtual reality.
vTime declares themselves as ‘the VR sociable network’. You invite your contacts to chat at any place in the world. You have the option to select among 17 different places. You can talk in front of Eifel tower or at the sea bottom, wherever you feel like. You can also chat at a place whose picture you have recently uploaded on Facebook.
There is a question that does the socially-virtual world is similar to the virtually-social world! The answer resides totally on the continuing road of the social networks. According to Ready Player One — VR book of Ernst Cline, the socially-virtual world will prove to be very interesting as compared to the virtually-social world. People may cut off most of their connections to spend time in the socially-virtual world.
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