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davel@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days ago

Meta shuts down Metaverse after $80 billion loss, ends Horizon Worlds era

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Meta shuts down Metaverse after $80 billion loss, ends Horizon Worlds era

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davel@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days ago
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  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    6 days ago

    Did anyone even think about this once while not reading news stories about it?

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    Remember when everyone made fun of Second Life? Now the people who made it don’t need to feel embarrassed anymore because at least they weren’t involved in Metaverse. If you were involved with both, there’s no salvation left.

  • Tiger666@lemmy.ca
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    Those lobsters should have top hats and monocles.

    • TwilitSky@lemmy.world
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      Not everything has to be so realistic.

  • eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I think it’s hilarious that the entire press and Meta are both like “ope, people don’t want to hang out in VR”.

    furries continue to hang out in VR chat

    • HubertManne@piefed.social
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      I think its hilarious they are called meta. they will never be able to get away from their shame.

  • belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org
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    Slop ai header image to talk about the slop company. Ai use is so embarrassing

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    It doesn’t matter now. All those idiots who wrote books about how good the mataverse was, how it was going to change our lives, how we will be able to talk to costumer support in a virtual office from our house… all those people who wrote about it did the leap to talk about AI and now are writing about how good AI is… goshhhh

    • ActualCommunistLearning@lemmy.world
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      can’t wait for current AI hype bubble to burst. Not neccesarily have AI stop being relevant, just have it stop being forced into everything.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    We have had Meta headsets for a couple years. Still don’t know what the “metaverse” is. The headsets are fun, though.

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    The Metaverse cycle:

    10 Some article remind me it exist;

    20 I shrug and continue not to care about the Metaverse;

    30 I forget about the existance of the Metaverse;

    40 Some amount of time passes;

    50 GOTO 10.

  • Doctor MoodMood@lemmy.ml
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    And now they’re not shutting it down after all. :D

    • EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      lol wtf

    • GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip
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      bummer

  • merdaverse@lemmy.zip
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    Are they going to rebrand to Slop now to follow the latest trend?

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    For everyone who never tried it, they had honest to god paid employees in Horizon Worlds to help players get oriented. I cannot imagine a worse job.

    The one I ran into was standing in front of some “game” experience that was like…jumping on tiles or some shit.

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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    I tried to tell him.

    • wewbull@feddit.uk
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      He could have paid you $40B for that advice and still be better off.

  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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    Buying real estate in the Metaverse used to be compared to buying land on the moon. But Zuck can’t turn off the moon, so it’s arguably a better investment.

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    Wankers. Shut the whole company down

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    One more reason for centralized planning.

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