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08-07-2015, 10:02 AM
TIME’s new cover: Virtual Reality. Why it’s about to change the world
https://t.co/1nbXSsF36w
— TIME.com (@TIME) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/TIME/status/629260116391387136)
Time's newest cover was supposed to show off the wonders of cutting-edge virtual reality (http://time.com/3987022/why-virtual-reality-is-about-to-change-the-world/) (VR). Instead, it gave the magazine a lesson in the time-tested art of Photoshop.
The cover features an image of Palmer Luckey (https://twitter.com/palmerluckey), inventor of the Oculus Rift virtual reality device, apparently consumed by some VR moment -- and it spawned instant ridicule (http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/08/06/debate-rages-over-whether-or-not-times-oculus-cover-has-killed-vr/) on the Internet.
Then, the Daily Dot took it to the next level by isolating the image of Luckey and sending out this challenge on Twitter:
Make your own custom @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) VR cover photo and tweet it at us. The worse you are at Photoshop, the better. pic.twitter.com/QPl0VuOtSK (http://t.co/QPl0VuOtSK)
— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/dailydot/status/629364637167976452)
The result? Hundreds of images of Luckey doing everything from riding a horse with Russian President Vladimir Putin (https://twitter.com/dailydot/status/629364139023048705) to joining Leonardo DiCaprio on the deck of the Titanic (https://twitter.com/PellyNV/status/629383076917829634/photo/1).
That's some serious virtual reality.
Even Time took notice, laughing at itself by posting its own list of favorites (http://time.com/3987961/virtual-reality-time-magazine-cover-memes/).
Here's a look at some of the best:
@therealcliffyb (https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb) Couldn't resist. ;) pic.twitter.com/4NQKsHyYT7 (http://t.co/4NQKsHyYT7)
— Sean Pelletier (@PellyNV) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/PellyNV/status/629383076917829634)
@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) Hey y'all. pic.twitter.com/WYFlhYf4Xb (http://t.co/WYFlhYf4Xb)
— Monica Riese (@monicariese) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/monicariese/status/629368897100214274)
@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) Oh no, not again! pic.twitter.com/EdqnpbaKEx (http://t.co/EdqnpbaKEx)
— Joseph M. Santi (@JoeAconite) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/JoeAconite/status/629385041542393856)
The guy on @Time (https://twitter.com/TIME)'s VR cover is in a "walking barefoot through the bathrooms at a music festival" simulator. pic.twitter.com/WINaPqZC6d (http://t.co/WINaPqZC6d)
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/funnyordie/status/629403551840645125)
@therealcliffyb (https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb) pic.twitter.com/YuQXyg9GkJ (http://t.co/YuQXyg9GkJ)
— Devon Scott-Tunkin (@devonsoft) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/devonsoft/status/629365451563343872)
@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) Special Edition pic.twitter.com/6HEOTfDJlq (http://t.co/6HEOTfDJlq)
— Joseph M. Santi (@JoeAconite) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/JoeAconite/status/629384131734953985)
We are just getting started.... CC @hmltn (https://twitter.com/hmltn) @oculus (https://twitter.com/oculus) @PalmerLuckey (https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) pic.twitter.com/JV5QRRYSrZ (http://t.co/JV5QRRYSrZ)
— Robert McGregor (@ID_R_McGregor) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/ID_R_McGregor/status/629368886765465600)
.@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @lemonsand (https://twitter.com/lemonsand) pic.twitter.com/Sduyn8ACom (http://t.co/Sduyn8ACom)
— Ivy (@Ivy_Choi_) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/Ivy_Choi_/status/629375668900483073)
.@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) is this bad enough? pic.twitter.com/iWZZothO5F (http://t.co/iWZZothO5F)
— Jeremy QA Gibbens (@afterglide) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/afterglide/status/629384299586818048)
my future train ride every morning tbh pic.twitter.com/hIUamyFQ4Y (http://t.co/hIUamyFQ4Y)
— darth!™ (@darth) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/darth/status/629366616380321792)
@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) YEAHHHH!!! pic.twitter.com/Q5CLorf1Ne (http://t.co/Q5CLorf1Ne)
— Joseph M. Santi (@JoeAconite) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/JoeAconite/status/629382481037266944)
Luckey even seemed to enjoy the fun, writing on Twitter:
@therealcliffyb (https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) I have always loved photoshoops.
— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) August 7, 2015 (https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/629517512263237632)
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— TIME.com (@TIME) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/TIME/status/629260116391387136)
Time's newest cover was supposed to show off the wonders of cutting-edge virtual reality (http://time.com/3987022/why-virtual-reality-is-about-to-change-the-world/) (VR). Instead, it gave the magazine a lesson in the time-tested art of Photoshop.
The cover features an image of Palmer Luckey (https://twitter.com/palmerluckey), inventor of the Oculus Rift virtual reality device, apparently consumed by some VR moment -- and it spawned instant ridicule (http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/08/06/debate-rages-over-whether-or-not-times-oculus-cover-has-killed-vr/) on the Internet.
Then, the Daily Dot took it to the next level by isolating the image of Luckey and sending out this challenge on Twitter:
Make your own custom @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) VR cover photo and tweet it at us. The worse you are at Photoshop, the better. pic.twitter.com/QPl0VuOtSK (http://t.co/QPl0VuOtSK)
— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/dailydot/status/629364637167976452)
The result? Hundreds of images of Luckey doing everything from riding a horse with Russian President Vladimir Putin (https://twitter.com/dailydot/status/629364139023048705) to joining Leonardo DiCaprio on the deck of the Titanic (https://twitter.com/PellyNV/status/629383076917829634/photo/1).
That's some serious virtual reality.
Even Time took notice, laughing at itself by posting its own list of favorites (http://time.com/3987961/virtual-reality-time-magazine-cover-memes/).
Here's a look at some of the best:
@therealcliffyb (https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb) Couldn't resist. ;) pic.twitter.com/4NQKsHyYT7 (http://t.co/4NQKsHyYT7)
— Sean Pelletier (@PellyNV) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/PellyNV/status/629383076917829634)
@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) Hey y'all. pic.twitter.com/WYFlhYf4Xb (http://t.co/WYFlhYf4Xb)
— Monica Riese (@monicariese) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/monicariese/status/629368897100214274)
@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) Oh no, not again! pic.twitter.com/EdqnpbaKEx (http://t.co/EdqnpbaKEx)
— Joseph M. Santi (@JoeAconite) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/JoeAconite/status/629385041542393856)
The guy on @Time (https://twitter.com/TIME)'s VR cover is in a "walking barefoot through the bathrooms at a music festival" simulator. pic.twitter.com/WINaPqZC6d (http://t.co/WINaPqZC6d)
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/funnyordie/status/629403551840645125)
@therealcliffyb (https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb) pic.twitter.com/YuQXyg9GkJ (http://t.co/YuQXyg9GkJ)
— Devon Scott-Tunkin (@devonsoft) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/devonsoft/status/629365451563343872)
@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) Special Edition pic.twitter.com/6HEOTfDJlq (http://t.co/6HEOTfDJlq)
— Joseph M. Santi (@JoeAconite) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/JoeAconite/status/629384131734953985)
We are just getting started.... CC @hmltn (https://twitter.com/hmltn) @oculus (https://twitter.com/oculus) @PalmerLuckey (https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) pic.twitter.com/JV5QRRYSrZ (http://t.co/JV5QRRYSrZ)
— Robert McGregor (@ID_R_McGregor) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/ID_R_McGregor/status/629368886765465600)
.@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @lemonsand (https://twitter.com/lemonsand) pic.twitter.com/Sduyn8ACom (http://t.co/Sduyn8ACom)
— Ivy (@Ivy_Choi_) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/Ivy_Choi_/status/629375668900483073)
.@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) is this bad enough? pic.twitter.com/iWZZothO5F (http://t.co/iWZZothO5F)
— Jeremy QA Gibbens (@afterglide) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/afterglide/status/629384299586818048)
my future train ride every morning tbh pic.twitter.com/hIUamyFQ4Y (http://t.co/hIUamyFQ4Y)
— darth!™ (@darth) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/darth/status/629366616380321792)
@dailydot (https://twitter.com/dailydot) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) YEAHHHH!!! pic.twitter.com/Q5CLorf1Ne (http://t.co/Q5CLorf1Ne)
— Joseph M. Santi (@JoeAconite) August 6, 2015 (https://twitter.com/JoeAconite/status/629382481037266944)
Luckey even seemed to enjoy the fun, writing on Twitter:
@therealcliffyb (https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb) @TIME (https://twitter.com/TIME) I have always loved photoshoops.
— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) August 7, 2015 (https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/629517512263237632)
Also on HuffPost:
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