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Facebook's New Grand Plan To Draw You In

In quintessential Silicon Valley style, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveils ambitious plans to bring users from 2D Newsfeeds to 3D imaginary worlds; and neglects safety concerns.
NPR reporter Aarti Shahani tested Facebook's new social VR platform. She requested an older avatar to represent her, but that was not available. Her guide "Neil" had her tour virtual cherry blossoms.

Facebook's CEO gave a public address yesterday in Silicon Valley, laying out the company's grand plan for the next year. And in it, Mark Zuckerberg provided dazzling details about how Facebook will use cameras – like the ones on our phones – to draw us deeper into digital life; and zero details about how Facebook will address growing safety concerns online.

He was speaking at . In tech land, that stands for the Facebook Developer Conference,

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