Facebook Pulls VR First-Person Shooter Game From Demo at Conservative Political Conference
Facebook found itself in the spotlight of gun-violence controversy after showing off a first-person virtual-reality shooting game at the Conservative Political Action Conference this week.
Facebook was demo’ing futuristic combat-simulation game “Bullet Train” in its booth at CPAC in Maryland just outside of Washington, D.C. The company and the game’s developer, Epic Games, have showed off the VR experience at trade shows before.
But the optics were bad: It’s been just over a week since the horrifying mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., which left 17 dead. The event sparked national outrage and reignited demands for the U.S. government to ban the sale of rapid-fire weapons designed for killing people.
After media drew attention to the “Bullet Train” demo, Facebook announced Friday it was shelving violent game titles from its exhibit.
Source: Yahoo News
Facebook was demo’ing futuristic combat-simulation game “Bullet Train” in its booth at CPAC in Maryland just outside of Washington, D.C. The company and the game’s developer, Epic Games, have showed off the VR experience at trade shows before.
But the optics were bad: It’s been just over a week since the horrifying mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., which left 17 dead. The event sparked national outrage and reignited demands for the U.S. government to ban the sale of rapid-fire weapons designed for killing people.
After media drew attention to the “Bullet Train” demo, Facebook announced Friday it was shelving violent game titles from its exhibit.
Source: Yahoo News
Comments
Post a Comment