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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 个月前

Facebook shutting down its Horizon Worlds VR Metaverse

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Facebook shutting down its Horizon Worlds VR Metaverse

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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 个月前
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Meta, formerly Facebook, has a bee in its bonnet about AI and is spending as much money as it can. But it had another bee in its bonnet before this — the Metaverse! Virtual reality! Mark Zuckerberg…

the Metaverse just didn’t have legs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Hm95rQYpM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260318-facebook-shutting-down-horizon-worlds-vr - podcast

time: 6 min 29 sec

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  • Sailor Sega Saturn ( sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems ) 
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    Against all odds they found a worse future to pursue than forcing employees to strap VR goggles to their heads 40 hours a week, and have pivoted towards AI.

    • OwOarchist ( OwOarchist@pawb.social ) BannedBanned
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      And toward mass surveillance.

      When you look deep into who’s pushing all these new ‘age verification’ laws all the sudden, Meta’s fingerprints are all over it.

  • arbitraryidentifier ( arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems ) 
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    Both customers will still be able to get Horizon Worlds on a mobile phone

    I loled

  • HootinNHollerin ( HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Coulda just thrown money into the money hole

    Ref: Onion news money hole bit

  • OwOarchist ( OwOarchist@pawb.social ) BannedBanned
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    Imagine how much money was spent on this…

    • Zozano ( Zozano@aussie.zone ) 
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      You don’t have to!

      The answer is $77 billion USD!

  • swlabr ( swlabr@awful.systems ) 
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    Riding this high for a while folks

  • V0ldek ( V0ldek@awful.systems ) 
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    In hindsight, it wasn’t the best of ideas.

    I mean, it was obvious at the time as well, but nevertheless

  • Giant Aquatic Brazilian Centipede ( pikesley@mastodon.me.uk ) 
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    @dgerard I imagine their users are furious. Both of them

  • MummifiedClient5000 ( MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk ) 
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    Oh no. Please don’t.

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