Face to Facebook

Within days of our MediaNote about a virtual reality system called Oculus Rift, Facebook bought the Silicon Valley startup for a cool $2 billion. Reaction to the purchase came quickly, and not all of it was positive. Backed by Facebook's deep pockets, however, Oculus will have the resources to become all that it can be. NPR reports.

And here's another thing about virtual reality: We should root for it. According to this Los Angeles Times article, the Los Angeles Area could become the epicenter of VR similar to how Internet companies have clustered around the Bay Area. Questions...

•How could Oculus change the Facebook experience?

•How real do you want your Facebook friends to be? How real do you want to be to them?

•Will people have VR avitars? In what situations?

•How might this change professional sports or plays or museums?

•How might this change political campaigning?

•Which will be a bigger success: Oculus or Google Glass? Why?