Bombs.
The world’s fifth richest man, friend of Kai Lenny, Mark Zuckerberg made news, days ago, by announcing that his company Facebook would be changing its name to “Meta” with a video release featuring himself achieving second place to the aforementioned Lenny in a “very cool” foil game.
Today, he reveals a new product offering, a Google Glass-esque something rather named Nazare after the famous Portuguese town, wave pioneered by fellow Hawaiian Garrett McNamara.
Per the industry publication Upload:
Alongside the reveal of the new Project Cambria VR headset, Meta (formerly Facebook) just gave a codename to its first pair of consumer AR glasses. Meet Project Nazare.
A demo video of Nazare showed some familiar AR experiences, like communicating with friends in virtual windows and even playing multiplayer with avatars appearing in the user’s living room. There was no actual picture of the hardware itself, but expect more information in the future.
Are you stung by your culture being appropriated by “big tech” or happy and honored?
Zuckerberg.
Say it loud and there’s music playing etc.
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Cultural appropriation? Of what? Surfing? Surfers? Portugal? Of the rich white kids who impose a weird pecking order on every decent beach in the world and get mad at swimmers for invading “their turf?”
people still use Facebook?
Kauai Local ???
Fellow Hawaiian ???
What are you smoking you fucka!!
That scum will never be a Kauai Local.
He will never be a Kauai local no matter how many times it’s printed.
The people on Kauai sure think he is.
Maybe that’s hard to tell from your house in Kansas
Cryptically correct, Bugga it 😒
Kauai Kookerberg bawheided pappa romeo indigo charlie kilo.
Selfish Charlie uniform November tango sierra ✌️😉
If Sir Mix-a-lot wrote a song about Mark’s big butt, that would be very meta.
Ahhh, but then he would see you coming.
Zuckassberg will never be accepted as one local , he is mainland trash poluting our islands
what if it was called “cultural appreciation”… oh no wait, forgot everyone wants a reason to shame others: unless you’re shaming for something culturally acceptable. But seriously, for whom would naming a product “Nazare” be acceptable?
Feels like there are bigger problems in the world than people thinking another culture is cool enough to want to emulate their customs.
If crap shark stories and Ashton baiting is culture I’m stung by Whoop appropriating it.
You wish
The local that paddles out and spears them!
Right on brah!
Anyone who is a “surf coach”, or has a “surf school” I hope you drown! This is on you for recruiting kooks for your profit.
Hope deep blue comes up take him for a bottom ride
The whoring of surf culture has been long and deep
Looking forward to sitting at Dukes resturant in my Ranch wear using the new Nazare platform to share footage of me Tow Foiling my SUP soft top through the Waikiki line-up.
I look forward to the launch of the McNamara data collecting algorithm and the Hamilton personal tracking devices coming out soon.
God, everything about him is so cringe.
Something about his eyes. He seriously looks like an alien.
Reminds of Data from star trek.
P.s don’t tell valiant I watch it
He and Elon both have that other world look.
Two articles in a row without a whoop reference. Standing by.
I’m eating horse food right now, a lovely apple.
I take solace in the fact that no amount of money will ever be able to buy Fuckerberg out of kookdom.
BeachGrit for a small fee would try its very best.
Prince Charles could actually surf. I was surprised.
Its the sport of kings! If u idiots don’t go back to work Zuckerberg and Charles will ban us pizon’s from the water!