--- description: Meet Lord Zuck, our new overlord title: This Photo of Mark Zuckerberg Is an Eerie Glimpse Into the Future image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Photo of Mark Zuckerberg Is an Eerie Glimpse Into the Future by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 22, 2016 4:01 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 22, 2016 4:01 PM CUT In the future, we will all live exclusively through the lenses of virtual reality headsets. We will always be plugged in. There will be no presidents. There will be no prime ministers. There will be no senators. There will be just one, glorious leader: Mark Zuckerberg. Okay, okay, that may be a _bit_ sinister. But the following photo, which the Facebook CEO posted on Sunday, makes that world seem like a possibility: The photo was taken at the [Mobile World Congress](https://www.mobileworldcongress.com/ "undefined"), a major tech conference held in Spain, and shows Zuckerberg walking past people testing out Samsung Gear virtual reality headsets. As _Business Insider_ [points out](http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-virtual-reality-vr-headsets-photo-sea-mwc-spain-internet-2016-2?utm%5Fsource=feedly&utm%5Fmedium=webfeeds "undefined"), people have definitely noticed how eerie this photo is. > [](https://twitter.com/ow/status/701528914691227648) > [](https://twitter.com/ndebock/status/701505382506749953) It’s not yet clear if we’ll all have to wear [gray T-shirts ](http://time.com/4192840/mark-zuckerberg-wardrobe-facebook-photo/ "undefined")once Lord Zuck officially takes over the planet. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4232328/mark-zuckerberg-samsung-gear-vr/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4232328/mark-zuckerberg-samsung-gear-vr/"},"headline":"This Photo of Mark Zuckerberg Is an Eerie Glimpse Into the Future","datePublished":"2016-02-22T16:01:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:21.361Z","description":"Meet Lord Zuck, our new overlord","url":"https://time.com/4232328/mark-zuckerberg-samsung-gear-vr/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4232328/mark-zuckerberg-samsung-gear-vr/","name":"This Photo of Mark Zuckerberg Is an Eerie Glimpse Into the Future"}}]}] ```