> Then Facebook tried really hard to make the Metaverse a thing...

An unforced error on the scale of HBO switching to MAX, except likely far more expensive. What is the Metaverse anyway?

ath3nd 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's the future!

The same as Zuck's bet on VR (remember Oculus?).

Similar to Zuck's promises of superintelligence.

Just one of the many futures wherein Meta poured a lot of money and achieved nothing.

I hope in their real future there is bankruptcy and ruin.

Short sighted. I wouldn't count VR out until the fidelity is good enough and cheap enough that everyone who has a smartphone can experience VR/AR.

If it still doesn't take off, fair.

But I bet the form factor will be glasses because now you can have a screen way bigger than a phone or monitor and the interface is way smarter (ai).

It's just a matter of when everyone can afford one

	▲	ath3nd 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		> Short sighted If we wait 20 years for VR to take off and it's not Meta who benefits then, it's them who are short sighted to have started so early on that bandwagon. Besides, waiting for something to materialize before being able to declare that it is stupid is a cop out. What, are we waiting for NFTs to become useful? They are stupid now. VR is stupid and unsuccessful now. I ain't waiting to be able to declare that Meta screwed up both in VR and in the Metaverse whatever the Metaverse is.

man hbo's name changes are just so funny. I just searched, 4 name changes are wild.