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Report: Even Facebook Isn't Using Its Own Metaverse, Begs Employees To Spend Time In It
According to a report by The Verge, Meta’s Horizon Worlds metaverse app is so dreadful, even the people making it don’t want to use it. So if you woke up this morning wondering, “I wonder if anyone’s figured out what the metaverse is for?” you can rest assured, it’s still nope.
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This Is Life in the Metaverse
Every hour of the day and night with the gamers, parents, insomniacs, preteens and aspiring comedians who are the earliest adopters of the immersive, three-dimensional internet that Mark Zuckerberg has bet the future of his company on.
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Meta’s VR social network Horizon is too buggy and employees are barely using it
‘We are working on a product that has not found product market fit,” says an exec in a leaked memo.
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Apple’s AR/VR Headset is Going to Look Like REAL LIFE
It looks like we’re already starting to get a flow of reports in about Apple’s next generation of AR/VR headset, you know – the device that isn’t announced yet. Yeah. This report is about that. In a report from The Elec, we’ve learned that Apple is looking to make the future generation of AR/VR headset even more immersive than the one that still isn’t here yet.
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Mark Zuckerberg: The metaverse will unfold in 3 steps, and one is happening ‘sooner than I thought'
Whether you’re strapping in for a Peloton ride or buying up virtual real estate, Mark Zuckerberg says you’ve joined the metaverse. On an August episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, the Meta CEO said the evolution of virtual reality will unfold similarly to computers and cell phones: Gamers are the first to explore new technology, followed by mainstream users who want to use it to socialize.
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Zuckerberg's bet on the metaverse is a Putinesque delusion that may lead to Meta's downfall
Just like Putin, Zuckerberg went all-in on something that he wasn’t really ready to handle, putting everything else in jeopardy as a result.
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Guy Who Invented the Word "Metaverse" Building His Own Metaverse
Neal Stephenson, the science fiction icon who first coined and popularized the term "metaverse," is pausing his literary career to build his own.
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The $5M Bugatti Mistral Only Took 9 Months to Develop Thanks to VR
VR is a valuable tool for developing cars, and Bugatti took full advantage when it developed the Mistral.
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Meta head of virtual reality platform Horizon leaving company
Meta Platforms Inc's chief of its virtual reality social platform Horizon, the main gateway for accessing the metaverse that the company is pouring billions of dollars into building, is leaving for a new opportunity, he told Reuters on Friday. A spokesman for Facebook-owner Meta confirmed the departure of Vice President Vivek Sharma and said his team would report directly to Vishal Shah, vice president of Metaverse.
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The man who married a hologram in Japan can no longer communicate with his virtual wife
Fictosexuality is the term used to describe those people who are sexually attracted to fictional characters and in Japan little by little it becomes a trend, to the extent that there are companies that develop technology to offer users holographic couples.
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20 years ago, Al Pacino's best sci-fi satire predicted a terrifying modern trend
IN 2018, Instagram personality Lil Miquela joined the likes of Rihanna, Kylie Jenner, and Donald Trump on Time’s list of “25 Most Influential People on the Internet.” One of those four is not like the other. And we’re not talking about the FBI’s current person of interest, either.
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The metaverse is as dead as Zuckerberg’s cartoon eyes
Last week, Meta showed yet another cringeworthy product of its $10.2 billion investment in the metaverse: a demonic VR porcelain doll of Mark Zuckerberg that looked worse than a Second Life avatar from 2003. Hastily released in response to yet another round of universal mockery from all over the internet, it was still only marginally more expressive, and slightly more alive, than a Ken doll.
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Mark Zuckerberg spent $10B on the metaverse and all he got was this stupid selfie
I don't want to start this post by personally attacking Mark Zuckerberg's eyes, which have in years past been described as "two weird lil black marbles" and "vacant, black shark eyes." Who wouldn't look utterly bereft of a soul after trying to explain the internet to the United States Senate? I also don't need to suggest Mark Zuckerberg may in fact be a robot, since there's an entire meme community devoted to that joke. I am avoiding these easy, obvious dunks on ol' Zuck because his latest "metaverse" selfie looks so bad, he's already owned himself harder than I possibly could.
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Does Mark Zuckerberg Not Understand How Bad His Metaverse Looks?
Mark Zuckerberg has once again been roasted on Twitter, not over barbeque sauce or surfing this time. On Tuesday, he posted a screenshot from Horizon Worlds on Facebook celebrating the game’s release in France and Spain.
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Apple and Meta headsets could face a big challenge: Sticker shock
Apple and Meta are developing technology for mixed reality that requires a lot of expensive parts and a powerful headset.
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People expect to spend at least 4 hours a day in the metaverse
As the concept of the metaverse has entered the mainstream, everyone from comedians to Wall Street analysts have taken to framing the much-hyped concept as a vague business meme that doesn’t stand a chance at success. Now, a survey from McKinsey refutes some of the skepticism directed at the metaverse.
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"Iron Man VR" studio teases PSVR 2 project, gives away VR game
The superhero game was a commissioned work by Sony and the last big exclusive title for Playstation VR. It was released for Playstation VR in 2020 and received a lot of attention from the press because Iron Man is a big name.
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Mark Cuban says buying virtual real estate is 'the dumbest s--- ever' as metaverse hype appears to be fading
"The worst part is that people are buying real estate in these places," billionaire investor Mark Cuban told the YouTube channel Altcoin Daily.
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The Quest 2's price hike is a bad sign for the Metaverse
In an unprecedented move, Meta has announced that it’s hiking the price of its normally affordable Quest 2 headset by $100 starting on August 1. Although Meta claims that the price bump is meant to allow the company to invest more in VR in hopes of “moving the VR industry further,” I’m left skeptical about the plausibility of that outcome. The move will not only hurt VR fans’ wallets but potentially hurt Meta’s goals as it attempts to turn the Metaverse into a mainstream experience.
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U.S. sues to stop Facebook from buying virtual reality firm Within
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sought a court order on Wednesday to block Facebook parent Meta Platforms from buying virtual reality (VR) content maker Within Unlimited.