Mark Zuckerberg made a Facebook employee 3D-print a mini version of his dog
If Mark Zuckerberg's dog could grasp the concepts of marketing and technology, he'd probably object to his starring role in Facebook's latest video. But alas, Beast is just a cute Silicon Valley dog, and so here we are.
To celebrate Beast's 6th birthday — HBD, li'l guy — Facebook made an Oculus employee 3D-print a miniature version of the unofficial company dog.
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Zuckerberg posted the video to his page on Tuesday:
It is, in essence, an ad for Oculus Medium, a new VR product that Facebook touts as a tool for artists and creators. To show off the product's capabilities, the video follows an Oculus artist as he designs a mini version of the dog (a white Puli) before sending it to print in Facebook's hardware lab.
"Beast was pretty confused, but I love that we have the technology and culture where people just make things like this for fun," Zuckerberg wrote. "And I think it's pretty good!"
This isn't the first time Facebook marketing has worked Zuckerberg's personal life into video content. In December, the CEO shared a tongue-in-cheek video introducing the world to the homemade AI assistant — voiced by none other than Morgan Freeman — he built for his family.
