Thu. 06/17 – How About Some Ads On Your Oculus?

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🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Facebook is bringing ads to Virtual Reality cause, why not, right? Stories are coming to the Xbox. Why is Google downsizing it’s healthcare team? Why are music artists flooding to Twitch? And is Facebook cornering the VR market like it cornered social media? Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Cybereason.com Links: Facebook to begin testing ads inside Oculus virtual reality headsets (CNBC) Xbox’s June update adds speech-to-text chat feature (Engadget) Podcasts start coming to Facebook next week (The Verge) Amazon Appstore will reduce developer revenue cut from 30% to 20% and give 10% in Free AWS Credit (AFTV News) EXCLUSIVE: Google is downsizing its health team and moving employees to Fitbit as part of a major reorganization (Insider) Can Streaming Pay? Musicians Are Pinning Fresh Hopes on Twitch. (New York Times) Is Facebook cornering the VR market? (Platformer) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Thursday, June 17th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:08.8	Facebook is bringing ads to virtual reality because why not, right are coming to the Xbox because why not
0:16.2	why is Google downsizing its health care team why are music artists flooding to
0:21.4	twitch and is Facebook cornering the VR market like it
0:24.6	cornered social media?
0:26.2	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:30.7	Facebook says it will begin testing ads on Oculus headsets, though it claims it won't use
0:36.4	data stored on those devices to target the ads, it promises, quoting CMBC. The Oculus headset ads will first appear in the
0:46.0	shooter game Blaston from Resolution Games. Ads will also begin appearing in two
0:51.8	other Oculus apps over the coming weeks Facebook said.
0:54.6	Oculus headset ads could be a significant step for Facebook, which derives more than 97% of its overall revenue
1:01.3	from advertisements.
1:02.6	Currently those ads are primarily shown to users within the company's
1:05.4	Facebook and Instagram social networks.
1:08.0	Facebook also said these ads could provide new ways for software developers to
1:11.6	generate revenue. The ads will follow
1:13.5	Facebook's advertising principles and give users the same control they have
1:16.8	on Facebook. This includes the ability to hide specific ads or hide those from
1:21.2	specific advertisers.
1:23.0	Users can also select why am I seeing this ad
1:25.5	to access more information about the ads they are shown.
1:28.0	Facebook added, the advertisements won't be based on any data that's stored locally
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