Time Magazine's Virtual Reality Cover Spawns Hysterical New Meme

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TIME’s new cover: Virtual Reality. Why it’s about to change the world https://t.co/1nbXSsF36w
— TIME.com (@TIME) August 6, 2015

Time's newest cover was supposed to show off the wonders of cutting-edge virtual reality (VR). Instead, it gave the magazine a lesson in the time-tested art of Photoshop. 

The cover features an image of Palmer Luckey, inventor of the Oculus Rift virtual reality device, apparently consumed by some VR moment -- and it spawned instant ridicule 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 VR cover photo and tweet it at us. The worse you are at Photoshop, the better. pic.twitter.com/QPl0VuOtSK
— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) August 6, 2015

 

The result? Hundreds of images of Luckey doing everything from riding a horse with Russian President Vladimir Putin to joining Leonardo DiCaprio on the deck of the Titanic.

That's some serious virtual reality. 

Even Time took notice, laughing at itself by posting its own list of favorites. 

Here's a look at some of the best: 

@therealcliffyb Couldn't resist. ;) pic.twitter.com/4NQKsHyYT7
— Sean Pelletier (@PellyNV) August 6, 2015

@dailydot @TIME Hey y'all. pic.twitter.com/WYFlhYf4Xb
— Monica Riese (@monicariese) August 6, 2015

@dailydot @TIME Oh no, not again! pic.twitter.com/EdqnpbaKEx
— Joseph M. Santi (@JoeAconite) August 6, 2015

The guy on @Time's VR cover is in a "walking barefoot through the bathrooms at a music festival" simulator. pic.twitter.com/WINaPqZC6d
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) August 6, 2015

@therealcliffyb pic.twitter.com/YuQXyg9GkJ
— Devon Scott-Tunkin (@devonsoft) August 6, 2015

@dailydot @TIME Special Edition pic.twitter.com/6HEOTfDJlq
— Joseph M. Santi (@JoeAconite) August 6, 2015

We are just getting started.... CC @hmltn @oculus @PalmerLuckey @TIME pic.twitter.com/JV5QRRYSrZ
— Robert McGregor (@ID_R_McGregor) August 6, 2015

.@dailydot @lemonsand pic.twitter.com/Sduyn8ACom
— Ivy (@Ivy_Choi_) August 6, 2015

.@dailydot @TIME is this bad enough? pic.twitter.com/iWZZothO5F
— Jeremy QA Gibbens (@afterglide) August 6, 2015

my future train ride every morning tbh pic.twitter.com/hIUamyFQ4Y
— darth!™ (@darth) August 6, 2015

@dailydot @TIME YEAHHHH!!! pic.twitter.com/Q5CLorf1Ne
— Joseph M. Santi (@JoeAconite) August 6, 2015

Luckey even seemed to enjoy the fun, writing on Twitter: 

@therealcliffyb @TIME I have always loved photoshoops.
— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) August 7, 2015

 

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