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MadeInDex 馃摪馃寧
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@madeindex@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

It's official, the #Metaverse failed!
Meanwhile I don't even know 1 person who ever visited it 馃槄

Not one(!) after:
#Meta "...had funneled some $73 billion into Reality Labs. To put that into context, you鈥檇 have to spend $1 million per day for 200 years to match that kind of spending."
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/19/well-there-goes-the-metaverse/

#FuckMeta #Demeta #Facebook #Zuckerberg #Markzuckerberg #Meta #Tech #IT #Software #News #Technology #VR #virtualreality #investment #us #usa #corporation #digital #fail #spending

TechCrunch

Well, there goes the metaverse! | TechCrunch

The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ambitions.
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@TheLancashireman@hostux.social replied  路  activity timestamp 1 hour ago

@madeindex

It's all funny-money though. Doesn't exist outside the circle of tech-bro companies that "invest".

Just like the current AI "investment": OpenAI invests $100bn in Nvidia who invests $100bn in Microsoft who invests $100bn in OpenAI. [paraphrased]

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Bebadefabo
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@bebadefabo@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@madeindex I know exactly one person who is into VR in general. And he talks mounds of trash on Meta.

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Look What The Cat Dragged In
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@LookWhatTheCatDraggedIn@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@madeindex Hopefully, AI follows soon

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@ackack@mastodon.gamedev.place replied  路  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@madeindex Hypothetically, if I were a major shareholder in a company that spent $73 billion on a whim with absolutely nothing to show for it, I would be doing everything I could to replace the leadership...

It really highlights (yet again) how "boards represent the shareholders" is a pile of horseshit.

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@Fangh@shelter.moe replied  路  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@madeindex when you say "the metaverse" you are actually talking about the app "Meta Horizon" ? Don't you ?
Because I know a lot of people going in some metaverses like VR-Chat and it's really cool

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MadeInDex 馃摪馃寧
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@madeindex@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@Fangh Yes, Metas Metaverse, they are cutting across it, Meta Horizon seems to have been the biggest fail ;)

VR chat is from VRChat Inc :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRChat

VRChat - Wikipedia

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@Fangh@shelter.moe replied  路  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@madeindex because metaverse is just a common name for talking about multiplayer social apps. So I don't like using the word metaverse to talk about the one from facebook. They stole the common name to use it for their marketing, now everyone think metaverse = Meta Horizon World

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Joe Loveless
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@Pacers31Colts18@infosec.exchange replied  路  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@madeindex I was always amazed and would make jokes about these verses with no legs. Microsoft had something similar for Teams.

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MadeInDex 馃摪馃寧
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@madeindex@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@Pacers31Colts18 馃槀 How could anyone not sign up for that1990s design?! Well Doom 1993 did have legs - so maybe 80s ;)

Wow you are right, Microsoft also couldn't afford the legs:
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/remember-the-metaverse-microsoft-teams-does-and-its-rebooting-virtual-meetings-with-immersive-events

Windows Central

Microsoft Teams revives the Metaverse with Immersive Events: Here's what to expect

A new feature in Microsoft Teams lets you attend a virtual meeting from your PC, Mac, or Meta Quest headset.
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@LillyHerself@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

@madeindex Imagine if those 73 billion had been spent on improving schools, or making insulin cost-free for diabetics.

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@madeindex@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

@LillyHerself 馃憤馃憤馃憤 73 billion is just so much money, if you spent that on research you could probably cure diabetes & throw in another common disease for good measure 馃く (good news recently on diabetes cure though, even without Meta help ;)

It sucks, but at least Marky Mark can hang out with his 5 "friends" (employees) in his own version of world of warcraft now 馃構

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Christopher E. Stith
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@cestith@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

@madeindex I think Second Life still has more active users than the Metaverse ever did.

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@madeindex@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

@cestith 馃槀 馃槀 馃槀 Definitely know more people who visited it 馃構

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@madeindex@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

Just wish I knew how to reach the Metaverse, or I would also post this there ;)

Here is hoping @threads is somehow connected 馃槀

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