Meta, having renamed itself Meta and spending billions on it, is shutting down it's metaverse VR platform.
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don't worry, all these orgs are also hyping GenAI as the next big thing.




@GossiTheDog but this time it’ll be different!
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Meta, having renamed itself Meta and spending billions on it, is shutting down it's metaverse VR platform. https://www.theshortcut.com/p/meta-is-shutting-down-horizon-worlds-vr-despite-investing-billions-into-the-metaverse
@GossiTheDog substack

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don't worry, all these orgs are also hyping GenAI as the next big thing.




@GossiTheDog I think my opinion on AI is fairly balanced. https://mastodon.online/@pmb00cs/116218263576211606
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don't worry, all these orgs are also hyping GenAI as the next big thing.




@GossiTheDog money != credibility. maybe we'll learn the lesson this time. probably not tho
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Meta, having renamed itself Meta and spending billions on it, is shutting down it's metaverse VR platform. https://www.theshortcut.com/p/meta-is-shutting-down-horizon-worlds-vr-despite-investing-billions-into-the-metaverse
But, But, but....
This was to be the future, fashion shows, job applications, all would go through second li.....i mean Meta VR
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Meta, having renamed itself Meta and spending billions on it, is shutting down it's metaverse VR platform. https://www.theshortcut.com/p/meta-is-shutting-down-horizon-worlds-vr-despite-investing-billions-into-the-metaverse
@GossiTheDog Oh no! Anyway...
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Meta, having renamed itself Meta and spending billions on it, is shutting down it's metaverse VR platform. https://www.theshortcut.com/p/meta-is-shutting-down-horizon-worlds-vr-despite-investing-billions-into-the-metaverse
@GossiTheDog Honestly, as pessimistic as I was, "Meta" threw so much money and reputation at metaverse I honestly thought something permanent would come out of it even if it was still just a token executive toy VRML chat app just to keep the boss happy.
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Meta, having renamed itself Meta and spending billions on it, is shutting down it's metaverse VR platform. https://www.theshortcut.com/p/meta-is-shutting-down-horizon-worlds-vr-despite-investing-billions-into-the-metaverse
@GossiTheDog they'll be redepositing the spending on ai I'm sure
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don't worry, all these orgs are also hyping GenAI as the next big thing.




When is everyone going to accept that Facebook/Zuckerberg didn't _create_ the next big thing in social media... He stumbled across it?
He _found_ it. He didn't _build_ it. He _monetized_ it, for certain. These things aren't the same, however.
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When is everyone going to accept that Facebook/Zuckerberg didn't _create_ the next big thing in social media... He stumbled across it?
He _found_ it. He didn't _build_ it. He _monetized_ it, for certain. These things aren't the same, however.
@401matthall the word create isn't in the thread anywhere