Facebook (NASDAQ:$FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making headlines again. After Zuckerberg live-streamed a virtual reality cartoon avatar of himself in hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico, online users called Zuckerberg a “heartless billionaire” and he was accused of “exploiting disaster.”
Zuckerberg demonstrated Facebook Spaces on Monday, October 9, which is a product that lets users create a 3-D virtual avatar of themselves to use with an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Essentially, it allows people to communicate with one another by putting their avatars in the same virtual space.
The Facebook chief executive was “virtually” transported to Puerto Rico with Rachel Franklin, who is the head of social VR at the company. In the video, Zuckerberg said: “One of the things that’s really magical about virtual reality, is you can get the feeling that you’re really in a place.”
In September, Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria. Millions of citizens are still struggling without water, food, and shelter.
Due to these comments, the entire video was slammed by social media users. One user on Facebook commented on the video and said: “Is this a joke? The Puerto Ricans are suffering and you are using our tragedy for this??? Heartless billionaire.”
Another user said Mark Zuckerberg “can’t let a good tragedy go to waste. He has to promote Facebook. Typical. All he talks about (is) Facebook instead of victims and their suffering.”
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