What ever happened to this metaverse nonsense? I mean they changed the company name to show how seriously they were taking it and ... nothing.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2025
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It didn't create a return for VCs fast enough.
Now VCs are throwing money at anybody who slaps a "now with AI!" sticker on the side of their shovelware. All aboard the money train! Who cares if it does anything useful as long as we can convince somebody to pay for it.
the only metaverse we got is a wireless VR to watch pornhub 💀
it'll just be a one-dollar hologram from some high school kid halfway across the world
I like this sentence because it shows everything: it's all about money, and scamming or enslaving poor people everywhere.